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Snails. Medicago scutellata. Closely related to alfalfa, this legume makes a very strange and beautiful pods, which can be steamed, poached, or used as garnishes in this tender green stage. They are from Southern Europe, and were grown in England by...

Snails. Medicago scutellata. Closely related to alfalfa, this legume makes a very strange and beautiful pods, which can be steamed, poached, or used as garnishes in this tender green stage. They are from Southern Europe, and were grown in England by the late 1500s and Pennslyvania by 1754. Read about them in William Woys Weaver’s ‘100 Vegetables and Where They Come From’. #limacons #caracols #snails #medicagoscutellata #legume #leguminosae #medicago #roughwoodseedcollection #kutztownseedfarm #williamwoysweaver

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Snails. A Southern European legume whose pods are eaten green as garnish, steamed, in salads, or with brined vegetables, according to William Woys Weaver in “100 Vegetables and Where They Came From”. These dried pods were harvested for seed, which...

Snails. A Southern European legume whose pods are eaten green as garnish, steamed, in salads, or with brined vegetables, according to William Woys Weaver in “100 Vegetables and Where They Came From”. These dried pods were harvested for seed, which looks like an easy weensy Lima bean. #snails #snailpod #limacons #caracols #medicagoscutellata #seedsaving #seedpods #seedkeeping #leguminosae #legume #roughwoodseedcollection #kutztownseedfarm

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I’ve never looked closely at the fruits of an Alfalfa plant (Medicago sativa - top photo). If I had, I probably wouldn’t have been shocked by the snail-like fruits of its cousin, which is named Snails (Medicago scutellata - bottom photo). You can...

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