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I found some yesterday, growing on somebody's lawn. I picked a mess of it and ate some. I've wanted to for years, ever since I read about it in "Walden."
It's not bad. It has a slight tart flavor that goes well with a creamy dressing. I tried some with balsamic vinegar, too - that was a little acid to my taste.
And, it was free, that always makes something taste better.
Just be careful pulling it out of someone's yard. If you had gotten it out of my yard, you would have gotten a large dose of weed poison as purslane is the bane of my existence. I'm glad someone can enjoy it, though!
I love purslane. I have a dream of building a home on a piece of land I own in the mountains, not paying taxes, and eating purslane incessantly. I stir fry it with chicken, meat, or shrimp. It's yummy. I grow it myself.
I love purslane. I have a dream of building a home on a piece of land I own in the mountains, not paying taxes, and eating purslane incessantly. I stir fry it with chicken, meat, or shrimp. It's yummy. I grow it myself.
I just discovered it. I'm pickling a bunch in cider vinegar at the moment.
Wow! A thread from 2007! I think I may be living cri cri's dream. I have a bumper crop of purslane, which seems to like my spare flower and veg containers on my back deck. Just brought in a huge bunch of it for stir fry, possibly with cabbage and onion and some fresh herbs that needed topping because of starting to flower. Maybe turn it a little Germanic with some chopped Vienna sausage and a lacing of vinegar.
Typically, the leaves and tops are used, but the stalks can be as well if cut into small sections and cooked a little longer. I use them in salads as well.
We also have it growing in our yard but I forget to pick it. We do like the lemony flavor but need ideas to use it more often.
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