EatTheWeeds: Episode 110: Bacopas & Creeping Charlie

[kaiwilder]

What part of the world are you in??

[Dreoilin]

Is Creeping Charlie the same as Ground Ivy?

[EatTheWeeds]

@Dreoilin In this regard no, although there is a ground ivy called creeping charlie. This is micormeria brownii whereas the ground ivy is Glechoma hederacea.

[firebrandsgirl]

Oh, Deene. My coworker wanted to find out if you are single. :)

[EatTheWeeds]

@firebrandsgirl Yep, lifelong bachelor. Always planned on getting married but it never happened.

[firebrandsgirl]

@firebrandsgirl Thanks, I will let her know that I was more then embarrassed to ask. hahaah.

[firebrandsgirl]

creeping charlie is in my yard. my yard isn't wet. I will check to make sure it is creeping charlie when I get home.

[EatTheWeeds]

@firebrandsgirl It likes water, no doubt about that. Might you have non-edible venus looking glass?

[littlsuprstr]

@firebrandsgirl it's probably creeping charlie. it's a very common lawn weed. i tore out a garden bed full of it. now i regret not drying it and making it into tea.

[firebrandsgirl]

@littlsuprstr I just learned that one weed I have isn't henbit. It looks like it but I can tell the different. hahah

[PhuqueU]

And why isn't it spelled "eatable"?

School, it makes no sense at all.

[EatTheWeeds]

The tongue is to blame. It goes back to Latin endings and how they were said. If the suffix started with an "A" that got mangle into the English "-able" if it ended with an "E" it became "-ible." -able is far more common than -ible.

[PhuqueU]

Ok you're done, move on to Alternative Energy now.

[EatTheWeeds]

With some 4,000 edibles in North America I've only just begun.

[PhuqueU]

Golly, maybe you should have shown us the un-edibles?

[EatTheWeeds]

There's more than 20,000 of those in North America.

[PhuqueU]

Ok, teach, just let me go to the bathroom.

[abyssquick]

Excellent video. I've seen bacopa frequently. I'll look for the mint now too.

Speaking of mints - I've found wild Lion's Tail (leonotis leonorus), Lion's Ear (leonotis nepetifolia), and Perilla species around my local woods. Escaped from cultivation I have to assume. Leonotis flowers make an awesome mildly giddy psychoactive tea.

[EatTheWeeds]

I think one can also buy perilla in the can for flavoring in oriental markets.

[unicron24]

great job....thanks for the meat

[surrealpol]

Green Deane. Thank you for all of your amazing videos this past year! Your Eat The Weeds series is my favorite tv or internet series. Enlightening and entertaining. Very much appreciated!

[EatTheWeeds]

Thanks....

[feralkevin]

The Bacopa monnieri on my balcony is unpleasantly bitter.

[Khono]

We've got tons of creeping charlie here in southern Ontario. We've got a "nature" trail in the middle of our town which follows the river and one can find creeping charlie under all the big shading trees. Seems I'm the only one here with a taste for them though.

[EatTheWeeds]

I think you are referring to Glechoma hederacea. I am referring to Clinopodium browei... both are nicked named Creeping Charlie, both edible.G. hederacea by the way is not native to North America but came from Europe.

[powerdbyfood1]

How about doing a video about edible mushrooms.

[piklsty]

enjoyed it, as always.

[onetraveler]

The lemon bacopas grow in fairly deep water (say 18") in the Big Cypress and persist as surface water disappears--very adaptable. I love walking through patches of these in the dry season--talk about aroma therapy!

Beyond teas, are they worth considering for the pot or salad?

[EatTheWeeds]

I've never found Lemon Bacopa in water, just damp places. The Indians eat the Water Bacopa. I find it bitter and not too interesting. I haven't eaten a lot of it but I've nibbled on it.

[b1gje55e]

You should try and pitch your "show" to Food Network.

[EatTheWeeds]

I have done so twice.... they aren't of the mind set yet.

[nikrguy]

@EatTheWeeds

probably because there isn't a clear commercial profit to be made?

[EatTheWeeds]

Actualy there is a huge commercial side to it but one is trying to convince folks who are still eating at McDonads twice a day and think plants are hostile.

[b1gje55e]

What TV channels have you tried? Planet Green is an off-shoot of Discovery. They would probably be your best bet.

[EatTheWeeds]

I have contacted Discovery twice, in 2008 and 2009. There seems to be no way to contact Planet Green directly.

[b1gje55e]

Persistence

[b1gje55e]

"Copyright".... good decision

[JobbyRoshTrobby]

o cool looks nice

[JobbyRoshTrobby]

did you get a new camera

[EatTheWeeds]

Santa was kind....

[Framed1980]

Thanks enjoyed your video again.

Yes lovign yoru new techniques. and as you said the 2nd camera work. Your a funny bloke. Merry Christmas..

[EatTheWeeds]

Hoe hoe hoe

[jeremydockery1994]

marry christmas green dean good video as always i agree with them you should make your own tv show

[paisleyyama]

Green Deen looks like Charles`s friend on Little House on the Prarie. I can`t remember his name (I need to eat some of that bacopa!), but just look at him and you`ll know who I am talking about.

[EatTheWeeds]

Little House on The Prarie....wow.. blast from the past...those were gentlier times...

[origirox]

I enjoy eating verdugalas available in the local market. It look very similar to the bacopa and purslane. I wonder which it is related to or neither? It has a slight lemony flavor and a red fleshy stems. Leaves are 1/2 in. and fleshy green.

Just wondering...

[EatTheWeeds]

Got a botanical name?

[origirox]

I do not have the botanical name. =( I find it in the Mexican market if that helps.

[EatTheWeeds]

Purslane is verdolaga.

[noweirdbeard]

You need to come paddle the Mobile/Tensaw Delta with me and show me whats good to eat. You can tape it too! ;)

[EatTheWeeds]

Throw in a wanton woman and you've got a deal...

[MadBadVoodo]

Merry Christmas!!

[EatTheWeeds]

Χριστούγεννα!

[godsend420]

that stuff has gotta work wonders for memory theirs no why i could remember all thoes scientific names ★★★★★

[EatTheWeeds]

Well...you have a point... but is lemon bacopa any worse than bacopa caroliniana?

[godsend420]

@EatTheWeeds  dunno itrs all greek 2 me you either been doing this a long ass time or photographic memory mix of both either way luv ur vids

[EatTheWeeds]

Curious you should mention said...when I was younger I had an eidedic memory... I have a few cute stories from college...never studied, I just read or heard once and remembered in toto...shocked a few professors with recall...when I say "I don't remember" I am being polite.

[ForagingFishermen]

Very clear images of the plants, especially the magnified shot. Merry Christmas if you celebrate. 5*****

[EatTheWeeds]

Well... I ain't religious but Christmas is part of my heritage and I enjoy it.

[cm95965]

i knew it!, you dont work because your printing your own money just like the feds...lol. So when is that next batch gonna dry on the wall. lol

[jokertim777]

Creeping Charlie is an edible mint plant, wow!

I've always just thought of it as a hard to kill, invasive lawn wrecker. Now, rather than spray it with RoundUP, if I find some I can round some up to eat.

Thanks.

[desire4liberation]

your knowledge amazes me, thanks for your time

[TheXroadr]

Seasons Greetings.

[trentontrading]

luv the ending there... as though you were sitting in a salad bowl.. great survivor skills.

[seabeaner]

was the backdrop lake ashby? by the little fresh water stream. nice vid

[EatTheWeeds]

Thanks for writing....no, it was Lake Seiminary.... however, I do have a class on Sunday nearby in Mead Gardens. Perhaps you would like to attend. The details are on my website. The mint and the B. monnieri are there.

[LillithePink]

Happy holidays Green Deane! Thanks for all the input from 2009, really looking forward to 2010's projects! Keep them coming!

[jimsehub]

First to view and respond - sweet. Thanks for all of your great informative videos and please keep up the great work. Have a great Christmas Deane.