This video requites connecting to Youtube via the link. Many of these are not truly "forgotten" and are available from various sources. Still, I don't think I've tasted any other than turnip greens,
I saw this video just few days ago! And shared it with a friend on a popular phone app we use here. As they say, great minds think alike!
I got some scorzanera seed that I plan on planting this fall. I have a thread on it. . Only Zigs and Tetters replied, though !!
We have a ready supply of sea kale nearby, have already been growing corn salad - we call it lambs lettuce, we have Babingtons perennial leeks on order. We also have a Medlar tree, and there is unlimited Alexanders all around here. Wild fennel also is in plentiful supply around the coast, as is samphire (if we look in the right places). Our woods are full of wild garlic, and chestnuts. Zigs makes rose hip syrup -full of vitamin C. We found the video really interesting. With looming food shortages in the UK - this kind of posting could be really vital. Thanks @Daniel W .
I am growing more fruit than I need. If they do well, I'll be taking some boxes of fruit to the food bank.
We've also got the Welsh Jumping Onions They weren't doing very well outside (too windy and shaded where they were) so I potted them up a month ago and put them in the polytunnel The Babington's Leeks grow all along the edge of the shingle beach where I used to go fishing. Never saw them flower (apparently they only produce bulbils anyway) but used to cut some to eat when I went down there. They tasted better than any leek I've ever bought or grown. Looking forward to cultivating them
I tried to warn Tetters about Alexanders I've eaten or at least tasted most wild foods in the UK. Some are more palatable than others. When I tried Alexanders years ago I quickly came to the conclusion that the Romans introduced it as some sort of penance It's Orrible Anyway, I stopped the car to pick some to give to Tetters the other day, I'm sure she'll tell you what she thought of it @Tetters
In my opinion, there is absolutely nothing that can be done to this awful stuff to make it any sort of edible. I would rather starve. We do wonder if the seeds could have any value - but not for me
Are they like Egyptian Walking Onions? I have been growing those for 25 years. Grew them a long time ago, my dad's aunt grew them.
The Onions in the picture are probably the same as the Egyptian Walking Onions Daniel No one really knows why ours are called Welsh, they certainly didn't originate there, probably just grown there for a long time. The Babington's Leeks really taste like leeks and not onions. I wish I still had a picture of the ones I used to pick. Just had a thought, I made a video of the wildflowers of the Chesil beach, don't think they were included but I'll look it up
Found it... I was right, it didn't have the leeks in it but there's a few other wild edibles in there. Quite a few of our food crops come from coastal plants, so I thought the video wouldn't be out of place here
I took a screenshot from google street view of the Babington's Leeks growing in habitat on the Chesil Beach in Dorset
