An old person told me about a vegetable she used to eat in her youth.
It was called "marcory" but she didn't know how to spell it.
Does anyone know what it is?
She said it was leaves like nettles.
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Chris

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Chris ] writes:
| An old person told me about a vegetable she used to eat in her youth.
| It was called "marcory" but she didn't know how to spell it.
| Does anyone know what it is?
| She said it was leaves like nettles.

Mercury. Good King Henry. All-good. Chenopodium bonum-henricum.
A perennial relative of goosefoot (orache) and seeds itself almost
as freely. You can also blanch the stems, when they are known as
Lincolnshire asparagus - I do. Goosefoot can also be eaten.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

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In article ],
Chris ] writes:
| An old person told me about a vegetable she used to eat in her youth.
| It was called "marcory" but she didn't know how to spell it.
| Does anyone know what it is?
| She said it was leaves like nettles.

Mercury. Good King Henry. All-good. Chenopodium bonum-henricum.
A perennial relative of goosefoot (orache) and seeds itself almost
as freely. You can also blanch the stems, when they are known as
Lincolnshire asparagus - I do. Goosefoot can also be eaten.

Thanks. I'd like to try it. Are seeds readily available?
--
Chris

In article ], Chris ] wrote:
In article , Nick Maclaren
writes
In article ],
Chris ] writes:
| An old person told me about a vegetable she used to eat in her youth.
| It was called "marcory" but she didn't know how to spell it.
| Does anyone know what it is?
| She said it was leaves like nettles.

Mercury. Good King Henry. All-good. Chenopodium bonum-henricum.
A perennial relative of goosefoot (orache) and seeds itself almost
as freely. You can also blanch the stems, when they are known as
Lincolnshire asparagus - I do. Goosefoot can also be eaten.

Thanks. I'd like to try it. Are seeds readily available?

Where do you live? I dead head it religiously, but a few seeds usually
escape to become weeds. It will transplant well only when VERY young.
I am pretty sure that you can get seeds from Chiltern, though I could
try gathering some.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

On 11 Apr 2003 18:32:15 GMT, (Nick Maclaren) wrote:

In article ], Chris ] wrote:

[Good King Henry]

Thanks. I'd like to try it. Are seeds readily available?

Where do you live? I dead head it religiously, but a few seeds usually
escape to become weeds. It will transplant well only when VERY young.
I am pretty sure that you can get seeds from Chiltern, though I could
try gathering some.

We bought some seed from Jekka's Herbs (at a garden show, probably
Tatton last year). They are just starting to germinate now, about 3
weeks after sowing.

We also bought some Tree Spinach (chenopodium giganteum,
magentaspreen) seed from the same source and this has germinated about
a week ahead of the Good King Henry.
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Chris wrote in message ...
An old person told me about a vegetable she used to eat in her youth.
It was called "marcory" but she didn't know how to spell it.
Does anyone know what it is?
She said it was leaves like nettles.
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Often spelt a Markery, I have some growing in my garden at the moment,
got it from my dads garden after he died and we sold the place.

Arrow shaped leaves, best picked and eaten young, treat as spinach.

Mike
www.british-naturism.org.uk

Is this the same as Good King Henry....sounds like it anyway.
Cut off its flowers to encourage leaves.

Sue

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Chris wrote in message ...
An old person told me about a vegetable she used to eat in her youth.
It was called "marcory" but she didn't know how to spell it.
Does anyone know what it is?
She said it was leaves like nettles.
--
Often spelt a Markery, I have some growing in my garden at the moment,
got it from my dads garden after he died and we sold the place.

Arrow shaped leaves, best picked and eaten young, treat as spinach.

Mike
www.british-naturism.org.uk