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    Sour Saps?

    Hi Guys

    When I was very small my Gran used to pick us some leaves to eat from hedgerows, (I really can`t remember anything about the plant)

    She used to call them Sour Saps but I can`t seem to find any information using this name so
    I assume its just a nickname?

    Does anyone know of its real name and what it looks like?

    Thanks
    Adrian

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    gotta be a nickname or local name as this ... https://www.flickr.com/photos/bitemymoko/4740708538/ is a sour sap

    I think your grandma was collecting Sorrel.......Common sorrel has been cultivated for centuries. The leaves may be puréed in soups and sauces or added to salads; they have a flavour that is similar to kiwifruit or sour wild strawberries. The plant's sharp taste is due to oxalic acid.

    pictures here.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorrel

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    Yeah has to be sorrel (common or sheep's). though I would have said it tastes like lemon or sour apple!
    love the name 'sour saps' btw.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pootle View Post
    Yeah has to be sorrel (common or sheep's). though I would have said it tastes like lemon or sour apple!
    love the name 'sour saps' btw.
    Yeah old folks have some funny names for stuff.....my gran used to call crab apples 'squints' i grew up believing that was what they were called....when i found out the real name i asked her why she called em squints...her reply.......'cos a good sour apple will make ya squint!'........... well duh!

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    That's great. When I moved to Cornwall it was amusing that what I knew as goose grass, the other kids called 'sticky willy'.
    definitely a good reason to learn the Latin names for things as you go. common names vary so much.

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    Seem to remember as a kid we ate the young leaves of Hawthorne Bush??(pinched them of the end,as they sprouted) n called it Bread n Cheese.
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    Quote Originally Posted by midas View Post
    Seem to remember as a kid we ate the young leaves of Hawthorne Bush??(pinched them of the end,as they sprouted) n called it Bread n Cheese.

    I remember folding a hawthorn leaf in two with a flower in between and it being called bread and cheese. I don't remember how it tasted mind.

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    At my first Bush Meet one of the guys introduced me to this....Wood Sorrel...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxalis_acetosella

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pootle View Post
    I remember folding a hawthorn leaf in two with a flower in between and it being called bread and cheese.------ I don't remember how it tasted mind.
    Neither do I pootle.????
    was along time ago......
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