Talk:Stachys byzantina

see discussion on Talk:Stachys_lanata -Mork the delayer 22:46, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Edible? Found *claims* it is, but...? (Also, supposedly used in "Brazillian battered dish")

So I've found a few claims that the plant is edible.
eg:
https://www.newlifeonahomestead.com/lambs-ear-medicinal-uses/
https://plantcaretoday.com/lambs-ear-plant-edible.html

The first link only mentions eating it cooked,
but the second link also says
"I have heard of people who add these tender leaves to salads and consume them raw."
(So who even knows how many degrees removed that is from a reliable source.)

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In addition, the second link claims:
"In Brazil, the plant makes “Lambari,” a battered dish."

If true, I think this "Lambari" dish should definitely be mentioned in the article under "Uses",
however, I can find nothing about it anywhere else.

A google image search:
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&biw=1022&bih=504&q=Lambari&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=AslqUK_RK6bJiQLQ8YD4Dg
showed me a bunch of pictures of a particular type of fish
(some of them battered and fried)
and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambari
https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambari#Liga%C3%A7%C3%B5es_externas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astyanax_(fish)

So it seems quite plausible that at least that claim specifically
(ie "In Brazil, the plant makes “Lambari,” a battered dish.")
could have originated as a misunderstanding somehow...?

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But that still leaves the basic questions of:

- Is "Stachys byzantina" edible?

- If so, should that be mentioned under the "Uses" section of this article? Kayseychow (talk) 03:21, 17 June 2023 (UTC)