Leafy Weeds You can Eat-Purslane
Purslane
(Portulaca oleracea)
There's another garden weed that is great to eat. Purslane is a sprawling garden weed with smooth heavy stems that are red or pinkish. The leaves are paddle shaped and wider at the tips than the stem. They are fat and succulent
Rinse the plant, then strip off the leaves and add them to salads. They are very good
And they are just about the best wild green you can cook up
Chop up a rinsed plant into coarse pieces, then stirfry it in a pan that bacon has been cooked in. It requires little grease, so I pour off all but what clings to the pan. Then I add the purslane and some finely diced onions and fresh peppers. If you have them.
When they are sauteed, I pour on some beaten egg and scramble the whole works together. it makes an excellent meal, whether breakfast or any other time. Careful not to weed all the purslane out of the garden.
Seed catalogs are now selling a domesticated variety of wild purslane that has even larger, fatter leaves, how about that for a weed?
One caution though. Like lamb's quarters, puslane contains oxalic acid and should not be eaten in huge amounts or as a regular basis for a diet.
Used with reason though, it is a safe and tasty wild vegetable
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