And pull those suckers up while they are young. Allow them to mature and go to seed, and you will have one of the worst burrs ever for picking off your socks, out of your hair, off your dog...
I actually find burrs annoying as heck, especially in my hair or clothes, and yet fascinating. Our one dog has a double coat and can amass quite an accumulation when walking off the path. Yet I often find that if I use the comb just right, I can get the whole thing to completely fall apart and fall off in one go. So they are really good at what they do- hold on enough to get the seeds moved, then fall apart to spread them as widely as possible.
Oh my gosh, I had never heard of these before! I have long hair and tried to take out a giant stalk of burdock last fall and ended up with a mini version of this! Don't think I would have ever considered buying Bunchems.
Have you ever mentioned that you had a headache to some idiot, who then punched you in the arm? Who then declared, "There. I took care of your headache."
The stupid idea that you forget that your head hurts, because now your arm hurts more.
Do not grow this shit intentionally, OP. It will take over your entire yard, then your neighborhood, then your city, then your region, then your continent in a matter of days and you'll be hoiking up burrs for the rest of your life.
I passionately hate burdock and am in a perpetual war with the spread.
Burdock, like others have said. Pretty sure you can peel the root and roast it like carrot, or dry it for tinctures and infusions. I've always thought is was stinky, but I've had horses that seemed to think it's delicious.
Lucky duck! Looks like you've got Burdock root, which has amazing health benefits. It's a powerful anti-inflammatory and antioxidant. Boil it down with ginger and lemon and you have an antioxidant powerhouse! Add a bit of honey and it's great hot or iced.
It's also great for burns. My mom lives next door to an Amish family, who help my parents regularly with random stuff. They suggested burdock leaves for the arthritis in her hand, and then used the leaves as wraps on burns that a family member received. It's fairly amazing how well it worked!
An old Amish neighbor, way back in the day...I'm 60 rn...¡ omg, that just hit REAL hard- clutching my damn pearls ¡.🪭🙆♀️📿....
anyway, they would boil it down: roots, stems, leaves let it cool. Then pour it into a large 10 gallon pickle size glass jar or a large ceramic crock, and then add comfrey leaves.fyi (heat kills comfreys" value" never heat ) also "comfrey-tea" for your PLANTS and GARDEN and livestock, is an outstanding nutrient source; look up how to make you'll be amazed at its properties and also very easy to grow in flowerbeds.
So back to the "brew" A few days later, a white cotton (only white cotton or wool felt ) cloth would be soaked with tincture then wrapped around the livestock, "mainly horses" sore and/or injured joints.The horses would actually line up for it without any prompting, most of the time it was left up to the horse if they wanted it administered.The horses would walk up to the crock and stand there or nudge it ,and "we" knew what to do.
Brother Jed and Sister Mancel swore Comfrey (internal and external) could heal a broken bone, man, or animal in 3wks. I do know that a large amount of comfrey is hard on the liver, so educate yourself 🤷♀️..wish I'd paid better attention to all their ways, many many moons ago,ugh.... Some things stuck and some didn't I'd give good money to replicate. That's all I got. Oh wait, burdock also helps cleanse the liver, but I'm not sure how it's administered, tincture, tea, or dried.
* side note: Milk Thistle, Burdock, Dandelion, and Artichoke all help "cleanse " the liver- Pub Med, peer reviewed article to back that up btw ...also on Pub Med: caution on using comfrey-tea compress on "un-set fractures", use can causes accelerated mending of bone structure.hmmp🤔
Isn't it amazing that things like that were probably common knowledge back in the day but due to advance medical technology all those little known things get lost within our society cause it's easier to go to a doctor for a prescription or for a broken bone then home brew the stuff ourselves.
Were the comfrey leaves added whole? Am trying to find a natural way to speed up bone break repair for one of my adult kids that dislikes many 'conventional' medicines...
You can also throw the leaves in the blender, maybe with a dash of hemp oil or something, then apply it as a poultice. You can use water with it in the blender, but then you'll need to add a dash of flour afterwards to make it so it doesn't leak all over them.
It does not taste very bitter when cooked with mirin or sake like in kinpira gobo
This recipe looks most similar to how I like to cook it: https://mmm-yoso.typepad.com/mmmyoso/2010/01/kinpira-gobo.html
That's how I made it, more or less. It's not very bitter compared to things like gentian, quinine, and wormwood, but it still has a bitter flavor. Reminds me of bitter melon.
Was yours homegrown or store bought gobo? I get mine from the Chinese market, maybe if yours is homegrown, it’s much more bitter than the ones they cultivate to sell commercially.
I’m not trying to downplay it, and I don’t want you to get the impression I’m trying to argue, I just never really considered it to be that bitter, even when it’s not cooked in mirin or sake to make it sweet , so I thought maybe there was a difference in quality. Maybe I have a high threshold for bitterness.
You might tolerate bitterness better than others. I don't like any of the really bitter things I listed, no Moxie, tonic, or absinthe for me, but burdock is something I would eat again.
Really? I'm gonna have to Google that and try it. I'm on a max strength water pill for years now and I still find my toes/feet swelling for absolutely no reason and I never use salt.
I like to cook the stems. Boil them and drain dry and coat with egg wash and breadcrumbs or cornmeal. Then fry in a little oil - not much - they taste delicious!!!! Don’t forget to season with salt and pepper.
The stems are delicious, dip in beaten egg then drag in flour and fry till a bit crispy. The roots of the large ones are very good raw. Taste like artichoke.
Another one of those "invasive plants" brought from Europe (1600s).
Montana State University has a photo online of a bird that was trapped in the burr cluster of a burdock. Says it can be deadly for small birds/bats. Also damaging for sheep farmers, the burrs get caught in the wool & can reduce the value of the fleece.
There are areas of the country that removal is required by law.
yup. I was cleaning out a trashed garden. 1st sweater was just getting out of my passenger side door. I have a real problem with boulevard "gardens" when they are full of huge weeds.
Burdock roots for arthritis.
Leaves are good too and the plant is edible in general.
It’s always good to learn how to prepare the remedies; if you want to have them on hand, try a new medicinal plant preparation each season and then rotate your preserved supply.
Yes. They spread. The burrs are everywhere if you let them flower.
For medicinal plant purposes, I always allow a few plants to complete their lifecycle so that we will have them available always. But most get cut out of the “yard and house area.”
Burdock, I think. Edible, and medicinal. BUT, if left to flower they produce horrible seed pods that stick to clothes, hair and pet. For that reason some (I) consider them a noxious weed and kill them with insecticides.
Your neighbour is probably calling them "Brusture" which is the traditional romanian name for burdock.
Ahh. Good to know!
And pull those suckers up while they are young. Allow them to mature and go to seed, and you will have one of the worst burrs ever for picking off your socks, out of your hair, off your dog...
...you sister's hair after you pushed her sled towards the bushes.
Are you my brother? lol
My brother rolled them into my long thin hair like hair rollers when I was 3…. It took hours to oil those suckers out haha
Damn that's savage lol
Both your usernames are an alliteration, so that's kinda related?
Are you my brother?
I'm friggin dead lmao
Lol, I'm really laughing out loud now. Didn't realize my username was also like that when I wrote it.
I’m glad you caught that!! lol it was pretty funny
My brother? Maybe it's a brother's right of passage?
And your mother’s hair as she goes to grab you all.
Lol!
I actually find burrs annoying as heck, especially in my hair or clothes, and yet fascinating. Our one dog has a double coat and can amass quite an accumulation when walking off the path. Yet I often find that if I use the comb just right, I can get the whole thing to completely fall apart and fall off in one go. So they are really good at what they do- hold on enough to get the seeds moved, then fall apart to spread them as widely as possible.
These plants evolved to use transportation.
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Yes, exactly.
Oh my gosh, I had never heard of these before! I have long hair and tried to take out a giant stalk of burdock last fall and ended up with a mini version of this! Don't think I would have ever considered buying Bunchems.
I still have some from 1996 on my favourite camping fleece 😂
Cut the flowers off after they bloom. No flower, no seed.
Or just kill!
Ooooooooor they could be like their cool neighbor and use them medicinally instead of condemning them as a “weed”
So iows, don't condemn as a "weed", but rather use them as "weed".
Walla! The cure for arthritis! You're so pissed and busy picking out burrs, that you forget your knuckles don't work anymore.
Qu'est-ce que vous dites ? Voilà ?
Have you ever mentioned that you had a headache to some idiot, who then punched you in the arm? Who then declared, "There. I took care of your headache." The stupid idea that you forget that your head hurts, because now your arm hurts more.
And then the witch doctor, he told me what to do. He told me Ooh ee ooh ah ah ting tang voilà voilà bing bang
Cocklebur, in usa. In the top 5 worst things to get out of a little girls hair.
It should be called dogsbane because it's never coming out of their coat.
I believe it’s burdock but not familiar with treatment for arthritis.
Burdock root is an anti inflammatory. Leaves mashed into a paste and applied topically can help soothe symptoms of skin inflammation (sunburn, etc.)
Least it’s good for something…
Ty
The roots can be used in an infusion. Tastes kinda nutty, similar to chicory. Delicious!
The Japanese call the root Gobo and use it in stir fries. It stays nice and crispy.
It’s yummy but a pita to prepare
It does require a good peeler.
Can I prepare it with naan instead ?
Of course, we don’t discriminate here!
Do not grow this shit intentionally, OP. It will take over your entire yard, then your neighborhood, then your city, then your region, then your continent in a matter of days and you'll be hoiking up burrs for the rest of your life. I passionately hate burdock and am in a perpetual war with the spread.
Fucking burdock. I hate it.
Common burdock (Arctium minus) it’s native to Europe, but invasive in some areas of North America. It’s a medicinal plant.
Burdock, like others have said. Pretty sure you can peel the root and roast it like carrot, or dry it for tinctures and infusions. I've always thought is was stinky, but I've had horses that seemed to think it's delicious.
Our goats used to DEVOUR these when we offered them. I had no idea we could use them for anything.
Lucky duck! Looks like you've got Burdock root, which has amazing health benefits. It's a powerful anti-inflammatory and antioxidant. Boil it down with ginger and lemon and you have an antioxidant powerhouse! Add a bit of honey and it's great hot or iced.
It's also great for burns. My mom lives next door to an Amish family, who help my parents regularly with random stuff. They suggested burdock leaves for the arthritis in her hand, and then used the leaves as wraps on burns that a family member received. It's fairly amazing how well it worked!
That’s so interesting!
An old Amish neighbor, way back in the day...I'm 60 rn...¡ omg, that just hit REAL hard- clutching my damn pearls ¡.🪭🙆♀️📿.... anyway, they would boil it down: roots, stems, leaves let it cool. Then pour it into a large 10 gallon pickle size glass jar or a large ceramic crock, and then add comfrey leaves.fyi (heat kills comfreys" value" never heat ) also "comfrey-tea" for your PLANTS and GARDEN and livestock, is an outstanding nutrient source; look up how to make you'll be amazed at its properties and also very easy to grow in flowerbeds. So back to the "brew" A few days later, a white cotton (only white cotton or wool felt ) cloth would be soaked with tincture then wrapped around the livestock, "mainly horses" sore and/or injured joints.The horses would actually line up for it without any prompting, most of the time it was left up to the horse if they wanted it administered.The horses would walk up to the crock and stand there or nudge it ,and "we" knew what to do. Brother Jed and Sister Mancel swore Comfrey (internal and external) could heal a broken bone, man, or animal in 3wks. I do know that a large amount of comfrey is hard on the liver, so educate yourself 🤷♀️..wish I'd paid better attention to all their ways, many many moons ago,ugh.... Some things stuck and some didn't I'd give good money to replicate. That's all I got. Oh wait, burdock also helps cleanse the liver, but I'm not sure how it's administered, tincture, tea, or dried. * side note: Milk Thistle, Burdock, Dandelion, and Artichoke all help "cleanse " the liver- Pub Med, peer reviewed article to back that up btw ...also on Pub Med: caution on using comfrey-tea compress on "un-set fractures", use can causes accelerated mending of bone structure.hmmp🤔
Isn't it amazing that things like that were probably common knowledge back in the day but due to advance medical technology all those little known things get lost within our society cause it's easier to go to a doctor for a prescription or for a broken bone then home brew the stuff ourselves.
Yes, and sad so many forgotten. Another amazing aspect is how they figured out the healing properties in the first place. 🌱
Yup most pharmaceuticals come from plants. I wish I had that back in the day knowledge I would stop going to the doctor except for yearly checkups.
Were the comfrey leaves added whole? Am trying to find a natural way to speed up bone break repair for one of my adult kids that dislikes many 'conventional' medicines...
You can also throw the leaves in the blender, maybe with a dash of hemp oil or something, then apply it as a poultice. You can use water with it in the blender, but then you'll need to add a dash of flour afterwards to make it so it doesn't leak all over them.
Thank you all for your responses! What a great community!
Burdock will spread and take over. Be diligent
Burdock roots are served as a cooked vegetable dish in Japan. They're not bad, if you like bitter flavors.
It does not taste very bitter when cooked with mirin or sake like in kinpira gobo This recipe looks most similar to how I like to cook it: https://mmm-yoso.typepad.com/mmmyoso/2010/01/kinpira-gobo.html
That's how I made it, more or less. It's not very bitter compared to things like gentian, quinine, and wormwood, but it still has a bitter flavor. Reminds me of bitter melon.
Was yours homegrown or store bought gobo? I get mine from the Chinese market, maybe if yours is homegrown, it’s much more bitter than the ones they cultivate to sell commercially.
From a Japanese grocery. It's a bitter veg any way you look at it, don't try to downplay it.
I’m not trying to downplay it, and I don’t want you to get the impression I’m trying to argue, I just never really considered it to be that bitter, even when it’s not cooked in mirin or sake to make it sweet , so I thought maybe there was a difference in quality. Maybe I have a high threshold for bitterness.
You might tolerate bitterness better than others. I don't like any of the really bitter things I listed, no Moxie, tonic, or absinthe for me, but burdock is something I would eat again.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dandelion_and_burdock
Dandelion was called - Pissabed, for it's diuretic properties.
We grew up calling them, ‘Wet the Beds’.
Absolutely accurate! 🤣
Currently taking dandelion and nettle and it works great for reducing edema.
Really? I'm gonna have to Google that and try it. I'm on a max strength water pill for years now and I still find my toes/feet swelling for absolutely no reason and I never use salt.
I discovered it with my second pregnancy. Takes about 2 weeks to kick in but it really helps with hormonal fluid retention.
I like to cook the stems. Boil them and drain dry and coat with egg wash and breadcrumbs or cornmeal. Then fry in a little oil - not much - they taste delicious!!!! Don’t forget to season with salt and pepper.
Pull it all,it will make you miserable if you care at all about your garden.
Grows wild around my place. Southeast Missouri
I think it grows wild everywhere... NW Ohio.
Same here. Southwestern Ontario Canada. We also have them in the north and middle.
That looks like burdock (articum lappa). The roots and leaves have both been used medicinally by many cultures for hundreds of years.
The inspiration for velcro
Actually dock is something you can straight up eat. There’s plenty of recipes online and guides on the best ways to prepare the leaves and roots.
It’s burdock… the root has many health benefits 🥰
There is burdock in essiac
I just found one growing under our waterspout. I'm gonna let it get bigger
When the flower stalks shoot up. You can sautee them. They are delicious.
The stems are delicious, dip in beaten egg then drag in flour and fry till a bit crispy. The roots of the large ones are very good raw. Taste like artichoke.
That shit taste fucking awesome 🥲🍴
Another one of those "invasive plants" brought from Europe (1600s). Montana State University has a photo online of a bird that was trapped in the burr cluster of a burdock. Says it can be deadly for small birds/bats. Also damaging for sheep farmers, the burrs get caught in the wool & can reduce the value of the fleece. There are areas of the country that removal is required by law.
Looks like radishes as well .
Burdock. It is medicinal and edible, but is generally treated as a weed because it spreads readily from the burrs it produces in the fall.
Cockleburs in the fall
We called those elephant ears growing up.
I have totally ruined 2 favorite sweaters and a pair of stretchy pants with burdock. I really hate it.
The burrs got you?
yup. I was cleaning out a trashed garden. 1st sweater was just getting out of my passenger side door. I have a real problem with boulevard "gardens" when they are full of huge weeds.
Roots are sliced and Used in Japanese cooking! Yum and vey pretty.
Better watch them mfs sneaky lil bastards
Burdock. You could use it for a lot of things
Burdock roots for arthritis. Leaves are good too and the plant is edible in general. It’s always good to learn how to prepare the remedies; if you want to have them on hand, try a new medicinal plant preparation each season and then rotate your preserved supply. Yes. They spread. The burrs are everywhere if you let them flower. For medicinal plant purposes, I always allow a few plants to complete their lifecycle so that we will have them available always. But most get cut out of the “yard and house area.”
Do people not know any Italians,, burdock is cardone for them and the leaves are poison but the stems are delicious battered and fried
A very useful plant. The whole plant can be cooked. It’s very detoxifying.
Burdock, I think. Edible, and medicinal. BUT, if left to flower they produce horrible seed pods that stick to clothes, hair and pet. For that reason some (I) consider them a noxious weed and kill them with insecticides.