What can you do with wood sorrel?

What can you do with wood sorrel?

As a medicinal, woodsorrel has been used topically to cool skin, soothe the stomach, as a diuretic, and astringent. The plant is also useful in treating scurvy, fever, urinary tract infections, sore throats, nausea, and mouth sores. It supposedly helps cleanse blood, and some believe it can help in cancer cases.

Is common wood sorrel edible?

Leaves, flowers, and seed pods (which resemble miniature okra fruits) are all edible. Wood sorrel will begin to wilt almost immediately after harvesting, so it's best eaten on the spot. Its tangy, somewhat sour flavor—reminiscent of citrus—makes it an excellent garnish in just about any salad.

How do you control yellow wood sorrel?

Oxalis can be removed by hand or dug up using a hoe or spade. To prevent spreading seed throughout your lawn, plants should be removed while they're still young and developing, before the flowers and seed capsules form. The entire root system must be removed or the plant will grow back from any pieces left in the soil.

How do you preserve wood sorrel?

Blanche and freeze leftover leaves. Drain off the moisture, seal the sorrel in a freezer container, and then store it in the freezer. It will last up to a year.

How long does dried sorrel last?

1 week

How do you freeze fresh sorrel?

Chop herbs. Place in a freezer bag. Freeze for up to several months. Tip: Since I add parsley and dill into my Sorrel Soup, what I do is make baggies with enough sorrel for 1 recipe of the Soup, I add the herbs in with it and breeze together.

What are the benefits of drinking sorrel?

Sorrel is used for reducing sudden and ongoing pain and swelling (inflammation) of the nasal passages and respiratory tract, for treating bacterial infections along with conventional medicines, and for increasing urine flow (as a diuretic). Sorrel is also an ingredient in the herbal cancer treatment Essiac.

Can you freeze sorrel sauce?

Refrigerate until needed. Or freeze for future use. This is great on grilled seafood, chicken, vegetables or as a sauce for a warm potato salad.

How do you dehydrate sorrel?

For quick-drying, preheat an oven to below 180 degrees Fahrenheit. The Cornell University Cooperative Extension of Schenectady County recommends spreading the sorrel leaves on cookie sheets and dry them in an open oven for less than 15 minutes.

How do you clean fresh sorrel?

Using fresh sorrel?

1. Wash and clean the sorrel thoroughly.
2. Remove the sepals from the seed by cutting in a circular direction above the spines of the flower, so the seed is removed and you're left with the sorrel by itself.
3. Wash again.

How do you harvest sorrel leaves?

Pick fresh sorrel leaves when they are young and tender, just 4 or 5 inches (10-12cm) tall. Harvest cut-and-come-again through the growing season. Leaves can be harvested as early as 60 days after sowing. Remove flowers before they mature to keep the plants producing new leaves into the fall.

Is Sorrel a fruit or flower?

The "flower buds" are actually seedpods of red sorrel, Hibiscus sabdariffa, enclosed in their fleshy calyces (plural of "calyx," a collective term for the sepals of a flower). The red pods—technically the fruits—and calyces are fused and difficult to distinguish from one another.