Foraging spot
Miner's lettuce tree
Native succulent green, mild. Loves shady, damp spots. Season ending now.
Coordinates: 37.866894, -122.296288
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What to do with it
- Eat raw as a mild salad green
- Wilt briefly like spinach
- Pile onto sandwiches
Ways to keep it
- Best fresh — barely keeps
- Quick vinegar pickle of the stems
About Miner's lettuce
Claytonia perfoliata, commonly known as miner's lettuce or winter purslane, is a flowering plant in the family Montiaceae. It is an edible, fleshy, herbaceous, annual plant native to the western mountain and coastal regions of North America.
From Wikipedia.
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