EatTheWeeds: Episode 60: Violets, Violas

http://www.eattheweeds.com/viola-affinis-florida%E2%80%99s-sweet-violet-2/

Learn about wild food with Green Deane, this time the violet, known and enjoyed around the world.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• bushcraft
• edible
• foods
• Foraging
• herbs
• medicine
• permaculture
• plants
• raw
• sororia
• survival
• viola
• violets
• wild
• wildcraft

[ARTCARNAVLE]

please reply. i have found a plant in my woods with the heart shaped leaves of the violet, but they don't clump as much. when crushed the leaves have a strong Christmas herb-like smell. dark green with a slightly darker tint on the veins, light underside and no flowers. they grow all year around. can u help me identify?

[EatTheWeeds]

@ARTCARNAVLE A picture is worth a thousand words. Join the Green Deane Forum, post it there where several experts can take a look at it.

[shelties100998]

how do you eat a pansy??

[EatTheWeeds]

@shelties100998 Open mouth, put in, chew (after making sure the soil and water has been wholesome and no presticides were used.)

[firebrandsgirl]

I wonder if I can eat a bit every day.

[EatTheWeeds]

@firebrandsgirl Only you and your bathroom will know for sure.

[FacetsOfTruth]

OH THANK YOU! My back yard is filled with the most amazing purple you would hope to see. The leaves are much smaller though. More clover sized. But they are the most beautiful purple color you could imagine. I wonder if I can eat the little leaves and flowers next spring (should I be able to stay here). That is an all together different legal injustice you would not believe. God have mercy on the fraudulent, for they know not what they do. Or maybe they do. And in such case; Get them God! . LOL

[GiantPetRat]

I like blue violet leaves for the melon-y kind of flavor. When very very young, they're excellent salad greens. Birdsfoot violet (or violas and pansies), taste like wintergreen for some reason. I dunno why.

Don't, by the way, be tempted to eat those little "seed packets" you'll find attached to the plant. Although they're crunchy and slightly sweet, they're inedible and make you feel queasy (trust me). The roots are also toxic.

[ManTheBush]

The violets here in Southern Ontario (or what I think are violets) have purple flowers and leaves that look similar to Garlic mustard leaves.

[bookconsumption]

Thanks. I recently uploaded a video on wild edibles. I focused on three plants widely known across the globe :)

[Mikeal74]

I am native american and just saying, we aren't all dead and gone and in the past. There are still a few of us around with knowledge of our culture.

Also loved your video and I rescued some purple violets today and have some in my front yard that are just wonderful I love them I want more heh.

[rbvmtr]

great ! so I will add some to my soups n salads ! I can almost skip the store completely and live on the wild greens , well .....atleast till the city pulls thru my area by the river with a dozer and kill it all . they already dozed a quarter of it .