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erbe di campo

English translation: wild greens

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Italian term or phrase:erbe di campo
English translation:wild greens
Entered by: Ashish (HIN,ENG) Nadia (ITA)

17:52 Nov 23, 2014
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Cooking / Culinary / Ingredient
Italian term or phrase: erbe di campo
green leafy vegetables?
Ashish (HIN,ENG) Nadia (ITA)
Italy
Local time: 21:30
wild greens
Explanation:
I think we'd probably say 'wild greens' in the UK.

Lots of online info.

Foraging for Wild Greens - Go Self Sufficient

Wild greens are generally more flavoursome and nutritious than greens raised commercially. This is because they are not pushed to produce...


Hank Shaw's new book, Hunt, Gather, Cook: Finding the Forgotten Feast outlines the edible plants in your everyday landscape. Learn what common wild greens ..
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Ivana UK
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:30
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Summary of answers provided
4 +5wild salad greens
Cedric Randolph
4 +2wild greens
Ivana UK
4edible wild plants
Linda Thody


Discussion entries: 7





  

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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
wild salad greens


Explanation:
This is what I've always known these to be after about 30 years of eating them here in Italy. Some call them "wild herbs" however this is not always the case. Sometimes they are used in salad, or cooked, or cleaned and used in sauce as in nettles. If the context is salad, then this answer is good, if it is other types of greens you may want to change the modifier i.e., wild greens, wild herbs, field greens, etc.

Cedric Randolph
Italy
Local time: 21:30
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 19

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  BrigitteHilgner: Spontaneously, I would have said "wild herbs" but I never lived in Italy and of course it depends on the dish ...
25 mins
agree  Maria Fokin: I have translated them as field greens in the passed.
50 mins
agree  Rachel Fell: though some context wouldn't go amiss...
1 hr
neutral  Shabelula: sorry, they are not always or often for salad. I guess this refers to many funny unknown species that are usually boiled and then "sauteed" in a pan with perhaps garlic and red pepper (mesticanza, ortica, various types of wild broccoli. Sounds right?
4 hrs
agree  philgoddard: Shabelula does have a point. Depending on the context, Maria's "field greens" may be better.
6 hrs
agree  Isabelle Johnson
2 days 18 hrs
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19 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
edible wild plants


Explanation:
There is a whole movement of people foraging for these : https://www.google.co.uk/#q=edible wild plants

People have long collected wild plants and prepared them for the table in Italy. The plants/leaves are trimmed, washed then either boiled or sautéed, and usually dressed with olive oil and lemon juice for instance.

Linda Thody
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:30
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
wild greens


Explanation:
I think we'd probably say 'wild greens' in the UK.

Lots of online info.

Foraging for Wild Greens - Go Self Sufficient

Wild greens are generally more flavoursome and nutritious than greens raised commercially. This is because they are not pushed to produce...


Hank Shaw's new book, Hunt, Gather, Cook: Finding the Forgotten Feast outlines the edible plants in your everyday landscape. Learn what common wild greens ..


    Reference: http://www.goselfsufficient.co.uk/foraging-for-wild-greens.h...
    Reference: http://www.organicgardening.com/learn-and-grow/call-wild-gre...
Ivana UK
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:30
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 50

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rachel Fell: yes, I think I agree, as they're often cooked greens rather than uncooked/salad ones
33 mins
agree  Peter Cox
13 hrs
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