Southerners: Do You Overlook This Tasty Wild Vegetable Every Spring?

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In this video Matthew talks about the edible uses and identification of the delicious corn salad plant(Valerianella radiata). Corn salad is a wild vegetable that grows throughout the Southeast and is ready for harvest during a short period in March and April.
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@jimhovater8755 3 ай бұрын

I'm 62 and have lived in the South all of my life. This is a new one on me.

@Mntdewmania1 3 ай бұрын

Me too I've forged for years and didn't know about this one... Of course I'm in the mountains might make a difference..

@rebeccagifford8088 3 ай бұрын

That doesn't look like what I grew up knowing as corn salad what we call corn salad grows on a huge Rock and it actually looks like corn growing

@paulshell1729 3 ай бұрын

I grew this in my veg garden years ago and let it go to seed. It pops up voluntarily now, and I try to let a few plants self-seed. I did not know it was common as a wild plant. Corn salad (AKA Mache or hen's lettuce) seeds are available from many seed suppliers, and can be naturalized this way in your garden or border areas if you have decent conditions. It enjoys cool, moist springs and time to self-seed undisturbed in later summer.

@MTknitter22 3 ай бұрын

No matter how long we have lived, there are many brand new things to learn we had no idea of!

@iahelcathartesaura3887 3 ай бұрын

I'm 62 and lived in the south most of my life, generationally Western North Carolinian. I didn't know this grew out here! I bought some starts a year or two ago to try and grow it, but the possums got in my little garden. I wouldn't eat this from most of the soil in the area where I live because of contaminants. But this is amazing to know! I know this is tasty and I enjoyed what I could grow of it.

@5points7019 3 ай бұрын

i learned of this lovely plant almost 30 years ago from my MIL. she was a refugee in germany in post ww2. she said this was one of many forages she and her brother would seek out bcs there wasn't much to eat. all the woods were cleared out of animals, farmers that were left had to stand armed guard to protect their crops until they were ready for harvest and for a time they were homeless, living in castles with other families. its also known as mache (mah chey). its delicious! its always a good thing to learn foraging. half the 'weeds' in my area are edible

@CricketsBay 3 ай бұрын

When I saw the thumbnail, I was like, "Hey, that's mache!" It grows in wet areas of Southwest Iowa and Southeast Nebraska.

@5points7019 3 ай бұрын

@CricketsBay Iowan here but in Michigan it'll grow as well

@AudreyWortman 3 ай бұрын

62 old Gen x here ..here in🇨🇦 my grandfather use to take me in the wòods on walks and talk about the plants and nature in general ❤ MISS YOU GRAMPIE❤❤😊

@williammikell2210 3 ай бұрын

THANK YOU, for the explanation of "corn" in the old English. I read a book once that reference "corn" in 13th century England and I could never reconcile what I thought I knew about corn.

@oakmaiden2133 3 ай бұрын

It was often used for wheat and barley.

@oakmaiden2133 3 ай бұрын

I also had this confusion with indigenous weaving that I thought was introduced by Spanish exporers. They had cotton and yucca fibers before sheep.

@herekittykitty9324 3 ай бұрын

Overlook it? Was raised on it. Fried it like poke salate with bacon grease. You can eat alot from the land. You can also eat its look alike and dandelions are delicious. Have many different recipes from Grandma from Appalachia.

@nathanhale7444 3 ай бұрын

This is the kind of thing I want an exhaustive book about. One with pics of all the plants stages, how and when to harvest, how to prepare, any pitfalls you may encounter as well as lookalikes. Especially dangerous ones. Like how sweet potato leaves are edible but regular potato leaves are poisonous because potatoes are related in the same family as deadly nightshade so only the tubers are edible.

@jrrn96 3 ай бұрын

Nicole Apeilan ex pharmacist has this book color pics and info

@nathanhale7444 2 ай бұрын

@@jrrn96 I'll check it out. Thanks

@askip7 3 ай бұрын

You’re an excellent teacher, I really appreciate your style. I recently discovered your channel and webpage and have subscribed to both…also referred you to a friend of mine and she’s now a subscriber as well. Keep up the great work!

@LegacyWildernessAcademy 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for the encouraging words! Hoping to make a lot more articles/videos this year!

@carolfreeman2962 3 ай бұрын

Yes agree!

@trustingod9160 3 ай бұрын

You should think about making a book for the edible plants

@TheBudgetWarrior 3 ай бұрын

This is the best wild edible tutorial I have seen to date. Thank you.

@LegacyWildernessAcademy 3 ай бұрын

Wow that is a wonderful compliment, thank you! Keep an eye out for more coming soon.

@stacystepp7914 3 ай бұрын

TERRIFIC description of corn salad! I feel like I could go find it and positively identify it after just watching this one video...especially after it get older! Great job showing it right next to sheep sorrel too!

@utubemouse 3 ай бұрын

Already flowering down here in Houston area!

@Fallujarhead 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the knowledge brother. These are growing throughout my old herb garden. I might throw them in the salad bowl.

@kellyclemmer9715 3 ай бұрын

This is so useful and I love seeing the look-alikes too. I know you can’t cover them all, but seeing the differences helps me get to know the first plant better too!

@BushcraftExplained 3 ай бұрын

When SHTF you’re going to be a valuable member of your community. Subscribed, guide coming to email and Facebook group joined. Thanks for the information.

@LegacyWildernessAcademy 3 ай бұрын

I'm hoping to equip people one plant at a time. Thanks for watching, more videos coming soon.

@lola8590 3 ай бұрын

I bought seeds from Bakers Creek of this plant. Hoping it’ll seed and reappear every year. Amazing in salads!

@ewc435black9 3 ай бұрын

Mine did. In central NC zone 7b

@Paula.M 3 ай бұрын

Grew up in Germany after the War we had it in our victory garden. I have it now in my garden sew seeds in September and eat it winter

@sv160 3 ай бұрын

❤️ wow it’s a German thing so. Tast sooooooooo good. We put it in the potato salad. It was a Christmas Eve dish in my family Kartoffel Salat mit Rapunzel Salat ( cornsalad ) and Fleischwurst oder Devil eggs. Rapunzel got her Name from that salad. Her mom loved to eat Rapunzels when she was pregnant.

@wrengregory1458 3 ай бұрын

The cudweed makes a rabbit tobacco like flower. It is also the favorite food of Buckeye Butterflies. I can't wait to taste the corn salad. I bet it would taste great with sorrel. Too much sorrel will clean one out. I learned alot for you. Thanks!!~

@LegacyWildernessAcademy 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@jerrystephenson6198 3 ай бұрын

I bought a seed packet of corn salad because it had a short maturity period. It did terrible, and I thought it was done, but it came back late in the season and is already growing this spring.

@blackthornknives 3 ай бұрын

Interesting point about the scripture reference. Thank you for the clarification!

@Cherishflowers6 3 ай бұрын

I'm sooo glad this popped up on my feed! Just subscribed! You are awesome 🎉

@LegacyWildernessAcademy 3 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@valkyrie1066 3 ай бұрын

Transplanted Southerner; I am happy to learn about my new garden weeds! I want to know what I can eat, and make into poultices, tea, etc. YEP, I've seen that near the creek! Yes, I understand corn to mean "grain" in older texts. No teeth on the edge, opposite leaves. Chickweed! put a sprig of it in cheap olive oil; it will taste like the more expensive variety. Sheep sorrel, I've seen that. Arrowhead shape. Thank you; sometimes these weeds grow so close together, and I don't want to take home toxins. (or pick them separately as needed for poultices, etc.)Thank you so much AND you have a new subscriber! 😃😃

@bmiles4131 3 ай бұрын

Sheep sorrel is shaped like a sheep’s head.

@LegacyWildernessAcademy 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching and subscribing!

@stacystepp7914 3 ай бұрын

@@bmiles4131Well how cool is that?! Yeah...the head and both ears!

@venamorgan9980 3 ай бұрын

Cilantro or bandanya here in the Caribbean is similar It also has a pungent smell and used in seafood and curries.

@melindaroth5796 3 ай бұрын

Awesome teaching 😊 Thank you so much for teaching us all Brother ❤😊

@LegacyWildernessAcademy 3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for watching!

@ql2ku 3 ай бұрын

Ivevmbeen pulling cudweed and chamber butters from.my yard for years without progress..i was glad to hear they both are medicinal

@nancyfahey7518 3 ай бұрын

Does he have a video on it? I'll check it out.

@tigertyg251 3 ай бұрын

Best description of this plant I’ve encountered

@terrilegg1 3 ай бұрын

So glad I found your channel; I love foraging in the Southeast and your descriptions are much more detailed

@LegacyWildernessAcademy 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for saying that! Keep an eye out for more videos coming soon!

@AndreaM77 3 ай бұрын

New subscriber here. Love to learn about Father's " farmacy" and free greens. ❤

@LegacyWildernessAcademy 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and subscribing. More coming soon!

@utubemouse 3 ай бұрын

Also there is a wild white forget-me-not with slightly fuzzy leaves that are quite similar.

@kleineroteHex 3 ай бұрын

Reminds me of Feldsalat (field lettuce) we used to pick early spring in Germany. The French call it mache, and I had seeds that never germinated 😢

@viewsandreviews180 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing this with me. I’m sure I would still need some practice identifying edible plants but your information is very useful to a novice. Do you have in person instruction? If not you might want to think about doing that.

@LegacyWildernessAcademy 3 ай бұрын

Hoping to start teaching plant walks this year! We just moved back to the South so I'm still working on finding locations, etc.

@gendoll5006 3 ай бұрын

We have so many wild edible plants in our yard. But these corn salad ones popped up this year and just yesterday I saw them and was like what is that??? Definitely gonna go grab some now for a salad lol.

@LegacyWildernessAcademy 3 ай бұрын

Awesome!

@thekhakihat3233 3 ай бұрын

It would be great to see a range map if its available. Good video!

@ajalicea1091 3 ай бұрын

Love the historical

@MeadowLark8 3 ай бұрын

I recognize these plants; I"m not native to the South :) Thankyou! We'll have more salads to eat! I would love to be notified but I find Facebook too confusing for me. :(

@nancyfahey7518 3 ай бұрын

Same here with facebook. Most people just plain don't like it.

@jessicapearson9479 3 ай бұрын

This also grows up north too.

@cobococreek1224 3 ай бұрын

Nice presentation, you have earned a new subscriber!

@LegacyWildernessAcademy 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and following!

@joshuaflowers6340 3 ай бұрын

Great vid! Subscribed and joined the FB group. I’ve been foraging for medicinal purposes for a few years now. Always great to learn more.

@LegacyWildernessAcademy 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! Keep an eye out for more videos coming soon

@mzindyg007 3 ай бұрын

Oh Dear. I’m quite sure I’ve pulled this out as Weed. 😕SMH But I’ve run across Corn Salad seeds and thought it waa an odd name Now I know Thank you so much. Keep it coming

@LegacyWildernessAcademy 3 ай бұрын

Will do, thanks for watching!

@katylox1604 3 ай бұрын

Atwood has corn salad seeds

@cblair8501 3 ай бұрын

I did the same. There were so many growing around my lettuce & spinach.

@samuelestepp725 3 ай бұрын

Tangle gut,ramps,creasey greens,are good to

@tsugima6317 3 ай бұрын

Not to mention young common violet leaves and flowers. I use them like spinach and they are delicious and have more iron than spinach.

@blueplasma5589 3 ай бұрын

Mache is corn salad? You could cover the other names used on your plants. Great vid. Trader Joe's use to sell Mache in bags.

@NazarasfineCrafts 3 ай бұрын

Thank you again! The videos you have put out are very useful. And as you said is that you go over so much about the plant, that it makes it easier to identify. Is there any way you could do a video about the sheep sorrel, or sorrel in general? I know there are so many different types. Thanks again ❤

@LegacyWildernessAcademy 3 ай бұрын

Hoping to cover it next year! I have 20 target species for this year and I'm running around like a crazy person trying to film/photograph them all.

@NazarasfineCrafts 3 ай бұрын

@LegacyWildernessAcademy lol completely understand. Appreciate and all information you put out. Thanks and looking forward to the next video.

@rusty6172 2 ай бұрын

I'm so thankful to have people doing this work in my region, all the stuff I've seen growing in my garden and wondering about, you've covered so much of it! Are there book recommendations you have? I'd like to get better at identifying all the plants here in georgia or the east tennessee regions, especially differentiating the edibles from the others.

@karmelicanke 3 ай бұрын

Buy seeds and grow your own mache/corn salad. When sold at the grocery store or market, it costs a fortune.

@lola8590 3 ай бұрын

Great info….love your channel.

@LegacyWildernessAcademy 3 ай бұрын

Thank you, glad you're enjoying the videos!

@markwray366 3 ай бұрын

Thank you, very insightful

@LegacyWildernessAcademy 3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!

@billfarr3343 3 ай бұрын

Thank you much. I appreciate the guide booklet.

@LegacyWildernessAcademy 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@laverneetheredge7852 3 ай бұрын

GREAT INFO>> Thank you!

@babystepsgarden6162 3 ай бұрын

So glad I found your Channel! I just subscribed.🤓

@LegacyWildernessAcademy 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and subscribing! More videos coming soon!

@peggyalbright3745 3 ай бұрын

Great info! Thanks!

@LegacyWildernessAcademy 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! Glad you found it useful!

@betty4gators 3 ай бұрын

Appreciate the video and first time viewer. Really appreciated the bible reference.

@LegacyWildernessAcademy 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@BlancaHolland-xx9ny 3 ай бұрын

Love these teachings because in Florida I haven't seen this plant 🤔

@LegacyWildernessAcademy 3 ай бұрын

It's mostly only found in far north Florida.

@deetrvl4life875 3 ай бұрын

Nice! I wonder what is the nutritional value of each of these types?

@lrg613 Ай бұрын

You make me want to love back south!

@LegacyWildernessAcademy Ай бұрын

Come on! I did! Lived in AZ for 5 years but had to come back

@GoodWoodWorks-le4cd 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! Great tutorial. Do you know if sheep sorrel is same or different than "minor's lettuse"? Loved the seed description " beaked" as well.

@LegacyWildernessAcademy 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! Miner's lettuce is a different plant.

@deneseburrell 3 ай бұрын

Nice video, but I live all the way across the US from you in the PNW, where the Sun don't shine and most of the wild edibles are evergreen trees. Maybe I'll check back in a month, see if you travel~

@glenharrod6230 2 ай бұрын

You are a wealth of knowledge. I'm in coastal Ga. and cannot find stinging nettle. Can you please help?

@poll2dock 3 ай бұрын

We eat this often in Germany. It’s called schafmeyer

@TheAdventuresofDrewandAmanda 3 ай бұрын

I see this all the time . Didn’t know it was edible.

@chaz4471 3 ай бұрын

Thank you ❤

@LegacyWildernessAcademy 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@baneverything5580 3 ай бұрын

I planted it randomly in some pots and thought WEEDS were coming up in them because it is apparently already growing as a weed in my area in Louisiana. Ha! I was very confused. Now I`m allowing some to grow and produce more seeds since they came from plants in another region and may be a bit different.

@daregularperson 3 ай бұрын

I think I have some in my yard right now - liked the video for locality, and very good information, but the KJV contextualization is 🌟

@LegacyWildernessAcademy 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

@debrawright9275 3 ай бұрын

Same as Lamb's Lettuce?

@LegacyWildernessAcademy 3 ай бұрын

Yep! It's our native wild lamb's lettuce. Thanks for watching!

@cblair8501 3 ай бұрын

I just pulled hundreds of these out of my garden beds....😮

@LegacyWildernessAcademy 3 ай бұрын

Next year if they pop up you'll be ready!

@user-su5uf5yv1w 3 ай бұрын

Knife bucket dip Knife in fine corn powder or use sand.

@valkyrie1066 3 ай бұрын

Used this in medieval camping. Fine sand to clean things before washing. (or instead of; such as cast iron)

@perrypresley9630 3 ай бұрын

I eat my free food in the yard😊 I supplement my hens with wild plants

@ewc435black9 3 ай бұрын

I found these seeds online and planted them in a raised bed. They came up and died back for the Winter. This Spring the came back almost filled up the bed. No work at all. Disease and pest free here in central NC.

@shericontrary2535 3 ай бұрын

My grandmother ate all kinds of things during the Great Depression. She might have eaten that.

@toneenorman2135 3 ай бұрын

Does it only grow in the south? Thank you.

@stacystepp7914 3 ай бұрын

It also grows in Missouri, Southern Illinois, and Virginia:)

@CricketsBay 3 ай бұрын

It grows in Southwest Iowa and Southeast Nebraska too. Mache aka Corn Salad was a popular greens plant brought by settlers from Europe. Many low-lying wet areas along the Mormon Trail through Iowa and Nebraska have mache growing wild. It's incredibly cold-hardy and reseeds itself every year.

@toneenorman2135 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! I really love weeds. Such a generous bounty from Nature.@@CricketsBay

@armeegetton 3 ай бұрын

So those soups, salads, and pies i made outside as a kid were more edible than we thought, lol

@marcusdub07 3 ай бұрын

Okay, I was physically pulling this exact weed from my lawn several hours ago and wondered if it was edible, and now this video?!?!?! This is impossible.

@annroberts7935 3 ай бұрын

My favorite spring ephemeral is beaked corn salad. Is that the same thing?

@annroberts7935 3 ай бұрын

I should have waited to ask the question, LOL

@LegacyWildernessAcademy 3 ай бұрын

haha thanks for watching!@@annroberts7935

@GolDollar 26 күн бұрын

I would like to know about harvesting. Do you clip off the leaves individually or clip off the whole plant leaving the roots? I assume you don’t want to pull up the whole plant because you want it to grow back.

@LegacyWildernessAcademy 25 күн бұрын

I strip off the leaves from the stem. You can pull it up from the roots because it's an annual(one year life cycle), so it's not going to come back from the root anyway.

@mariatorres9789 3 ай бұрын

I don't have FB. How do I join the foraging group for far N/E Florida? Thanks-

@greatplainsman3662 3 ай бұрын

How far north does it grow?

@LegacyWildernessAcademy 3 ай бұрын

Missouri, southern Illinois, Virginia. Around there.

@CricketsBay 3 ай бұрын

I find it all the time in the places where the Mormons settled in Nebraska and Iowa. It just needs a low-lying wet area. Mache/Corn Salad plants are cold-hardy and reseed every year.

@zina6581 3 ай бұрын

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@Kazwellian 3 ай бұрын

Is it a good idea to rely on an app to identify edible or medicinal plants?

@LegacyWildernessAcademy 3 ай бұрын

No, they're frequently wrong.

@stacystepp7914 3 ай бұрын

Not in my opinion. My husband uses one and it's wrong more than half of the time.

@kakea8403 3 ай бұрын

Nope

@greatplainsman3662 3 ай бұрын

Get a good reputable plant ID book. They have good edible and medicinal books also.

@masteraus66 3 ай бұрын

Bro wtf I randomly ate this in my yard today and now I get recommended this video

@StatmanRN 3 ай бұрын

I don’t think I’ve seen this in central FL

@feliciapate7926 3 ай бұрын

Is that cudweed also known as “rabbit tobacco”? It looks like rabbit tobacco.

@LegacyWildernessAcademy 3 ай бұрын

They're in the same family but different. Rabbit tobacco is native, gets taller, and is more of a well known medicinal.

@jrrn96 3 ай бұрын

Why not just grow lettuce? What can we grow to make those spring mixes beside lettuce and arugala and what is the best companion flowers to plant nearby to attract predators that eat pests like flowers that attract lady bugs. Lady bugs eat mites and pests that eat or ruin your vegetables.

@elisabethjones4917 3 ай бұрын

Any specific uses for this one?

@LegacyWildernessAcademy 3 ай бұрын

Not too much, just a good vegetable. It's closely related to a cultivated vegetable called "mache", so if you look up recipes for that they will all apply to this as well. Thanks for watching!

@joannetaylor6868 3 ай бұрын

Are all three you discussed edible?

@LegacyWildernessAcademy 3 ай бұрын

There are two, European (locusta) and our native species (radiata). Yes mam they're both edible and look virtually identical. Thank you for watching!!

@joannetaylor6868 3 ай бұрын

Thank You for such valuable information.

@gregpace5982 3 ай бұрын

Is this what we call "Branch Lettuce"?

@LegacyWildernessAcademy 3 ай бұрын

I believe branch lettuce refers to a different plant. This one sometimes goes by lamb's lettuce, but not branch lettuce to my knowledge. Thanks for watching!