Purslane: The Incredible, Edible Weed by Frances Robinson. Includes sample package of purslane seeds.
Poor Popeye. If only he had eaten purslane instead of spinach,
he wouldn't have had so much trouble with the bad guy, Pluto.
—Jim O'Brien, 1995
Purslane has six times more vitamin E than spinach, seven times more beta-carotene than carrots, and is rich is vitamin C, glutathione, riboflavin, potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, omega-3 fatty acids, and tryptophan. Yet, most Americans—if they know purslane at all—know it only as a bothersome weed.
This book will teach you how to recognize purslane, how to grow it, and how to eat it. It also provides recipes as well as interesting facts and lore about this marvelous plant.
Coil-bound paperback. 70 pages. © 1999. Includes .5 gram package of purslane seeds.
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"What a delightful little book; so nicely composed and presented!
Please send a copy and seeds to my son and his wife."—M.C.
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