Dear Dr. Singh: yes, and good to know... I have never eaten shepherd's purse as greens, will have to try in salad if I can find it from organic growers... Thanks Usha di
========= On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 7:16 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes Usha di > They are sold (leaves) in all major stores in California. The plant is very > common in Kashmir, where we used to (in our childhood) harvest Rosettes of > Taraxacum (along with Capsella bursa pastoris-shephered's purse; Cichorium > intybus-chicory; Nasturtium officinale; etc) and cook as prize vegetable > mix. > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 10:04 PM, Ushadi micromini < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Garden variety dandelion... >> >> now considered troublesome weed by most homemakers, the seeds were >> originally carried by the european lady ancestors of these same >> modern day homemakers, to be planted around their homesteading huts, >> as a supplemental green ..especially .. a salad green, and they knew >> that its roots are a lever detoxification herb par excel-lance.. and >> the leaves are now grown in California health conscious farms and sold >> across the country in green groceries... as salad or even bitter leaf >> vegetable to be boiled , salted eaten with toast and soup.... and >> dandelion rootsw are sold in some NYC green herbs stores... >> I personally love the taste in a salad of very tendre leaves, when the >> edges are still soft and roundish, before the dentation appears, esp >> if it comes from a non-poisoned lawn.... >> >> Usha di... >> ====== >> >> >> >> >> >> On May 11, 7:08 pm, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Taraxacum officinale is a vasty weed here in North America >> > Tanay >> > >> > >> > >> > On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 5:21 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > > Yes Taraxacum officinale >> > >> > > -- >> > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> > > Retired Associate Professor >> > > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> > > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> > > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >> > >http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> > >> > > On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 2:00 PM, amit chauhan <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > >> Hi, >> > >> > >> Taraxacum officinal indeed ! >> > >> > >> On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 1:47 PM, Dr Pankaj Kumar < >> [email protected]>wrote: >> > >> > >>> Taraxacum officinale >> > >>> Pankaj >> > >> > >>> On May 11, 1:07 pm, Dalia Set <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >>> > Small yellow sunflowerlike flowers - plenty on the grass bed >> around >> > >>> > Deoriatal lake in Uttarakhand , Apr 2011. >> > >>> > Looks very common - but can not tag with proper id. Please help. >> > >> > >>> > Thanks >> > >>> > Dalia >> > >> > >>> > ForID8_Kakragad.jpg >> > >>> > 69KViewDownload >> > >> > >>> > ForID9_Kakragad.jpg >> > >>> > 94KViewDownload >> > >> > >> -- >> > >> Dr. Amit Chauhan >> > >> Junior Technical Assistant >> > >> Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Research Centre, >> > >> Pantnagar, PO Dairy Farm Nagla, Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar, >> Uttarakhand >> > >> 263149 >> > >> ph.05944 234445 >> > >> mob.+919412161087 >> > >> mail: [email protected] >> > >> [email protected] >> > >> [email protected] >> > >> > -- >> > *Tanay Bose* >> > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. >> > Department of Botany. >> > University of British Columbia . >> > 3529-6270 University Blvd. >> > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) >> > Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) >> > 604-822-2019 (Lab) >> > 604-822-6089 (Fax) >> > [email protected] >> > *Webpages:* >> http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.htmlhttp://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.htmlhttps://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ > > > > >
