Fusarium Wilt

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by ginger2778

I read the leaves are edible.

I ate a ton of them last year and I'm not dead yet.
Even substituted them for lettuce on a BLT and other sandwiches.

Worth

[ginger2778]

Originally Posted by Worth1

I ate a ton of them last year and I'm not dead yet.
Even substituted them for lettuce on a BLT and other sandwiches.

Worth

Taste?l
Like lettuce or spinach? Strong? Mild?

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by ginger2778

Taste?l
Like lettuce or spinach? Strong? Mild?

Cant remember having much taste at all but they are high in vitamins and niacin.
I have no doubt the Indians of the Yucatan ate then with their tacos or at least I would like to think they did.

[GoDawgs]

Originally Posted by ginger2778

Taste?l
Like lettuce or spinach? Strong? Mild?

After reading about cooking them I did try some last year. Seems like in the catalog world most greens "taste like spinach".

Sweet potato leaves are mild but I can't describe their flavor other than "not much." How about "green". The stems will exude a little bit of a white milky substance when picked but it disappears when you cook them. I sauteed them with onion and garlic, kind of like I do with kale and they weren't bad. As Worth said, chock full of nutrients.