This listing is for 50 Spiny Sow Thistle (Sonchus asper) seeds

Common names include Sharp-fringed Sow Thistle, Prickly Sow Thistle, Spiny Sow Thistle, or Spiny-leaved Sow Thistle.
Its edible leaves make a palatable and nutritious leaf vegetable.
I collect the sap of this one.

FREE RECIPE:
BUTTERED SOW-THISTLE

1 or 2 handfuls sow-thistle leaves ? young

Butter or oil

Beef stock or water

Ground nutmeg ? pinch

1 tsp. flour

Salt and pepper



For this recipe the young 2- to 4-inch leaves of common sow-thistle

[Sonchus oleraceus] are best and when the leaves are not bitter.

Other sow-thistle species may need their spines trimming off and

may be bitter to the taste requiring some preparatory boiling.



Heat some butter or oil in a pan and add the leaves. Stir thoroughly to

coat the leaves. Add a good slug of stock or water, reduce the heat to a

simmer and cover. Cook for about 5 to 10 minutes. Add a pinch of nutmeg,

the flour and some seasoning. Stir everything, then add another knob of

butter and melt into the sow-thistle over a low heat.

Serve.

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