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Sticky nightshade: Solanum sisymbriifolium
13 Jun 2017

The plant is completely protected by sharp prickles, but this should not stop anyone from tasting the sweet berries that look like 2 cm large tomatoes.

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05 Okt 2021

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Gezahnte tomato: Solanum lycopersicum ‚Gezahnte Buhrer Keel‘
22 Sep 2017

Beef tomatoes are mainly used for cooking, they can be filled and baked or used in stews and sauces. Tomatoes are even suitable for jams – alone or mixed with other fruits.

Redcurrant: Ribes rubrum
13 Okt 2017

Redcurrants are processed to red fruit soups and summer pudding, juice and ice cream. And many more…

Hardy Begonia: Begonia grandis x Begonia evansiana
02 Jun 2017

Hardy Begonia: Begonia grandis x Begonia evansiana Kitchen herb and decoration The pink flowers of Hardy Begonia are a pretty decoration in salad or - sugared- on confectionery. They have a lemony flavour. The yellow stamens of the male flower

Love-in-a-mist: Nigella damascena
17 Feb 2018

The small black seeds in the capules can be used as spices, they taste like a mixture of nutmeg and woodruff.

City-goosefoot: Oxybasis urbica
30 Jun 2017

The black-brown seeds can be used as pseudocereals similar to quinoa, for example boiled as a porridge and grounded to a flour as addition to baking flour.

Calamondin: Citrus microcarpa
17 Jul 2017

The calamondin has a thin, sweet peel and sour pulp.

City-goosefoot: Oxybasis urbica
22 Sep 2017

The leaves can be eaten raw or cooked as leaf vegetables such as spinach. The black-brown seeds can be used as pseudocerals.

Canary arbutus: Arbutus canariensis
26 Okt 2017

The local people like the fruits directly from the shrub, but they can also be processed to confectionery and fruit schnapps.

Bilberry cactus: Myrtillocactus geometrizans
01 Mrz 2018

Billberry cactus has an impressive growth height of up to 4 meters, and yet it produces only very small, sweet tasting fruits.

White fringetree: Chionanthus virginicus
07 Jun 2019

The soft, juicy pulp tastes aromatic of fir, it is tart and resinous, yet very sweet.

Beechnuts of fern-leaf beech: Fagus sylvatica forma Asplenifolia
19 Nov 2019

Beech can be used in many ways: the fruits called “ beechnuts “ as nuts or oil fruit and coffee substitute, leaves as salad, wood as smoke aroma.

Sinofranchetia chinensis
13 Jun 2017

The edible fruits of Sinofranchetia are very similar to grapes, but less sweet and with a little leathery skin.

Aloe vera
25 Jun 2017

Aloe vera has been used for some time past in green smoothies, shakes, cocktails, ice cream, desserts and for some other purposes, although the plant is said to be poisonous.

Chinese persimmon: Diospyros kaki var. sylvestris
11 Jul 2017

The flesh of this persimmon reminded me of a dried date: it was brown and soft, tasted sweet, perhaps caramel-like, but unfortunately also „not quite fresh“.

Sweet violet: Viola odorata
02 Apr 2018

Together with extracts of other flowers, violets form the basis of the violet liqueur “Parfait Amour”.

White currant: Ribes rubrum var. alba
13 Aug 2018

Like their red relatives, white currants are popular garden plants, but their fruits are sweeter.

Miracle Berry: Synsepalum dulcificum
19 Nov 2018

Miracle berry has a unique effect on our sense of taste: it superimposes taste impressions in a way that everything is perceived as being sweet.

Red Chard: Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris Cicla-Group
03 Jul 2019

The slightly salty tasting leaves and stems can be eaten raw as salad or cooked, e.g. as spinach or sautéed.

Beach rose (Rosehip): Rosa rugosa
03 Jul 2019

Rosehips can be used to make fruit tea and Hagebuttenmark. Dried and ground, they even replace flour and can be mixed with it.

Wintersweet: Chimonanthus praecox
04 Jul 2019

After thorough cooking and rinsing, the flowers are also edible and are served with oil and salt.

Chervil: Anthriscus cerefolium
02 Okt 2020

Chervil tastes like aniseed or tarragon. It is used to season soups, salads, sauces and herb butter and is one of the seven herbs in Frankfurt’s green sauce.

Indian Moon Tomato: Solanum lycopersicum ‚Indian Moon‘
28 Okt 2020

A typical attribute of the bright golden yellow tomato variety ‚Indian Moon‘ is the fine blush of the very ripe fruits up to red „cheeks“.

Kohlrabi: Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes
30 Okt 2020

The kohlrabi stem can be eaten raw and cooked, for example diced and steamed or boiled.

Oakleaf lettuce (red): Lactuca sativa var. crispa
27 Jan 2021

This variety of an oakleaf lettuce stands out for its duckbill-like elongated leaf tips. It has a slightly nutty flavor.

Leaf parsley: Petroselinum crispum subsp. crispum
03 Feb 2021

Parsley is used as a fresh, aromatic kitchen herb, added to savory cold dishes or stews and sauces just before the end of cooking.

About the project
05 Okt 2021

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