I was given some a few years ago, and understood I can eat it. Now it's
spread enough I have my eyes on it for a salad ingredient.
It's a variant = the flowers are pink.
Looks a bit like chickweed. but leaves are larger.

Anyone else have pink purslane?

Tina

In message , Christina Websell
writes
I was given some a few years ago, and understood I can eat it. Now it's
spread enough I have my eyes on it for a salad ingredient.
It's a variant = the flowers are pink.
Looks a bit like chickweed. but leaves are larger.

Anyone else have pink purslane?

Are you talking about a pink form of Portulaca oleracea (usually
yellow-flowered), or the naturalised Claytonia (or Montia) sibirica?

The latter was common in the wild around here a few years back, but
seems to have declined since. I've only seen it on one site so far this
year, but I expect I'll find others over the next few weeks. (This
year's usually common plant is Veronica hederifolia agg.)

If the latter, it sounds as if you need confirmation that Claytonia
sibirica is edible. (Fide Wikipedia, Portulaca oleracea contains oxalic
acid, so at some point overconsumption would be a problem.)
--
Stewart Robert Hinsley

"Stewart Robert Hinsley" wrote in message
...
In message , Christina Websell
writes
I was given some a few years ago, and understood I can eat it. Now it's
spread enough I have my eyes on it for a salad ingredient.
It's a variant = the flowers are pink.
Looks a bit like chickweed. but leaves are larger.

Anyone else have pink purslane?

Are you talking about a pink form of Portulaca oleracea (usually
yellow-flowered), or the naturalised Claytonia (or Montia) sibirica?

The latter was common in the wild around here a few years back, but seems
to have declined since. I've only seen it on one site so far this year,
but I expect I'll find others over the next few weeks. (This year's
usually common plant is Veronica hederifolia agg.)

If the latter, it sounds as if you need confirmation that Claytonia
sibirica is edible. (Fide Wikipedia, Portulaca oleracea contains oxalic
acid, so at some point overconsumption would be a problem.)
--

Hmm, I'll have a better look at it in the morning then, thanks, Stuart.
Tina

"Chris Hogg" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 2 May 2010 18:08:57 +0100, "Christina Websell"
wrote:

I was given some a few years ago, and understood I can eat it. Now it's
spread enough I have my eyes on it for a salad ingredient.
It's a variant = the flowers are pink.
Looks a bit like chickweed. but leaves are larger.

Anyone else have pink purslane?

Tina



By coincidence, a week ago we came across a patch of pink purslane
(Montia sibirica), growing wild in an area of rhododendron woodland
cleared a few years ago. Said to be an annual, so I guess this patch
regenerates every year. Chiltern sell the seeds; grows well in damp
shade, they say, which is where the patch we saw was growing.

Purslane is supposed to be very high in omega-3 fatty acids and good
for you. But quite a lot of things get called purslane, so whether
it's this one, I don't know.

A brief look at images online suggests it's montia sibirica, but as I said
to Stuart upthread I'll look more closely at it tomorrow.
It's growing in damp shade and the person who gave me the original plant
said it was edible. It seems to be an annual but self seeds readily.
Looks quite succulent for a few leaves in a salad along with garlic mustard
and a few young dandelion leaves ;-)

Rusty should kick in here, I hope. An expert on wild living (so to speak..)
erm, living from the wild..

Tina

On Sun, 2 May 2010 22:36:03 +0100, "Christina Websell"
wrote:


"Chris Hogg" wrote in message
.. .
On Sun, 2 May 2010 18:08:57 +0100, "Christina Websell"
wrote:

I was given some a few years ago, and understood I can eat it. Now it's
spread enough I have my eyes on it for a salad ingredient.
It's a variant = the flowers are pink.
Looks a bit like chickweed. but leaves are larger.

Anyone else have pink purslane?

Tina



By coincidence, a week ago we came across a patch of pink purslane
(Montia sibirica), growing wild in an area of rhododendron woodland
cleared a few years ago. Said to be an annual, so I guess this patch
regenerates every year. Chiltern sell the seeds; grows well in damp
shade, they say, which is where the patch we saw was growing.

Purslane is supposed to be very high in omega-3 fatty acids and good
for you. But quite a lot of things get called purslane, so whether
it's this one, I don't know.

A brief look at images online suggests it's montia sibirica, but as I said
to Stuart upthread I'll look more closely at it tomorrow.
It's growing in damp shade and the person who gave me the original plant
said it was edible. It seems to be an annual but self seeds readily.
Looks quite succulent for a few leaves in a salad along with garlic mustard
and a few young dandelion leaves ;-)

Rusty should kick in here, I hope. An expert on wild living (so to speak..)
erm, living from the wild..

Rusty will eat anything without a face, and even some things with one.


--
(¯`·. ®óñ© © ²°¹° .·´¯)

"Chris Hogg" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 2 May 2010 22:36:03 +0100, "Christina Websell"
wrote:


"Chris Hogg" wrote in message
. ..
On Sun, 2 May 2010 18:08:57 +0100, "Christina Websell"
wrote:

I was given some a few years ago, and understood I can eat it. Now it's
spread enough I have my eyes on it for a salad ingredient.
It's a variant = the flowers are pink.
Looks a bit like chickweed. but leaves are larger.

Anyone else have pink purslane?

Tina



By coincidence, a week ago we came across a patch of pink purslane
(Montia sibirica), growing wild in an area of rhododendron woodland
cleared a few years ago. Said to be an annual, so I guess this patch
regenerates every year. Chiltern sell the seeds; grows well in damp
shade, they say, which is where the patch we saw was growing.

Purslane is supposed to be very high in omega-3 fatty acids and good
for you. But quite a lot of things get called purslane, so whether
it's this one, I don't know.

A brief look at images online suggests it's montia sibirica, but as I said
to Stuart upthread I'll look more closely at it tomorrow.
It's growing in damp shade and the person who gave me the original plant
said it was edible. It seems to be an annual but self seeds readily.
Looks quite succulent for a few leaves in a salad along with garlic
mustard
and a few young dandelion leaves ;-)

Rusty should kick in here, I hope. An expert on wild living (so to
speak..)
erm, living from the wild..

Tina


Chiltern say Montia sibirica is edible, eat it raw in salads, or after
a brief boiling as any other green veg.

Chris

Definitely montia sibirica so I will eat it as part of a salad, but not too
much of it.
Not done it yet but will add it to garlic mustard and dandelion.

"®óñ© © ²°¹°" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 2 May 2010 22:36:03 +0100, "Christina Websell"
wrote:


"Chris Hogg" wrote in message
. ..
On Sun, 2 May 2010 18:08:57 +0100, "Christina Websell"
wrote:

I was given some a few years ago, and understood I can eat it. Now it's
spread enough I have my eyes on it for a salad ingredient.
It's a variant = the flowers are pink.
Looks a bit like chickweed. but leaves are larger.

Anyone else have pink purslane?

Tina



By coincidence, a week ago we came across a patch of pink purslane
(Montia sibirica), growing wild in an area of rhododendron woodland
cleared a few years ago. Said to be an annual, so I guess this patch
regenerates every year. Chiltern sell the seeds; grows well in damp
shade, they say, which is where the patch we saw was growing.

Purslane is supposed to be very high in omega-3 fatty acids and good
for you. But quite a lot of things get called purslane, so whether
it's this one, I don't know.

A brief look at images online suggests it's montia sibirica, but as I said
to Stuart upthread I'll look more closely at it tomorrow.
It's growing in damp shade and the person who gave me the original plant
said it was edible. It seems to be an annual but self seeds readily.
Looks quite succulent for a few leaves in a salad along with garlic
mustard
and a few young dandelion leaves ;-)

Rusty should kick in here, I hope. An expert on wild living (so to
speak..)
erm, living from the wild..

Rusty will eat anything without a face, and even some things with one.
---
He found himself with no money and I admire him for surviving this. Don't
you?

On Tue, 4 May 2010 22:57:39 +0100, Sacha wrote:


A brief look at images online suggests it's montia sibirica, but as I said
to Stuart upthread I'll look more closely at it tomorrow.
It's growing in damp shade and the person who gave me the original plant
said it was edible. It seems to be an annual but self seeds readily.
Looks quite succulent for a few leaves in a salad along with garlic
mustard
and a few young dandelion leaves ;-)

Rusty should kick in here, I hope. An expert on wild living (so to
speak..)
erm, living from the wild..

Rusty will eat anything without a face, and even some things with one.
---
He found himself with no money and I admire him for surviving this. Don't
you?

Has Rusty actually invited us to discuss his personal circumstances?

Rusty has made no secret in various groups of his reduced
circumstances and often initiated discussion himself. Such
circumstances he has stated many times are caused by a tediously
prolonged fight to establish entitlement to his pension rights.
But you're are right in one way, there is a difference in discussing
him in absentia, so to speak, and conversing with him good self on the
subject.



--
(¯`·. ®óñ© © ²°¹° .·´¯)

--
Since he posted his personal circumstances on a public forum, No-one should be surprised that anyone is discussing them.

Sacha wrote:
Rusty will eat anything without a face, and even some things with one.
He found himself with no money and I admire him for surviving this. Don't
you?
Has Rusty actually invited us to discuss his personal circumstances?

I think by bringing up the subject himself in the past and not specifically
requesting it not be discussed, then yes, he implicitly invited all of
usenet to discuss his personal circumstances. 'Tis pretty much the nature
of the Usenet Beastie.

"Sacha" wrote in message
...
On 2010-05-04 20:58:01 +0100, "Christina Websell"
said:


"®óñ© © ²°¹°" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 2 May 2010 22:36:03 +0100, "Christina Websell"
wrote:


"Chris Hogg" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 2 May 2010 18:08:57 +0100, "Christina Websell"
wrote:

I was given some a few years ago, and understood I can eat it. Now
it's
spread enough I have my eyes on it for a salad ingredient.
It's a variant = the flowers are pink.
Looks a bit like chickweed. but leaves are larger.

Anyone else have pink purslane?

Tina



By coincidence, a week ago we came across a patch of pink purslane
(Montia sibirica), growing wild in an area of rhododendron woodland
cleared a few years ago. Said to be an annual, so I guess this patch
regenerates every year. Chiltern sell the seeds; grows well in damp
shade, they say, which is where the patch we saw was growing.

Purslane is supposed to be very high in omega-3 fatty acids and good
for you. But quite a lot of things get called purslane, so whether
it's this one, I don't know.

A brief look at images online suggests it's montia sibirica, but as I
said
to Stuart upthread I'll look more closely at it tomorrow.
It's growing in damp shade and the person who gave me the original
plant
said it was edible. It seems to be an annual but self seeds readily.
Looks quite succulent for a few leaves in a salad along with garlic
mustard
and a few young dandelion leaves ;-)

Rusty should kick in here, I hope. An expert on wild living (so to
speak..)
erm, living from the wild..

Rusty will eat anything without a face, and even some things with one.
---
He found himself with no money and I admire him for surviving this.
Don't
you?

Has Rusty actually invited us to discuss his personal circumstances?
--
Sacha


No, but as he told us all about it previously I did not think it had now
become a secret.
Has it? Damn, must have missed that bit. Sorry.
Tina

"Sacha" wrote in message
...
On 2010-05-05 09:23:47 +0100, kay said:


'Sacha[_4_ Wrote:
;886244']On 2010-05-04 20:58:01 +0100, "Christina Websell"
said:
-

---
He found himself with no money and I admire him for surviving this.
Don't
you?-

Has Rusty actually invited us to discuss his personal circumstances?
--
Since he posted his personal circumstances on a public forum, No-one
should be surprised that anyone is discussing them.

Personally, I see a difference between Rusty choosing to discuss them and
other people doing so, that's all.
--

If Rusty did not want people to know about his circumstances he would not
have posted it here. I see no reason why what I've said (that I admire him
for surviving it) could be objectionable to anyone, including himself.

Tina

"Sacha" wrote in message
...
On 2010-05-05 21:34:51 +0100, "Christina Websell"
said:


"Sacha" wrote in message
...
On 2010-05-04 20:58:01 +0100, "Christina Websell"
said:


"®óñ© © ²°¹°" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 2 May 2010 22:36:03 +0100, "Christina Websell"
wrote:


"Chris Hogg" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 2 May 2010 18:08:57 +0100, "Christina Websell"
wrote:

I was given some a few years ago, and understood I can eat it. Now
it's
spread enough I have my eyes on it for a salad ingredient.
It's a variant = the flowers are pink.
Looks a bit like chickweed. but leaves are larger.

Anyone else have pink purslane?

Tina



By coincidence, a week ago we came across a patch of pink purslane
(Montia sibirica), growing wild in an area of rhododendron woodland
cleared a few years ago. Said to be an annual, so I guess this patch
regenerates every year. Chiltern sell the seeds; grows well in damp
shade, they say, which is where the patch we saw was growing.

Purslane is supposed to be very high in omega-3 fatty acids and good
for you. But quite a lot of things get called purslane, so whether
it's this one, I don't know.

A brief look at images online suggests it's montia sibirica, but as I
said
to Stuart upthread I'll look more closely at it tomorrow.
It's growing in damp shade and the person who gave me the original
plant
said it was edible. It seems to be an annual but self seeds readily.
Looks quite succulent for a few leaves in a salad along with garlic
mustard
and a few young dandelion leaves ;-)

Rusty should kick in here, I hope. An expert on wild living (so to
speak..)
erm, living from the wild..

Rusty will eat anything without a face, and even some things with one.
---
He found himself with no money and I admire him for surviving this.
Don't
you?

Has Rusty actually invited us to discuss his personal circumstances?
--
Sacha


No, but as he told us all about it previously I did not think it had now
become a secret.
Has it? Damn, must have missed that bit. Sorry.
Tina

No need for sarcasm, Tina. I said it was my personal reaction and I stand
by that. If Rusty's happy, that's fine. Personally, I dislike the idea
of people picking over the bones of someone else's life but maybe I'm just
being picky, even while stating my own views.
--
I'm not being particularly sarcastic, I just don't understand your objection
to something that is common knowledge.
It's not as if I was betraying a confidence that was sent to me personally
in an email.
Tina

"Sacha" wrote in message
...
On 2010-05-05 22:38:21 +0100, "Christina Websell"
said:


"Sacha" wrote in message
that's fine. Personally, I dislike the idea
of people picking over the bones of someone else's life but maybe I'm
just
being picky, even while stating my own views.
--
I'm not being particularly sarcastic, I just don't understand your
objection
to something that is common knowledge.
It's not as if I was betraying a confidence that was sent to me
personally
in an email.
Tina

Of course not. And that isn't what I suggested and I hope you don't think
it was. I think/hope I know you a little better than to suppose that!
--
I was hoping that Rusty would come along to say I could eat pink purslane.
It does look like it's edible in a salad..

T