Wild Chicory
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Wild Chicory
Cichorium intybus
Wild Food, Wild Medicine
Wild Chicory has naturalized it's away around the country, providing food, medicine, forage and nectar for all. It's medicinal properties are so vast and so important I cannot list them all here and as a food it is no slouch either.
Bitter leaves can be blanched and eaten cooked or young leaves can be eaten in spring. Roots are forced in the dark, producing chicons - blanched buds. The root can be dried and roasted and made in to a coffee-like drink. Another survival plant - learn what you can about this amazing beauty. Loved since I was a child.