quick question - Is Clover Edible?

[lofthouse31]

is clover edible.cheers stiggy

 

[John Fenna]

Yes - cows eat it all the time!
Also edible by humans.
"Wild Food" by Roger Philips Pan Books 1983 has recipes for clover salad and clover wine.
Butch blokes beware - clover (it seems) is full of Estrogen (sp?) and is used in herbal preparations for "ladies problems" and the Men!Oh?Pause! (sp?)
I find red clover tea makes me dizzy....
John

 

[xylaria]

I have drunk red clover tea to increase milk flow. It tastes very simerlar to alot of flower teas, but I would consume it moderation if you are male or under the age 12 of either gender.

Soya and sage also contain phyto-oestrogens.

 

[Marts]

Absolutely.

It's lovely on toast

Sorry...I'll see myself out.

 

[lofthouse31]

im sure theres not a lot of calorie value but i am pleased to be able to add this to my foragers shopping list.

 

[gregorach]

I seem to recall from my childhood that you can suck a reasonable amount of nectar out of clover flowers...

 

[spamel]

I seem to recall from my childhood that you can suck a reasonable amount of nectar out of clover flowers...

Ratbag was showing me this just a few weeks back. I may have to give it a try, as I think they weren't completely flowering at the time.

 

[bushwacker bob]

Absolutely.

It's lovely on toast

...I'll see myself out.

I have drunk red clover tea to increase milk flow.

:umbrella: did it work? .....any side effects we should know about?

I have been collecting the stuff by the sackful to feed to my mares with foals.White clover is prefered as an equine/bovine food....I dont know why.

 

[xylaria]

:umbrella: did it work? .....any side effects we should know about?

I have been collecting the stuff by the sackful to feed to my mares with foals.White clover is prefered as an equine/bovine food....I dont know why.

I didn't get any side effects like getting milk bound. Things did improve while taking it but there is no way I can say it was clover or working out that health care professionals in salford know diddly-squat about what normal breastfeeding is. I certainly had no dizzyness. I drank it for about a week, until childs feeding pattern changed to something more bearable.

Dont get clovers trifolium spp confused with sweet clovers melilotus spp as these taint milk and put the foal off feeding.

 

[Voivode]

I seem to recall from my childhood that you can suck a reasonable amount of nectar out of clover flowers...

It's true; growing up on the farm we used to pluck the flowers and suck the tiny taste of nectar from the base of the flower. Not much for calories, I imagine, but an amusing pastime in our youth.