Malva Sylvestris 'Zebrina' syn. Alcea rosea 'Zebrina'

My seeds I collected today.

That looks a lot like something that grows in the mountains here. Are the leaves edible?

@sabbanrula yes the leaves are edible. It is an annual here.

🤔 then they must be the same. There is an old dish made of their leaves. My mom cooks it once a year when they first appear in the mountains. Says it’s full of vitamins 😄😄

@sabbanrula how does it taste? I tried uncooked horseradish leaves yesterday. I thought they were bitter tasting. Maybe they taste better cooked. It is interesting to try edible plants that are not found in the grocery store.

Exactly Annette. I’m always intrigued when I find an edible plant. For this one we chopped up the leaves and sautéd them with chopped onions then added salt, pepper and hot paprika. When finished my mom squeezed a lemon on top and we ate them with bread. It was a different taste but I liked them. You can see now that the spices played a part in the taste, but I believe it’s very healthy to eat such home grown or naturally found plants.

@laketitlow That is beautiful. Thank you for sharing that. Tom.

@tkept thank you. Keep those pictures coming of your delicious dishes you make. Here in Minnesota we call it hotdish. Hotdish. Yes we love hotdish.

@gjones they make enough seeds to reseed themselves