My Son has an entire fence covered With wisteria, and it cascade with purple, tasty flowers! GOD really knows how to make beautiful, useful things.
As you can see they are quite prolific:
He keeps them trained on this fence, to keep them from spreading too much, as they can be invasive. They can be picked, and be added to a salad, or eaten directly.
The flowers are attractive:
With a pale purple color, a lot can be harvested in minutes. They are one of the first flowers in the spring, and here keep blooming mostly until the fall cold takes them.
Here is an article on making a ferment using wisteria:
https://www.tyrantfarms.com/yes-wisteria-flowers-are-edible-and-they-make-delicious-drinks/
I plan to try this myself soon, sounds delicious; especially with mint added! Chilled in the refrigerator, this would be welcome drink, with the thermometer🌡️ pushing over a hundred degrees every day! With the added advantage of natural probiotics, this drink is even more attractive.
So wisteria is not just a pretty face:
But a useful crop for those who know it's secrets! So go ahead, and munch some purple. It's prolific enough that people who have it growing will likely be happy to let you pick some flowers. Bring them some of the ferment cordial drink listed in the article above, and they may help you pick next year!
Keep on prepping, and happy foraging!
Milkweed pods are ready now meaning the young ones. Yum. Cooked some up the other night. They taste like a cross between asparagus and peas to me. The center is white and almost cheesy. Totally yummy my friend. I don't know why these are not sold in stores. I boil them for 5 to 10 minutes (closer to 10) and then toss them around in the frying pan with a very small amount of oil just so they are not water logged.
I have never done this, but I sure will try it. So the smaller ones? How can we tell if they are too big or too small? Is there such as thing as too small?
It has to be the smaller ones, the larger ones are gone to seed already. But the little ones are tasty. I saw one guy using small cooked pods through a blender, to make 'cheese' dip!
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Oh ya know, that might make a great spinach dip substitute! Living large in the wild!
Combine it with lambs quarters for spinach, I bet it would be stunning!
Keep on prepping!
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The whole idea is to pick them before the seeds inside mature. 1 to 2.5 inches in length is what I have eaten. Tender and tasty. It's not just length but age. If it's tough or trying to open it's too old.
Sounds good, ever steam them? That cooks without drowning the food....
I'll look around for some here!
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I bet steaming is awesome and perfect for these. Steam, let cool and add to a salad I bet too. Seriously, so tastes like a vegetable. Like food. I was thrilled.
When I finish fixing my car, I'll look for some. Sounds interesting....
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You left out the fragrance.
I had not tended to wisteria properly, and it took over my entire yard. It's not quite so pretty then.
It can be invasive, his set up has a driveway on both sides of the fence! I have seen other places overrun with Wisteria, but it's a pretty weed....
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That's good to know about wisteria
I like this fence full of pretty! But I have to try the fermenting on these flowers....
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I've always loved wisteria and coveted those cottages with it trailing over the front door but I never knew you could eat it. All the more reason for me to grow one now on my own cottage <3
Beautiful and tasty is hard to beat! I'm sure it will be perfect....
Happy munching, and keep on prepping!
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