Slightly off topic - Mere vegetables
- Subject: Slightly off topic - Mere vegetables
- From: C* J*
- Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 09:35:39 -0700
Thomas Etty Esq. offers a vegetable called Bistort (Polygonum bistorta) for
sale and mentions that it is one of the basic ingredients of Easter Ledger
Pudding.
An Easter Garden writes: "In some parts of the country it is known as
Easterman Giants, Easter Ledger and Passion Dock. Far from being just a
weed, the Common Bistort can be eaten - and it still is in northern areas of
England, where it's made into a dish called Dock Pudding. The long-stalked,
heart-shaped leaves are mixed with chopped nettle leaves, onions, oatmeal,
salt and pepper and then fried. Other leaves might include cabbage leaves,
dandelion leaves... almost anything green! Delicious! "
Can anyone tell me whether this is the Easter Ledger Pudding to which Thomas
Etty refers?
Carol in LA - miles from the green of England.
