Uses for wild onion grass ?

[Jessica]

I absolutely love the smell of wild onion grass and it's finally starting to come up around my house . I was wondering if there is any actual use for it ?

 

[Peanut]

I absolutely love the smell of wild onion grass and it's finally starting to come up around my house . I was wondering if there is any actual use for it ?

http://www.eattheweeds.com/allium-canadense-the-stinking-rose-2/

Yes, it is edible. This website has great info on 100's edible plants. I know the guy... he knows what he's talking about. He has a forum as well. I leaned a few thousand species of edible and medicinal plants while a member of the forum.

 

[NannyPatty]

I absolutely love the smell of wild onion grass and it's finally starting to come up around my house . I was wondering if there is any actual use for it ?

Post a pic, Jessica. If it's what I think it is, I can tell you how to use it. We have wild onions here in Okla. They smell like garlic. They are a nuisance, but the are wonderful in scrambled eggs and any dish that calls for onions.

 

[Jessica]

http://www.eattheweeds.com/allium-canadense-the-stinking-rose-2/

Yes, it is edible. This website has great info on 100's edible plants. I know the guy... he knows what he's talking about. He has a forum as well. I leaned a few thousand species of edible and medicinal plants while a member of the forum.

Oh wow I'm already hooked ! I'd love to start to forage for things but I didn't know where to start ! Thank you !

 

[Peanut]

@Jessica
Does your plant look like this? I took this photo moments ago. This is Allium canadense, wild onions.

Allium vineale, wild garlic, and Allium canadense, wild onion, are closely related species. There are a few more closely related Allium's that pretty much look the same and are safe. I can't remember all their names.

The one thing to remember... If it looks and smells like onion/garlic it's okay to eat. There is another plant I see sometimes that looks the similar but doesn't smell like onion/garlic, it's toxic. I can't remember it's latin name either but I know it when I see it. It's bloom is very different though.

The videos on the website are really good. I have the entire set. I also have a few good books too. I know people who teach in Michigan, can't recall anyone in Indiana off hand. I'll look into it for you.

 

[Meerkat]

We have food and medicine growing wild right under our feet and we still chose to rely totally on science to cure and feed us.

 

[NannyPatty]

@Jessica
Does your plant look like this? I took this photo moments ago. This is Allium canadense, wild onions.

Allium vineale, wild garlic, and Allium canadense, wild onion, are closely related species. There are a few more closely related Allium's that pretty much look the same and are safe. I can't remember all their names.

The one thing to remember... If it looks and smells like onion/garlic it's okay to eat. There is another plant I see sometimes that looks the similar but doesn't smell like onion/garlic, it's toxic. I can't remember it's latin name either but I know it when I see it. It's bloom is very different though

The videos on the website are really good. I have the entire set. I also have a few good books too. I know people who teach in Michigan, can't recall anyone in Indiana off hand. I'll look into it for you.

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This stuff is taking over our pasture. Nothing will kill it that won't hurt the land. Mine may be the wild garlic then, because it smells like garlic. Ive used it in scrambled eggs. It is a sweeter version than tame garlic. Our local Indians just call them wild onions.

 

[phideaux]

Ha!, drive around town , in a couple weeks, when everybody start mowing.....and the whole town smells like onions..

Jim

 

[Jessica]

It always reminds me of summer . It grows everywhere here in Indiana . When I was younger I would chew on it . But now I'm definitely going to add it to my cooking arsenal for sure !

 

[Dani]

I use it in place of onions in dishes. It grows wild along the LNVA canal so I dug some up and transplanted it into a flower bed. They make such a pretty pinkish white flower head.

 

[Weedygarden]

@Jessica
Does your plant look like this? I took this photo moments ago. This is Allium canadense, wild onions.

Allium vineale, wild garlic, and Allium canadense, wild onion, are closely related species. There are a few more closely related Allium's that pretty much look the same and are safe. I can't remember all their names.

The one thing to remember... If it looks and smells like onion/garlic it's okay to eat. There is another plant I see sometimes that looks the similar but doesn't smell like onion/garlic, it's toxic. I can't remember it's latin name either but I know it when I see it. It's bloom is very different though.

The videos on the website are really good. I have the entire set. I also have a few good books too. I know people who teach in Michigan, can't recall anyone in Indiana off hand. I'll look into it for you.

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This is always my concern about wild onions. Some are toxic.

 

[NannyPatty]

This is always my concern about wild onions. Some are toxic.

The ones that are toxic are not onions and don't have an odor. They have little white and yellow flowers that kind of look like mini daffodils. They come out just before Easter. They are easy to tell apart.

 

[Peanut]

There is an expression in the plant world “There are no look a likes”. Which is true, when you look closely enough. This is where experience comes in. To the inexperienced Water Hemlock and Hairy Angelica are the same plant. I know, for a year I thought they were the same plant. A year later with more experience I could see they were different. Now I can see the differences between them at 60mph while driving.

They are cousins, one will give you a very painful death, the other will give your libido a powerful kick start…

 

[NannyPatty]

There is an expression in the plant world “There are no look a likes”. Which is true, when you look closely enough. This is where experience comes in. To the inexperienced Water Hemlock and Hairy Angelica are the same plant. I know, for a year I thought they were the same plant. A year later with more experience I could see they were different. Now I can see the differences between them at 60mph while driving.

They are cousins, one will give you a very painful death, the other will give your libido a powerful kick start…

Do you have a picture of the two plants that are toxic? I want to see if they are the ones I'm thinking about.

 

[Peanut]

Not the ones similar to wild onions.. no photo.

@NannyPatty
I think I've found the name of the one I see, google the name Nothoscordum bivalve and click images.... This one has the name common name crow poison.

 

[NannyPatty]

Peanut those little flowers grow all over the place here. I know the difference between the wild garlic, but I didn't know that the little lilies where toxic. I'm pretty careful what I put in my mouth unless I'm sure what it is.

 

[gumpy]

I absolutely love the smell of wild onion grass and it's finally starting to come up around my house . I was wondering if there is any actual use for it ?

I dunno if there is. I know that when our family milk cow got into them or Bitterweed the milk was undrinkable! Terrible smell and taste. The pigs sure liked it though.

There is an expression in the plant world “There are no look a likes”. Which is true, when you look closely enough. This is where experience comes in. To the inexperienced Water Hemlock and Hairy Angelica are the same plant. I know, for a year I thought they were the same plant. A year later with more experience I could see they were different. Now I can see the differences between them at 60mph while driving.

They are cousins, one will give you a very painful death, the other will give your libido a powerful kick start…

Which is which, lol!

 

[Terri9630]

My grandmother used to send us out to the yard to pick the onion grass to go with dinner. Onions was the only thing she didn't grow in her garden. The neighbor HATED her dandelions.

 

[captain belly]

I've used the little onions from these to season soup and chili many times. It doesn't take a lot of them.
Side story: My dad told me that when he was little, sometimes the milk would taste like onions because the milk cows would eat these. Something to think about if raising milk cows.

 

[TBob]

Onion grass, chives...we use them in mashed potato, eggs, anywhere a little splash of color is wanted (that doesn't mind onions)