Originally Posted By: Cat
How did you try it? I've wanted to, but haven't pursued it.
Well, I'm a chicken. No, that's just cautious, right?
First, I just chewed a leaf and spit it out. Didn't die. Next day, I ate a leaf. Didn't die, didn't get a rash. So the next day I picked several sprigs and put them in my salad. By now, the kids know how to identify it and just graze.
Don't know if you ate "sour grass" as a kid. The taste is a little like that, but definitely better.
Purslane is good in salad, but the taste is a little too intense to have it just by itself. Next I'm going to try stir frying it. Then a mint/watercress/purslane salad. That's supposed to be extra yummy. I saw a purslane potato salad recipe that looked good. And there a turkish recipe for a lentil/lamb/purlane stew that looks fantastic.
Apparently some cultures freeze it, can it, and dry it for winter storage. I think it would be good pickled, but I haven't seen it anywhere yet. As I experiment, I'll keep ya'll posted.