EatTheWeeds: Episode 15: Spiderwort, Tradescantia

[gaiagale]

Your blue omlette is absolutely spectacular and the flower salade looks good enough to eat ;-]) ...a feast for the eyes

I heard you mention garlic chives ...I'm curious is another name 'wild onion'?

thanks for sharing ...toodles right back

[EatTheWeeds]

@gaiagale No, I used garlice chives not wild onion. Chives are flat leafed, onions round.

[humacyrnus]

Is this poisonous to dogs? My dogs and I typically share everything . . . So before I cook up some of these (my yard is FULL of them) I wonder how it might affect them..

[EatTheWeeds]

@humacyrnus I know of one dog that gets a skin rash when he plays in it, so who knows about eating it?

[kernow62]

The juices in the stems are also a traditional folk cure for skin cancers and blemishes.

[edv177]

is tht wok Teflon coated?

[EatTheWeeds]

@edv177 No, none of my pans have Teflon

[ScottfromTexas]

I enjoy the cooking segments - even more good stuff to learn. You really cover things well - some might have just stuck with identifying the various plants but I admit the cooking really peaks my interest more because I have ideas of what to do with the plants. There is more value in what you do here than in just about any college course I took. Thanks so much.

[EatTheWeeds]

It tastes like spiderwort. It has its own green taste, mild, with a bit of a crunch.

[lova368]

wah,,,i wonder how it tastes....^^;

[bamashay]

It's something like green onions mixed with asparagus if you can imagine... Very yummy.

[laraskye]

Wow! Love the blue plate special. I'm a vegan so I probably would mix it with Quinoa or brown rice. Beautiful presentation!

[EatTheWeeds]

The nice thing about spiderwort is that it does not grow rank as the season passes, particularly here in hot Florida.

[dnHooligan]

awesome.

you are an inspiration to many.

[EatTheWeeds]

Absolutely NOT...neither... in fact pallida is known to cause dermatitis.

[haciendalastrancas]

Would other members of the spiderwort family (purple heart, tradescantia pallida) also be edible? What about Tradescantia zebrina?

Thanks!

[pillbug123]

I love the vids thanks for all the great info. T. ohiensis is smooth while the T. virginiana is pubescent in case you want to differentiate.

[EatTheWeeds]

That's a good point. I recently went into a scrub area and found a tradescantia that is short and skinny because of the dry conditions. Not at all succulent, looked very different. Blossoms, however, are the key.

[dkistner]

You ought to be on TV doing a combination of showing folks how to survive and how to do it with taste and style.

I'm just really knocked out with how much I've been able to learn watching your fascinating series. I don't know how you've managed to stay a bachelor so long.

[EatTheWeeds]

I run fast....and know how to hide in the woods... thank's for your comments. I've been learning my software at the same time so its been a learning cliff.... as for TV, would love to do a show or segment, did a lot of interviews when my books were published long ago (not about plants.)