The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-18


isalad. The bread leaved and the curly
| dock are common weeds in cultivated
I fields and pasture lands. The small
/ three-l5aved oxalis CT sOur-grsss is a
member of the same family. all con-
tanning an acid principle similar to that
found in the cultivated rhubarb. These
. are used as salads, when young or as
greens.
In the fields or along the roadside
may be found the tall stalk of the
! milkweed The young shoots are tied
in bundles, boiled in salted water and
served cold with a French dressing. A
favorite way with this week as we'll as
the dandeliOn, dock and horSe-radish
/ IS. after parbOilins. to boil with piece
Of fat pork and a number of potatoes.
serving ali in the same dish. The pet
tie and bUrdock are too well known TO
need an extended description With
both the young shOoJs should be COW
cred with sand OF earth until Sieached.
After gathering they are boiled and
served as spinach other roadside way
farsrs are the bindweed. shepherd :
purse. hampton and chicOry. All these
can be cooked as greens. In iOwlying
spots, well shaded by trees, may be
found the tiny Star Of Bethlehem. The
shoots. when young. may be eaten raw
or cooked, as may those of the herb of
calities calamus or sweet flag is usual
" found This is favorite with the
country boy who in the spring searches
eagerly for the Unexpanded flower
which he calls ginger or "caIamus
acorn" It has a warm sweetish taste
and can be used in sandwiches at q
picnic lunch. The leaves of the maple
sweet birch and beech may be used in
the same way. With the first warm
q 81 Of % h,
found They should be cut when four
or five inches high, tied in bundles and
tTs ated in the same way as asparagus.
With maturity poisonous properties ap-
pear in both root and plant. 50 that
neither leaf nor berry should be eaten.
The bursting buds of the sassafTas are
surrounded by whorl Of pale. green
ish flowers Few know that these.
dried and powdered form the 'gombO-
file" of the Creole. It is best prepared
by the ChOctaw Indians, who sell it in
the French market in New Orleans. In
maTshy spots near running brooks can
be found quantities of cowslips or
marsh maFig0lds. The young leaves Of
this plant make an excellent salad and
the entire plant. flowers included. can
be used as vegetable. In running
brooks are found quantities of water
creSs. At either side where the current
CRanunculus aquatiiis). which can be
served as a salad or vegetable aC-
Cording to its age. In comparing cOun-
try and SeashOre. the latter has but
poor showing. at least in this country
Edible seaweedS are rather scarce along
our coast although found in abund
auce in other lands The butchers
broom (RUsCUs aCUleatUs) is a, spiny-
leaVed shrub Of the asparagus family.
which can be used when young as d
pot herb The samphire or sea fennel
(Crithmum MaTitimum) Is common to
rocky localities along the coast The
leaves have a warm aromatic flavor
they are picked in vinegar and served
with salads and sauces. and are much
in demand by fishing populations. The
young leaves Of the Scuryy grass
CCOchlearia offiCinalis) can also be used
with other salad herbs For those who
desire winter salads at a little ex-
peDse "a steady supply of well blauched
herbs may he secured without a great
deal of trouble. Select such weeds as
have long r0OtS-the endive. chicory
and dandelion-aud dig a quantity aft
eT the plants have lowered and are
dying. This viii be late in August or
September Store them in a dark, dry
place until the middle of October. Bore
rows of holes (abOut six inches apart
round the sides of a barrel. In the
bottom of the barrel put a layer Of
manure. then a layer of loan. the
greater part of the latter being near
the outside. Set tile in the center
filling it with gravel When the first
row of holes Is reached put one of the
roots through each hole we'll into the
barrel. the stalk pointing outward Fill