Favorite Spring forage?

Yes, the season has started! There's Ground elder (Aegopodium podagraria), Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica), Crow garlic (Allium vineale), Wild garlic/ ramsons (Allium ursinum) ...
and so much more coming soon

Around here, the first things I notice are the Cleavers and Stinging Nettles.
I like the Cleavers fresh when the plants are small, though even the bigger ones are still nibble worthy.
I have a very short window with the Nettles before the aphids and tiny beetles take up residence on them - (not that they can't be shaken off or washed).  I prefer pinching off the topmost part of new Nettles and crushing it between thumb and fingers to get rid of the stings and then I eat them raw directly.  Steamed, Souped, or made into a mess-o-greens in the pan is good too.
I welcome Nettle stings as medicine too - I often intentionally get myself stung where I have sore muscles or the like for pain relief.
Lemon Balm is rather early here too, and I enjoy the fresh leaves for snacking.
Also overwintered Parsley, Kale, Mustard, Beetroots and such from the garden are at their prime for eating at this time (some years).

After reading about milkweed being edible, I ventured out of my comfort zone and picked some young shoots to try. I stir fried them in bacon grease with eggs just like cooking asparagus. And they are delicious! The stalk parts are milder but younger leaves are so flavorful. No bitterness or slimenes that I tend to associate with wild forages.  And they are everywhere, easier to grow than asparagus. I can't wait to try the pods this summer.

Nettles for me, every time. They come up so reliably and the window for picking them young is just long enough to get a few good batches in. I dry some for tea through the year too, works well enough.

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