Wait a moment, isn't amaranth this flashy red flower full of seeds?
I know seeds can be used as food, but how is it associated with spinach?
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Wait a moment, isn't amaranth this flashy red flower full of seeds?
I know seeds can be used as food, but how is it associated with spinach?
There are many types of amaranth plants. Some are used for the seeds, some are used for their leaves. I love to cook the leaves. Here is a post I did recently: https://hive.blog/hive-141827/@fermentedphil/african-spinach-or-morogo-a
Oh yes I remember your post now!
Somehow I didn't connect it to the plant I know. This is very helpful! I got another perspective of it now. I think amaranth is a beautiful plant and I have a wish to grow it on my garden for sometime. I got very encouraged now, to try it in spring. ☺️
You must! Try and see if you have a local variety that does well. They are always the best. These two varieties I grow do so well they come back every year and produce so much seed and leaves for me.
There is, I noticed them in people's yards and gardens as the flowers are beautiful and unique. I later read about them and find out about the edible seeds. I didn't find it in any garden store this spring, but I have enough time now to ask around for a few. ☺️
I never saw anybody here using it as food I usually saw them as a garden decoration.
It is funny how we sometimes find food being used as ornamental plants! But they are really tasty and bring a unique flavour to the dish you use them in. And super healthy! But I think the seeds are what is generally used.
That really is funny, I don't even believe that people here know that they could eat it.
Aren't we as modern (or "western") people divorced from our ancestor's wisdom about wild plants that are edible and that have been eaten for so many thousands of years?