If you are a gardener, I’m sure you’ve come across bindweed. It’s quite an invasive weed which grows up other plants and chokes them. At the festival someone (can’t remember who) asked me “Can you eat bindweed?” I replied that I didn’t think so. Imagine my surprise when I decided to research this and found that it is indeed edible! According to Plants for a Future (PFAF), it’s “Edibility Rating” is only 2 out of 5 and it advises caution as it is a purgative, but I tried it and was pleasantly surprised, it has a fairly mild flavour and it’s tender.

By the way, the Plants for a Future website www.pfaf.org is an excellent resource for researching plants.

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