Which Weeds Are Edible?

Scarsdale10583 ^ | CYNTHIA ROBERTS | MONDAY, 17 APRIL 2017

[nickcarraway]

[BenLurkin]

bkmk

[Ciexyz]

We may need to know this someday.

[MeganC]

The NYPD arrested someone for picking weeds in Central Park? OMG that is so insane!

[proud American in Canada]

Arrested and handcuffed for eating a dandelion? Is it illegal to cut foliage in Central Park?

I guess that makes sense. But I wouldn’t eat one from Central Park; I would imagine there are pesticides and who knows what on the foliage. I eat mine, occasionally; we have a rural property and don’t use chemicals.

Dandelions are good for your liver, though.

I took a tracking/survival class from Tom Brown Jr.’s wilderness survival school a few years ago. One time we had to forage for edible weeds to make a salad.

[Fungi]

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[forgotten man]

Dandelions and beaver tail cactus leaves are edible. I recommend that you remove the thorns from the cactus first.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

As long as you do not depend on it for the majority of your calories wild plants can make a fun addition to your diet.

[humblegunner]

help control them.

I agree.

Anyone trying to feed me weeds needs to be locked up.

[TexasTransplant]

Ever eat a Pine tree?

[MaxistheBest]

My grandmother always cooked us dandelions; she would cook them just like any leafy green, also added olive oil, garlic and grated cheese...stuff was great!!

[alternatives?]

What are plants that are not weeds called?

[spokeshave]

It's spring...harvest the nettle tops....dry in sun...pestle....add to soup.

Encyclopedia of medicinal. plants by Andrew Chevalier

[rovenstinez]

Grew up eating pig weed and dandy lions, the yellow flowers on dandy lions also made a great jellly.

[Wissa]

The NYPD arrested someone for picking weeds in Central Park?

Per the article, they were undercover cops. Probably on a stakeout, looking out for dandelion rustlers.

[TigersEye]

My father should have been arrested. He forced me to pull Dandelions and I think I must have put 50 lb.s of them in a trash bag.

[IWONDR]

“What are plants that are not weeds called?”

domesticated plants ???

[samtheman]

the undead?

[TigersEye]

Pretty plants.

[TigersEye]

Pig weed is good. About the same nutrition as spinach. It’s a wild amaranth so the seeds are edible and nutritious too if you can stand to winnow them out of the very prickly bracts.