Comments on: Turkish-Style Burdock Root

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 18:48:21 +0000

In high school I discovered Euell Gibbons and his book Stalking the Wild Asparagus. There are any number of plants I learned to identify from that book, and burdock is one of them, although I've never eaten it. But I adore artichoke and now that I've read your description of its taste being nutty and artichoke-like I'm interested in finding it.

By: tartelette

tartelette — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 01:54:34 +0000

I only had it once before and it was the traditional stir fry style. I will look for it here but I doubt I’ll find it again…might have to go beg a few well placed chef friends. Looks really good.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:19:33 +0000

Annemarie – I’m bad at remembering to do it, too. I live just a few blocks from Prospect Park, and I so rarely walk around there, let alone forage. I pass by a mulberry tree on my way home from sometimes, and the only time I picked any this year was when I noticed a father lifting his small daughter up to reach them and was reminded that they exist. It’s hard to stay aware when we are busy and have so much on our minds. It’s valuable, though, I think.

SK – So, did you try it? What did you think?

lance – I’ve actually never had it ‘traditional japanese stirfry’ style myself. Thanks for the advice on soaking it!

Lisa – Oh, wow, that would be awesome if it turned out you just happened to have burdock growing in your backyard.

RM – We have a restaurant in the area called Gobo, and now I finally know what it means, too!

Cathy – I dunno, I saw your salad post and it looked pretty good. The Wildman should be proud of us all.

By: Cathy

Cathy — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 20:25:32 +0000

Lovely! You did a much better job with Prospect Park burdock root than I did — it should make the Wildman proud.

By: Rasa Malaysia

Rasa Malaysia — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 17:01:14 +0000

I think I know what this is…was at a yakitori place and they have grilled gobo and I was wondering what is gobo. ;)

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 12:24:39 +0000

I’ve never heard of such a thing. I’m so intrigued now. We have these giant elephant eared shaped, what I call “weeds”, growing in our back yard around our pond. I’m going to go see what the undersides look like – maybe it’s the edible kind!

xoxo

By: lance

lance — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 18:07:32 +0000

What an interesting recipe. I also had it only the “traditional japanese stirfry” style. If you’d like the gobo to be more on a nice light brown color, instead of a little on the blackish brown side, after slicing it into pieces let the pieces sit in tapped water for awhile till the black color comes out into the water then fry. I forget how long to leave it in the cold water.

By: Steamy Kitchen

Steamy Kitchen — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:35:22 +0000

So weird…I JUST bought a bunch of burdock root at the asian market yesterday…and didn’t want to do the traditional japanese stirfry…and now i have a recipe!

thanks!

By: Annemarie

Annemarie — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:02:56 +0000

I never thought of burdock root hunting, but now I’m intrigued to find some myself. I’ve also always hoped to run across wild horseradish, garlic, and rocket but never concentrate enough when I’m out on my walks. Thanks for giving me the reminder that I need to look down every so often to find something tasty!