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[phoenix]

I'm getting warm...

http://www.rareplants.de/shop/product.asp?P_ID=8796

I've just been informed that this is what Donkeys eat!

Did you know that thistles are a potent aphrodisiac when dried and powdered.

Does that explain anything about the Cypriot donkeys?

[denizaksulu]

I'm getting warm...

http://www.rareplants.de/shop/product.asp?P_ID=8796

I've just been informed that this is what Donkeys eat!

Did you know that thistles are a potent aphrodisiac when dried and powdered.

Does that explain anything about the Cypriot donkeys?

I remember when I used to arry food for the grape pickers, and watching the donkeys eat the thorny thistles and I would think,now I know why they are called donkeys'. It was an amazing sight, of all the green grasses and wild flowers they would choose the juicy thistles. Maybe the clue was the water content of the plants. I used to inspect there thick soft lips to see if they had injuries. I was only a kid.

[phoenix]

I'm getting warm...

http://www.rareplants.de/shop/product.asp?P_ID=8796

I've just been informed that this is what Donkeys eat!

Have a look here:

http://www.unusualherbsandedibles.co.uk ... index.html

I think it's Turkish rocket!

(the only kind of rocket to be named after them!)

[denizaksulu]

I'm getting warm...

http://www.rareplants.de/shop/product.asp?P_ID=8796

I've just been informed that this is what Donkeys eat!

Have a look here:

http://www.unusualherbsandedibles.co.uk ... index.html

I think it's Turkish rocket!

(the only kind of rocket to be named after them!)

Afrid not.One meter high? Unlikely. Hostes is less than a foothigh. Best to search in daylight. There is the cyprob to sort out. Thnx for the interest

[BirKibrisli]

Birk please do join us. I will be ctching up with kafenes around 17-23 October come down Birk'l be fun

Thanks,dear humanist...It would indeed be wonderful to meet you in Cyprus...I am sending you a pm with some of my plan details...Lets see if we can pull this off...

[halil]

Mangallo,Kazayağı =Turkish Name
PANGALLOS is greek name for the Mangallo.
English name is:ERYNGO

the tenderbasel leaves and stalks are used for pickling in early spring .
Also u can boiled them with BÖRÜLCE and some olive oil with sardines and onions it will test unbeliveable for your lunch .
u can easily buy mangollo pickels from markets. Also we are using mangollo pickles as a meze's in Turkish Cypriots restaurants.

İ will try to find out what is the meaning of the Böğrülce in English. Looks like beans .İt can be eat freash or dried.

[Nikitas]

Deniz,

Your description of Hostes sounds like Spiny Chicory. Scientific name is Cichorium Spinosum, in Greece they call it stamnangathi (also stamnagathi), grows south of the country especially Crete, in some areas it can show variegation ot the leaves. It exists in Cyprus but I just cannot recall the Cypriot name!

It grows as a flat plant, without a central stem, all leaves growing from the root, circular and fan like, you pick it by cutting the root just under the soil. Spiny leaves can be a bother when it is mature and hard.

It is eaten raw in salads if picked young, boiled with oil and lemon, in stews with goat or lamb. If I knnew how to post a pic I would post one.

[Nikitas]

This is Spiny Chicory

[Nikitas]

More wild plants with variegated leave tinged with red are wild radicium, Taraxacum officale. There is also Wild Mustard, Sinapis Alba. Both have a red tinge to the leaves, both are short, grow in Cyprus, and are edible.

[denizaksulu]

Mangallo,Kazayağı =Turkish Name
PANGALLOS is greek name for the Mangallo.
English name is:ERYNGO

the tenderbasel leaves and stalks are used for pickling in early spring .
Also u can boiled them with BÖRÜLCE and some olive oil with sardines and onions it will test unbeliveable for your lunch .
u can easily buy mangollo pickels from markets. Also we are using mangollo pickles as a meze's in Turkish Cypriots restaurants.

İ will try to find out what is the meaning of the Böğrülce in English. Looks like beans .İt can be eat freash or dried.

beans


Bogrulce=black eyed beans


Halil, are you saying mangallo =hostes?