Evening, Primrose

Posted by Andy Hamilton - 07/09/08 at 08:09:28 pm

Another full day today, got up at 7am ish as I could not sleep, never can the day before giving a talk (see last blog – Organic food Festival). Gave a talk with Dave at 11am, it went ok and sold a book would have sold more I think but only had one on me.

Met Jekka from Jekka’s herbs, not sure what to make of her really. I was going to stay and listen to her talk about herb teas but by the time I had nipped off and got a real tea she was gone.

Talked wild food with another bloke called Kirk who I have seen around the Free Economy events. He was telling me that he loved to snack on evening primrose flowers, I had not thought of that one. Rushed off to my allotment and got munching, quite a subtle taste I thought not unpleasant, certainly something to munch on whilst weeding my allotment and a flower that does not knock your socks off like Nasturtiums do. Evening Primrose grows like a weed all over my plot. It tends to grow on disturbed soil and so I keep weeding it out and creating the perfect environment for it so it keeps coming back. I do like the taste of the roots of evening primrose they are a little peppery. As with most roots the best ones are the first years growth just before winter sets in, it is this time of year that they start to store the nutrients for winter and so will start to swell. Dig them up, wash them and eat! You can boil them if you are not a big fan of the taste.

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