Tomorrow, April 26, 2014 is Rutgers Day in New Brunswick, New Jersey! Every year about 70,000 people come to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey's New Brunswick campus for a huge festival celebrating all that is our university.
The Struwe lab (i.e. the writers and creators of this blog) will host a public outreach and education table entitled "Eat Your Weeds!: How to Safely Savor Wild Edible Plants." We will provide information about weedy plants, advice on urban foraging, and free samples of some original recipes that incorporate weedy plants to everyone who stops by. It will be a lovely way to celebrate the start of the growing season - and the upcoming end of the semester - here on campus!
Here is some information about my current favorite weedy plant and a recipe for a snack that we'll be serving tomorrow, garlic mustard hummus:
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| Delicious garlic mustard hummus on cracker (with a hairy cress leaf on top). Photo L. Struwe (cc). |
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| Information about garlic mustard, Alliaria petiolata (Brassicaceae), an invasive species. |
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| Recipe for garlic mustard hummus, developed by Sara Morris-Marano. |
You can download our recipe handouts at
this link, or under Download in the right navigation bar on this blog.
