Lime leaves
April 25th, 2007
I’m slowly beginning to feel some level of confidence in being able to find a good variety of wild food. I’m eating plant leaves and flowers, tree leaves and blossoms, berries and small insects. I’ve recently started eating ants and have finally lost that squeamishness I used to get when eating insects. I’m sure I’d still get it with larger insects, but with the small ones I’m feeling like it’s a very natural thing to do.
Lime leaves (as in Tilia x europaea, not the citrus fruit) are very tender at the moment and have a very mild taste. Here’s a photo of a lime tree and a close up of a leaf:
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1. Ruth | April 29th, 2007 at 5:42 pm
I am finding these pics of wild food very helpful - thankyou - my ‘dont pick wild’ is so deeply embedded in my nuero programming, that I observe I still play safe with the familiar nettles, goosegrass, etc etc. So thankyou for taking me beyond boundaries. Am amazed at how much indoctrinated resistance still triggers from past.
Thanks.
x ruth.
2. Hazel | May 1st, 2007 at 7:48 am
Wow, I had no idea that lime leaves were edible.
3. Claire | May 1st, 2007 at 8:07 pm
Having read your blog last night I tried some hawthorn leaves from my garden today. I was pleasantly suprised. Looking forward to the blossoms now!
4. Lolly | May 2nd, 2007 at 4:16 pm
Hi there - I’ve been munching my way through my garden recently, but spent a great weekend in the Devon chomping various forest goodies. The leaves from garlic flowers are particularly my favourites. I’ll keep checking back here to see what other goodies you’ve been trying out!
5. rob | May 2nd, 2007 at 8:17 pm
Thanks for the comments. I find eating wild food so liberating and so much fun!
Rob
6. Ginger | July 23rd, 2007 at 11:13 pm
The lime leaves I got in China Town were small & hard, very strong flavor.
7. Maggie | March 9th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
I am still not clear as to whether lime leaves from a Persian (Tahiti) lime tree are edible. I don’t mean the Keffir leaves, which are called for in some recipes (that I cannot readily get). I was hoping to be able to substitute the Keffir leaves with my Persian lime tree leaves that I have growing in my Florida yard. I would very much appreciate any comments or answers. Thank you, Maggie.
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