When I turned Thirty I toured around Italy in
my camper-van
Cooking everywhere I went it.
I did some amazing things which changed my life forever
and I'll never forget it...
Thanks to Foodtube I can now share these things with you guys
and I'm really excited...because this stuff, which has never been seen anywhere before...ever
is fantastic... Weed frittata
Yeah turned on yet? well this stuff is
good
So I was halfway up a mountain in
central Italy when I bumped into this English lady
living off the land with her husband.
She asked me to cook something from her veg patch and I said yes
not realizing it's full of weeds 
Take from anywhere over there
So what, dandelions?
No, this is a type of chicory...
This is tame chicory and this is poppy
So that's like poppy leaves
As in the plant poppy the red ones with
the black middle?
and they're lovely to eat
Cooked or raw?
Cooked...
mostly
Well that's nice for sheep...but people...
So you'd rather give this to your sheep
than to me?
Yeah
So what have we got here... a little thistle?
Yeah, but this is a very soft and
delicate thistle
and when boiled it is delicious
This is taking it to another level
this is proper weed man
the people eat weeds to clear them out?
Yeah
What like a laxative? 
Well yeah and to make your skin glowing 
and to make you feel better about life
I'm gonna wash them
and blanch them in some boiling water
and...
I'm going to squeeze 
Let them cool down, squeeze it out
and then cook them in a pan
If the boss lady agrees with a little bit of oil, a little bit of garlic...salt pepper, bit of nutmeg
Into a Frittata...she thinks I shouldn't put pecorino in the Frittata
but I think it'll be rather, nice not
too much but just to
just to...
Sometimes I use Pecorino and Parmesan, just to
Not as a cheese but, as a seasoning... 
Thank you for your time miss
I'll come to your supermarket again...
They're still warm...blood temperature
Thing is, i'm washing it but as i'm washing it, it's prickling me
the thistles
but I've never done a weed Frittata
So, erm... I think it'll be lovely, very nice actually
So I got some salted water on the boil
added my fresh weeds 
I definitely thought some garlic and nutmeg would help get the flavour going
you know what? those wings didn't look so
bad chopped up and mixed in
Little bit of salt, pepper...bit of fried garlic and olive oil 
and a bit of nutmeg
The colour of those lovely fresh eggs was amazing... proper free-range
The way I was taught to make...a Frittata
they always popped it in the oven for the last few minutes
so it sort of grows a bit 
but obviously if you haven't got an oven..
I like to put a tiny bit of cheese
You can put what you want 
Grazia
I thought the lid of a saucepan would do the same job 
and it kinda did... not bad
That is good man
Man, this dish is... I mean I love it because
it got that irony
that irony, sort of spinachy
I've never done a Frittata not using the oven so to start it
and then put a little lid on top, just sets it and then it goes crispy on the bottom
delicious.. I like your idea about the chili as well
and it's good for you health, that's why your body thanks its lovely image
You know, these sort of things which I guess you would call weed
are delicious... absolutely delicious 
but I'm really...I'm really proud of myself that we got a buncha weeds from the garden to taste that good
