More free food
Last night saw another culinary experiment. Anne had been digging the vegetable plot and found some roots that resembled parsnips. “These look edible”, she thought. Fortunately, she recognised them as evening primrose and, after checking on the net, decided to try eating them. According to our sources, evening primrose is edible – all parts of the plant can be eaten (you might have come across the seed oil being sold in health-food shops) and was apparently even a staple crop for North American natives.
Having cleaned, peeled and boiled the roots, we tried them but they were a disappointment. The texture is slightly gritty, with a faint aromatic/peppery/earthy flavour, and they’re a bit fibrous, too. Not our greatest success with free food. Nettles were much better – we tried them again the other day as a simple vegetable (boiled for a few minutes like spinach) but they weren’t as nice as they were in the risotto.
pax et bonum
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