Valerianella locusta illustration by Thomé (1885) showing the plant, flower, and seed.
There is plant called
corn salad
Which is not the same thing as a
corn salad
See?
Not the same thing at all.
Corn Salad also goes by Mache, Doucette and Raiponce …yes, that translates to Rapunzel!
Walter Crane illustration of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale. Was she so named because her hair grew like a weed?
Evidently, it’s called corn salad because it’s a weed in the corn – which is any grain back in England. People use to gather it in from the fields, and not actually grow it in their gardens. Ordinary people, that is.
Thomas Jefferson grew it in his gardens at Monticello.
Thomas Jefferson – not ordinary
Louis XIV also grew it in his garden
Louis XIV – the Sun King – very NOT ordinary!
I’m really tired of KALE
So perhaps Corn Salad – or Mache or Doucette or rapunzel could be next Arugula…
Foodways Pilgrim 