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Forgotten? Medieval fruits and veg

 
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https://youtu.be/SJnIZiH5fyM?si=hUDmaXNkIh5YT-GH

(Sorry, can't embed the video, the channel has turned off that feature)

Found this today.  The idea is 15 forgotten foods from the middle ages.  I recognized all but one and have more than hal in my garden.

A lot of these seem fairly common in permaculture and these forums as they are easy to keep.  I didn't know about good king henery being used to bind wounds.  That's nifty.
 
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What a pity it won't embed.

Here's a list of the plants mentioned and the timestamps to the video, taken from the comment section -

0:22 Skirret — Sium sisarum

1:59 Alexanders — Smyrnium olusatrum - the whole plant is edible.

3:16 Good King Henry — Blitum bonus-henricus

4:37 Salsify — Tragopogon porrifolius - when cooked, edible roots tastes like oysters, both black or white varieties, used as fish substitute. In a cold place, lasts months without spoiling.

6:10 Medlar — Mespilus germanica - fruits need to Turn brown to be usable. Very good vor marmelades and jams.

7:49 Chickweed — Stellaria media - grows abundantly everywhere, great source of vitamin C, edible and medicinal (skin, respiratory and digestive problems, wounds healing support).

9:21 Scorzonera — Scorzonera hispanica - nutritious and delicious roots to be stored in a sand pile over the cold season. Cooking with scorzonera is a bit more complicated due the latex content.

11:10 Welsh onions — Allium fistulosum - perennial plants, fresh green tops, non-storable, set to eat freshly collected.

12:46 Fat Hen aka lamb's quarters — Chenopodium album - common weed, young leaves are good for salads, seeds are animal food or material for milling to flour.

14:26 Lovage — Levisticum officinale - leaves commonly used for soups, sauces, salads and some bakery products, fruits used for pickles, rootstocks can be candied. Leaves are also heavily diuretic, lovage tea also reduce flatulency and helps with digestion.

16:16 Cornsalad — Valeriana locusta - used for salads, calms neurologic problems.

17:47 Tansy — Tanacetum vulgare - flavorful, natural preservative, used also as a medicinal plant used to treat intestinal worms, rheumatism, digestive problems, fevers, sores, and to bring out measles. Insect repellent. Can cause contact dermatitis in sensitive individuals.

19:39 Sea kale — Crambe maritima - grows on sandy soils or along the seashore, high in vitamin C. Fresh shoots in the spring, hen leafes in the summer.

20:45 Woad — Isatis tinctoria - leaves for salads and soups, used in Chinese medicine as antiviroticum and for colds and tonsillar ailments.

21:53 Turnips — Brassica rapa - edible young greens are far more nutritious as compared to the root bulbs, older greens are better cooked, roots and seeds are edible too, but can cause sickness in sensitive individuals.
 
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