Purslane
 

Anyone enjoy this wild edible? I have found it to be excellent, just saute with onion, garlic and put on pasta with cheese. Apparently it is one of the super foods, very high in omega 3. Recipe's?

Haven't tried it, but somone told me once that curly dock made good cooked greens..... they are probably still laughing.

I don’t see it much. I’m sure it is very good, I know it is good for you.

I have six pots growing at my house
 

I have not tried eating it yet. Do you eat the whole thing? (stems, leaves and flowers) It does so well growing here in Central Florida. I bought it at Walmart. It makes the whole front of my house light up. Your recipe sounds like a winner. Onions and garlic -- How can you go wrong?

I used to eat it raw while weeding the garden. We don't garden at home anymore, and we don't have it at the farm. I also eat lamsquarter and wood sorrel while weeding. Sometimes even Dandelion. I haven't ever 'harvested' them for the table, just something to munch on as I work.

Don't forget the Red Clover, Day Lilies, and Queen Ann's Lace!

Yes I eat the whole thing. If I get a thicker stem I might toss it out but generally I chop it all up, rinse and saute. Its real tasty

I brought it something that looked like purslane and looked it up but it was Spurge. I got some seeds for golden purslane but haven't gotten them planted like I meant to.

Maura, I live in the Thumb also. Come to my house and I will give you a bushel - every day. Every single day.... I can't get rid of it.

Could you provide a good picture of it? I had some garden cultivar for a while. Maybe the drought got it. I think its also good to eat.

Does that include all day lilies?

Geeze. I been pulling that up...

I eat it. Not much flavor but free and very healthy. I chop it up and add it to salads along with lambs quarters, clover, rose of Shannon, dandelion, and dock.
I read you can pickle it so I am doing that.

Check out food from india they eat a lot of purslane and lamb quarters. Check out the French they eat it also

Every year I had to dig it out of my garden. It never ends!!! How do you get rid of it? Drought never stopped the variety I have.

I have to dig it out of the garden. If I try to till it, every little piece reroots.

I only eat the leaves and saute it for a minute or two, drain and top with shredded cheese. Pickled I used the whole plant chopped and it was just o.k.

Goodness I've been trying to cultivate it for years and have never been able to. I found only a few plants growing on the place mostly around gravel, dug it up and placed it in the garden. It did not survive.

Be careful not to mistake this for spurge because I've heard spurge is poisonous.

Anyone willing to send me some purslane plants, I would sure be glad to reimburse your postage. (I've found some seeds in one of my catalogs; just have not ordered any as yet.)

I get confused. I thought I was weeding purslane but then I noticed there were two weeds that looked similar so I didn't risk it. I read it was common in recently turned soil which is what I'm gardening in. I'd love to eat it if I knew I was certain that was what I was chomping down on.

PP, try a leave, it is a tad fleshy, has a hint of tartness and is somewhat slimy, but not near as much as okra.

so far I just chop it up and put it in salad, especially cucumber and yoghurt salad. thanks for the recipe, will try that tonight.

You can also tell the difference by breaking the stem. Spurge has a milky sap and purslane does not.

Purslane 91
 

[SIZE="4"]I found this video on YouTube and thought it was quite informative on how to figure out what is truly purslane.

What a cool video. When he was describing the plant and pointing out the features his voice reminded me of the man who used to paint on PBS & always spoke gently of "little trees". :)

Haven't tried the purslane YET but I can tell you boiled lamb's quarters is a whole lot like spinach, especially the young plants. Yum!
And now to go out and find some purslane. Thanks for the inspiration:-)

It grows mad crazy here - loves the heat. I don't like it, but the chickens love it. They get a bunch of it everyday!

Don't forget the poison hemlock that looks "in general" quite similar to Queen Anne's lace. Make sure of your identfying, there are a number of posioness plants that look quite similar to edible ones.

I've nibbled it when weeding, and put some in a salad of greens. A little bitter once it starts to stretch out and blossom. I've let it grow in unused areas of the garden, including where I walk. It acts like a groundcover, and tills in well.