Articles tagged:purslane

Posted: Fri Aug 26 2:07 p.m. by Linda Diane Feldt AnnArbor.com Community Contributor
Experiments with purslane

Purslane, Portulaca oleracea, can be made into in pesto, garlic sauce, juice and kim chi. Add it to stir fries, omelets, cook it in soup. It can be preserved through drying and freezing or pickled. One of these was a total failure, two were fabulous, and the rest pretty good. ...

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Posted: Mon Jul 25 9:37 a.m. by Kim Bayer AnnArbor.com Community Contributor
Ideas for eating verdolagas (aka purslane)

On the annarborfood email list, a recent topic of discussion has been purslane, an easily recognizable weed that most of us have pulled from our gardens by the bushel. The fleshy green teardrop shaped leaves of purslane are attached to reddish stems, and taste a little tart and salty, but ...

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Posted: Thu Aug 13 8:26 p.m. by Jenn McKee Entertainment Journalist, AnnArbor.com
Nash Bash 2009 brings the country to Ann Arbor next Thursday

Nash Bash — a free, one-day annual country music festival happening Thursday at the Farmers Market — is only in its third year, but organizer Deanna Relyea noted that for many, it’s already become part of the fabric of summer in Ann Arbor. “It’s really established itself as something people ...

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Posted: Thu Jul 30 3:36 p.m. by Linda Diane Feldt AnnArbor.com Community Contributor
Wildcrafting on Twitter - including purslane for lunch

Twitter can be a useful tool. I've been using it to teach, alert and explain about local wild foods and opportunities for foraging and making herbal medicines. For those who prefer a nice old fashioned blog (is that possible?) I'll summarize the tweets here on a regular basis. Here are ...

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