Oxalis
Panel #5 in the WeedyConnection Self Guided Tour: Oxalis. Recipes: Oxalis Sauce This green sauce was a favourite in the fifteenth century when it was served with fish, game or pork. 250g (8oz/2 cups) Oxalis 2 tablespoon butter 2 tablespoon cream 1 tablespoon clear, light honey 1 teaspoon cider vinegar pinch cayenne pepper Sauté’ Oxalis […]
Wild Fennel lore
Fennel has a long history as a medicinal and edible plant. The ancient Greeks believed it gave strength, courage and longevity to those who used it and so it was given to competitors at the Olympic games. Pliny attributed it with many medicinal properties and it was favoured by roman gladiators. It would, in fact, […]
Kylie Kwong and the pickled bamboo shoots
My partner Emma loves cooking programs and the other day we had a look at a DVD of Kylie Kwong famous program “Heart and Soul”. One of the episodes featured pickled Bamboo Shoots. Oh, I said, do ABC know they are promoting culinary usages of a NOXIOUS WEED? I still haven’t done the Bamboo page […]
Ribwort Plantago
Second installment of the Self-Guided Tour Panels: Ribwort Plantago And here is the PDF version of the panel: ribwort plantago
Sorrel Tortilla
Found this recipe on ‘Australian Weeds’ by Gay Stern. Sorrel Tortilla 2 large potatoes, sliced into 10mm rounds 2 tablespoons oil 1 onion, finely sliced 2 shallots or spring onions, finely chopped 250g Sorrel leaves, finely chopped 6 eggs sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste 2 tablespoon freshly-grated Parmesan cheese Parboil the […]
Blakberry Panel
Here is the panel i made for the Self-Guided Tour of the Weeds of Australia now on at Wollombi. Over the next weeks i will slowly upload all of the 10 panels. The info-points are in PDF format, just download from this link. blackberry info-panel
Prickly Pear Wine recepie
This recepie comes from a fantastic online resource: The Winemaking Homepage PRICKLY PEAR CACTUS WINE * 5-6 lb. prickly pear fruit * 2-1/2 lb. granulated sugar * 1 tsp. acid blend * 1 gallon water * wine yeast and nutrient Put prickly pear cactus fruit in large crock or pail. Pour one gallon boiling water […]
Blackberry Fool!! -as pudding-
While looking for a breakfast recepie this morning, my partner came across an interesting entry in the dessert section of Marie Claire: Blacberry Fool. The interesting part is in the ‘notes’ section just below the recepie, where it states that if cannot find blackberries you can use other berries as sobstitute. uh? as far as […]
Here’s a review published about another Weed Tour i set-up in 2002.
well, well, well, here’s the blog. by now i have worked on the website/databse for about 2 months non-stop. i know, sum ppl wip -up such a thing in less then a week, but i never wrote a website, therefore you can immagine the steep hill i had to climb. nevertheless here we are, i […]
