I just discovered that the green leaves on strawberries are edible

[Bluestocking]

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I used to pull them off. They create a nice contrast to the sweetness of the red part of the strawberry. Plus it so mush easier and less messy to put the whole thing in your mouth. Apparently the green part is very nutritious.

[senseandsensibility]

1. That's interesting

Unfortunately I am allergic to strawberries. Maybe I should buy them just for the leaves?

[bucolic_frolic]

2. A lot of things are edible and we may need to eat them for food

Two I discovered last year are the leaves of lemon balm which also make a great evening tea, and pumpkin and squash leaves, though I like them when they're green not late season.

[Bluestocking]

3. The info I read about the strawberry leaves also mentioned that they can be used for tea.

Why have tea when you can eat the leaf and get the additional fiber.

[H2O Man]

8. The leaves of both

strawberries and black & rasberries make great teas. Both are a part of Haudenosaunee culture.

[Permanut]

4. That's cool..

On the other hand, reports that kale is edible are lies straight from the pits of hell.

[Laurelin]

5. You must not use enough garlic

I like it lightly stir fried in olive oil and garlic. I can't even taste the kale.

[Permanut]

12. True, garlic fixes almost everything.

[mwmisses4289]

6. Ugh...nasty, bitter stuff.

Almost as nasty as apricots.

[Bluestocking]

14. I like kale

[Jack Valentino]

7. Radish tops are also edible! I experimented with mine a couple years ago--

sauteed them in butter with some garlic.... I wouldn't say they were 'amazing'
but they were pretty ok--- just had a mild flavor of greens, with no hint of "radish"...

Also, the leaves of broccoli and cauliflower can be eaten---

The first year I tried growing those, it they got too hot and went to seed without forming heads,
so I harvested some of the leaves as a substitute for lettuce in my burritos...
those were very satisfactory for that purpose!

[CanonRay]

9. Our local deer love the leaves

[Easterncedar]

10. There's an old Cornish song

The refrain is "For strawberry leaves make maidens fair."

[Ms. Toad]

11. Do you mean the calyx?

I've never seen leaves on a strawberry, outside of the actual plant. (The whole plant is edible - but your description sounds like you are talking about the least green crown attached directly to the berry)

[Bluestocking]

13. Yes, I am referring to the calyx

[Emile]

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