jack by the hedge

[craig.r]

Hello everyone, i have a problem lol. An abundance of Jack by the Hedge.

Apart from using the leaves in salads and perhaps omlettes is there anything else i could use these great tasting leaves for?

[prison break fan]

Never heard of it! what is it? pbf

[Green Aura]

I think it's another name for wild garlic, pbf.

One thing you could do is dig a few bulbs up and send them to me!

I think you can use them pretty much anywhere you'd use onions and/or garlic - just add them later so the taste doesn't disappear.

[craig.r]

Jack by the edge is also known as Garlic Mustard. I think only the leaves are edible.

[Shirley]

Jack by the hedge and wild garlic (ransoms) are quite different.

Pesto would use up a fair bit - http://www.ma-eppc.org/morerecipes.html

[Ellendra]

The leaves, flowers, and seeds of garlic mustard are edible.

[Millymollymandy]

This is a wierd plant because my first couple of years here it was everywhere, then the last 2 years nothing. Then this year they have come up all over the place again!

[sartain]

there is another use for garlic mustard which has not been discussed. On larger fully grown plants approaching this time of year just after flowering if you pull the plant from the ground it has a tap root not dissimilar to horse radish. Fully grown plants will have a substabtial root about as thick as your index finger. the skin of this root is light brown. when peeled can be used just like horse radish, grated and mixed with a little creme fraiche, mustard powder and slat and pepper.
The taste is very quite hot and spicy just like the horse radish itself.
Useful i think as a spring time treat as Horseradish would not be harvested until the end of the growing year, normally October.

[craig.r]

wow thats great. And here is me thinking you could only eat the leaves

Thankyou all

I too have noticed it is everywhere this year.

[red]

i think orange tip butterflies like it.. or rather their caterpillars.. so you could just leave some for them and enjoy the butterflies too :)