In an earlier post we shared using foraged purslane in Sonoran Verdolagas Cornbread. Since the monsoon rains have blessed up with ample purslane plants, let’s look at this wonderful native plant – native to the Southwest and also found around the world. Verdolagas is the […]
Verdolagas is the Spanish name for a heat loving plant grown around the world, Portulaca oleracea, also called purslane. It can be eaten raw, but is more commonly cooked. Above cover image of purslane in flower, courtesy of L. Rignanese. Meet the Purslane Portulaca oleracea […]
In Mexican and parts of the Southwest, one often has either caldo or sopa at the mid-day meal. I first had this caldo over thirty years ago in the remote mountains of Sonora. I have since had many variations of Caldo de Verduras over the […]
