I read that Purselane was edible and gave it a try, since I had a patch of it growing in my garden. Thoroughly delightful! Mild flavor with a consistency like spinach.
And yeah, it might become VERY important to know this stuff. You can never be sure of your food supply during an emergency, so having a Plan B, a Plan C and a Plan D is always wise. Remember Ukraine.
FYI, you can also freeze it. Just stuff a quart-size freezer bag with it and throw it in the freezer. Then you can chop some up to add to soups etc in the winter. Good vitamin A and vitamin C content, and a good source of minerals.
Purslane is quite good.
Hard to get enough to eat, though.
I garden quite a bit and grow golden purslane.
Purslane is marvelous for oral cancers or precancers!!!!! As good as the hideous steroid mouth swish liquid!! Yes, you can make a tincture or whatever out of it, but I just eat it right out of my friend’s yard. Season hasn’t started yet in SoCal. I am bringing some to my oral oncologist to show him, he is top of his field and interested. There are a few scientific studies. (Below link) And it tastes way better than dandelions (which I can’t eat unless I boil them, so bitter).
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19585472
I have come to respect weeds after my friend started foraging and making teas and tinctures. Marijuana is a weed; I’ve seen it growing like one in Kathmandu. And it helps a lot of things too though I do not wish to get high.