Comments on: Goutweed Soup

By: Heikki

Heikki — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:03:35 +0000

Glad to hear it turned out tasty! I really liked it too. Maybe we’ll try it with mirin too the next time we make it.

By: Maija Haavisto

Maija Haavisto — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:05:19 +0000

Made it today, subbing mirin for white wine and leaving out the bread crumbs and oat cream. Tasty, easy and surely nutritious too (it probably isn’t easy to find the actual nutrition information for goutweed…)

By: magpie

magpie — Fri, 30 May 2008 17:08:49 +0000

I hate goutweed. I crawl around on my hands and knees muttering “stinking bishop” (its other name is bishop’s weed). But now, perhaps I have another use for it. Huh.

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 29 May 2008 19:57:27 +0000

That looks absolutely delicious!!! I wonder if we have any in southern California? I’ll have to look…..I love soup!

By: Anni

Anni — Mon, 26 May 2008 19:49:37 +0000

Hi Maija, welcome to our blog! Thanks for all the tips on how to use wild vegetables – there’s so much to learn.

-Anni.

By: Maija Haavisto

Maija Haavisto — Mon, 26 May 2008 15:30:07 +0000

Glad to see I’m not the only Finn who eats goutweed! You can make Fat-Free Vegan’s Gumbo z’Herbes using wild veggies like goutweed, fireweed, nettle and dandelion greens. Fireweed is also nice cooked and eaten as is.

I think I’ll try this soup, but will probably sub some mirin for the white wine, as I usually do because we very rarely have any wine in the house.

Greetings from Pajamäki (from someone who lived near Kallio for 24 years). I’ll definitely have to include a link to this blog when I next update my vegetarian links.

By: Hillary

Hillary — Fri, 23 May 2008 15:11:19 +0000

Thanks for exposing me to and teaching me about goutweed!

By: Mihl

Mihl — Fri, 23 May 2008 14:32:13 +0000

My grandmother always told me that this plant was edible and I always wanted to pick a bunch and cook with it. Thank you so much for this recipe! I need to get out and pick some goutweed this weekend!

By: dreamy

dreamy — Thu, 22 May 2008 11:46:51 +0000

I never heard of this before, I thought it has something to do with curing gout :D

By: Anni

Anni — Thu, 22 May 2008 09:45:14 +0000

Gabrielle – I would never pick a new wild vegetable without having someone knowledgeable to point it to me the first time – I hope everyone does the same!

And thanks everyone for your comments! My favorite wild vegetable is nettle, but goutweed is nicer to pick since it doesn’t sting…