Japanese knotweed - what to do with leftover bits?

[malcolmfraser]

Hi - I picked my first batch of Japanese knotweed this week and made a nice crumble and some jam.

I have a box of offcuts now and am wondering what's the best way to dispose of them? I don't have a bin to burn them in right now so was thinking I could just cook them in the oven for a while until they were destroyed...

Anyone got any good ideas?

Thanks
Malcolm

[Marc]

yep, cook em in the oven, or boil them for a few mins - that should do it

[malcolmfraser]

Thanks Marc - I think I'll just boil them for a while.

[MKG]

I've always thought the Japanese ritual of knotweed blowing (hara kiri) to be very fitting. Gather up the bits and, on a blustery day, throw them as hard as you can straight up. This ritual must be repeated several times every year. Soon you'll have no problem getting enough knotweed.

Mike

[malcolmfraser]

Hah!

My new strategy is to top and tail the stems where I find them (i.e. in the middle of the knotweed patch), so there's no waste once I get back home.

[giz]

you can EAT THIS??? there is Loads of the bloody stuff on the other side of my fence, keeps comming thru,, i HATE it so go bashing it...
have you got a link to a pic, just to make sure i thinking of the same stufffff??

[MKG]

Hi Giz ...

The young shoots of knotweed are certainly edible, and apparently taste a little like rhubarb. So Malcolm's tale of crumble and jam could be true. But if you look at the date of his first post on the subject - well, I'll leave you to make up your own mind

Mike

[giz]

lol.. well as i said, the council just wont do anything about it.. grr... i will be trying some.. ohhh i looooove freebys.. LOOOL....

[malcolmfraser]

oh it's definitely edible - I've even convinced my wife to eat it, she'll eat anything in a crumble!

Here's a few recipe links:

http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/Plants ... tweed.html

http://www.phlorum.com/blog/2010/04/20/ ... le-recipe/

http://www.celtnet.org.uk/recipes/searc ... t=knotweed

In fact - here's a 'ish blog post about it:

http://www.selfsufficientish.com/main/b ... -hamilton/

Hope you enjoy it!

Cheers
Malc