EatTheWeeds: Episode 15: Spiderwort, Tradescantia

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Learn from Green Deane about Spiderwort a spring green wild food that is available for two or more seasons of the year.

[@kcchhan4558]

I love your channel and your website. I have been foraging all my life, too. Thank you for blessing the world with your knowledge and your love and passion for edible weeds.

[@bayoutown1990]

My yard is loaded with Spider Wort. I am cooking a big pot of them today for the first time. Thank you for this video!

[@EatTheWeeds]

The nice thing about spiderwort is that it does not grow rank as the season passes, particularly here in hot Florida.

[@EatTheWeeds]

It tastes like spiderwort. It has its own green taste, mild, with a bit of a crunch.

[@johnshawngrubb4675]

Thank you! Going to cook some up today. Thanks for the tip on the marsala wine and the Palo Cheri I’m gonna try with my other yard greens! Congrats on your new book published by DTG!

[@kernow62]

The juices in the stems are also a traditional folk cure for skin cancers and blemishes.

[@brettinoloverromantico4095]

The Blue Plate Special looks very tasty ! Nice Presentation.

[@bamashay]

It's something like green onions mixed with asparagus if you can imagine... Very yummy.

[@williammay2332]

Most of the sources say they grow to about three feet and that's what most of mine come in at. My tallest this year got to be 51" high. It then started to get top heavy. Spiderworts are one of the flowers I pick and eat every morning when I'm checking the yard.

[@greendeane1]

Locally they re ususally about two feet high.

[@EatTheWeeds]

That's a good point. I recently went into a scrub area and found a tradescantia that is short and skinny because of the dry conditions. Not at all succulent, looked very different. Blossoms, however, are the key.

[@wardkhopkins9363]

I just had a salad w petals ❤🎉🎉🎉omg they were good. I also grilled the stalks. Actually better than asparagus

[@craigwilliamson2792]

Well, it's good that Spiderwort is edible because you will never wipe it out.

[@brotherbreeze8351]

My favorite so far! Great lesson.

[@pillbug123]

I love the vids thanks for all the great info. T. ohiensis is smooth while the T. virginiana is pubescent in case you want to differentiate.

[@nolabaltazar7023]

Can you elaborate a bit between the two? Thanks for your knowledge!

[@NikkayStephayy]

So glad I just found this!!

[@EatTheWeeds]

I run fast....and know how to hide in the woods... thank's for your comments. I've been learning my software at the same time so its been a learning cliff.... as for TV, would love to do a show or segment, did a lot of interviews when my books were published long ago (not about plants.)

[@EatTheWeeds]

@gaiagale No, I used garlice chives not wild onion. Chives are flat leafed, onions round.

[@enochseyes3]

THAT looks so good. I do the same thing with Persalin. Excellent. :)

[@peacefulscrimp5183]

Great video 👍

[@terriejohnston8801]

Western Pa..Spiderwort looks different....i Love this edible plant

[@millieblanchard2728]

Do you travel to southern Louisiana to teach foraging?

[@danssawmillservices6444]

Mr. deene i just had a thought you might live to 110 on and i jumped up and looked im organized cabinet for a blue plate i know i didnt have

[@wardkhopkins9363]

The bulbs were a special treat

[@greendeane1]

Bulbs? Or do you mean the un opened blossoms?

[@FoxyLobo]

Your videos are awesome

[@eekdcat2570]

I recognize the flower but Ive never seen a tradescantia so grassy looking.

[@johnvanegmond1812]

Always good ingredients! Yes Yes Yes! :)

[@Jefferdaughter]

Plastic cooking utensiles, spatuals, etc are not a good idea either, especially if they come in contact with heat. Neither are plastic cutting boards; aside from chemical transfer from contact with food or even skin, plastic cutting boards are like petri dishes for cultureing (growing) bacteria. Wooden cutting boards have been around as long as metal cutlery (knives). Set them in the sun now and the UV will sanitize them. Or scrub with salt.

[@escapefromny2012]

They are most likely not the type of plastic as you might have in mind, but are made from silicone, with low toxicity and high heat resistance. But I prefer stainless steel either way. :)

[@juliavanover3392]

What are the health benefits?

[@greendeane1]

Besides calories and fiber we know per 100 gram servings it has 0.173 mg of vitamin B2 (riboflavin) and 4.15 mg - rather high - of B3 (niacin.) No thiamin. We also know the plant has magnesium because that’s at the center of the chlorophyll molecule.

[@EatTheWeeds]

@humacyrnus I know of one dog that gets a skin rash when he plays in it, so who knows about eating it?

[@EatTheWeeds]

@edv177 No, none of my pans have Teflon

[@earthtones1138]

Tried cooking it. Tasty but inedible. Chew and chew and still left with green rope in my mouth. What did I do wrong?

[@greendeane1]

Just think of it as fiber...

[@kcchhan4558]

The outer layer skin may be fibrous. Just like you would skin any greens (like Chinese broccoli), try taking off the outer layer of the stem before cooking. That should leave you with just the crunchy yummy part. 🙂

[@EatTheWeeds]

Absolutely NOT...neither... in fact pallida is known to cause dermatitis.

[@OsirusHandle]

according to googles ai this plant is deadly poisonous and you ate 1000x a lethal dose 😂😂

[@greendeane1]

I'm still alive.... AI is artificial stupidity. Some AI foraging books are deadly. I think AI is confusing some species of tradescantia. White-sapped ornamental versions are not edible. I also ferment spiderwort into a kind of sauerkraut, The unopened blossoms are excellent that way.

[@danssawmillservices6444]

my flowers are purple not blue

[@escapefromny2012]

Some people have a hard time telling blue from purple, especially in flowers. Most would call them purple. :)

[@ritadurbin189]

I have had pink, white, a raspberry color, blue and purple.

[@kathywhiddon1491]

@@ritadurbin189 I've heard when the plant absorbs toxins (such as insecticides for example), it turns the flower pink. I haven't researched it though. Mine are all blue/purple.

[@williammay2332]

My shades are mostly dark to a whitish purple. They are the same color as wisteria and lyre-leaf sage and people would call those purple. All three are blooming in March-April so I have a load of purple in the yard.

[@TheSmatt554]

I picked some and got sap on my face and it burned me!

[@greendeane1]

I know one person who is allergic to it.

[@rachelteske]

It also burned my face