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wood sorrel
right at the entrance to the farm there is an area of exceptional natural beauty, where a creek runs through a patch of forest full of moss and at this time of year, the whole thing is carpeted with little bright green clovers. or, so i thought they were clovers. while digging around for info on edible local plants we figured out that these weren’t clovers, they’re Oxalis, aka “wood sorrel”. they taste just like sorrel, which has a really vibrant sour fruity flavor and they are incredibly flavorful for their size. since this little discovery a few of us have been snacking on them regularly while out around the farm working.
Besides being cute and tasty, according to wikipediaaaaa theyve also got some traditional medicinal uses: In Dr. James Duke’s “Handbook of Edible Weeds,” he notes that the Kiowa Indian tribe chewed wood sorrel to alleviate thirst on long trips, that the Potawatomi Indians cooked it with sugar to make a dessert, the Algonquin Indians considered it an aphrodisiac, the Cherokee ate wood sorrel to alleviate mouth sores and a sore throat, and the Iroquois ate wood sorrel to help with cramps, fever and nausea.[3]
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