hogweed root?????

[xylaria]

I like the shoots, and the seeds have their place as a flavour, i have never tried the root. It is alledgly edible and I have bag of it my kitchen. It looks like and smells like parsnip gone woody.

Has anyone ever tried it?

is it better midwinter like parnsip. It was used mostly as animal feed in the past, and I am about to be either to be pleasantly surprised, or feel sorry for farm animals.

I am talking about heracleum sphondylium BTW.

 

[The Big Lebowski]

Cant say I have. I'll give it a bash though once its out again. Hogweed is one of my favorite wild foods.

I also want to try your JBTH wasabi idea with some line caught bass/sushi when I get the rods out soon.

 

[xylaria]

the jbth wasabi has to eaten as soon possible after pulling from the ground, as like the proper stuff it loses it flavour withing an hour.

The hogweed smells a little like cardomon when boiling. The water is very bitter, just tasted one peice not nice. I have changed the water. It smells quite pleasant.

 

[Niels]

I shall try this too. The first ones are popping up here now. The giant ones too but there not edible if I remember correctly.

 

[xylaria]

ok THE ROOT IS NOT EDIBLE.

I changed the water twice, the more I cooked the more smell came off. The fresh cardamon smell became more like cleaning fluid. I eventually fryed it in butter and added soy sauce, at best it tasted like the cordysol mouthwash. The texture wasn't bad, the taste was appaling to suspect. I couldnt even hold it my mouth let alone swallow it.

I will saute the shoots now, which are really scummy.

 

[Niels]

ok IT IS NOT EDIBLE.

I changed the water twice, the more I cooked the more smell came off. The fresh cardamon smell became more like cleaning fluid. I eventually fryed it in butter and added soy sauce, at best it tasted like the cordysol mouthwash. The texture wasn't bad, the taste was appaling to suspect. I couldnt even hold it my mouth let alone swallow it.

I will saute the shoots now, which are really scummy.

Credit to you! we now know not to try.

 

[The Big Lebowski]

If you don't try, you never know

Back to the shoots then !

 

[xylaria]

Another thing the smell isnt coming off my hands. I know enough to know this might be a problem. Coumarins are group of chemicals responcible for the smell of new mown hay, rose petals, moldy nettles and burns you get from hogweed, gaint hogweed and parsnips. I will dig out the sunblock incase it is sunny tomorrow just in case.