명아주나물 pages

  1. Myeongaju-muchim (Lamb’s Quarters side dish)

    Lamb’s quarters grow wild and are called “Myeongaju” (명아주) in Korea, where they are foraged in the mountains and fields in the spring. You can probably guess how excited I was to see these mountain vegetables growing in Inwood Park in Manhattan! I’ve seen them in Central Park, too. So I picked some young leaves and brought […]

  2. Lamb’s quarters (Myeongaju-namul)

    Lamb’s quarters grows wild all over the world (even Central Park, New York City!). In Korea it’s called myeongaju-namul and it’s been foraged from the fields and mountains of Korea for hundreds of years. The best time to pick them for eating is in the spring, when they are young and soft. It tastes similar to […]

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    Foraging Myeongaju!

    My good friend Ms. Jeon came from Toronto to join our Spring picnic meetup on Saturday (blog post & video coming soon). Today we went for a walk in Central Park and she spotted so many edible plants. Ms. Jeon grew up in the Korean countryside, and she grew up foraging for plants. She can […]