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  • Quelites: lamb's quarters (Chenopodium album) Although the name quelites is used in the countryside for a variety of wild greens, true quelites are lamb's quarters, found throughout Mexico and gathered in abundance during the rainy season.

    Mexico's Leafy Green 2005

  • Quelites: lamb's quarters (Chenopodium album) Although the name quelites is used in the countryside for a variety of wild greens, true quelites are lamb's quarters, found throughout Mexico and gathered in abundance during the rainy season.

    Mexico's Leafy Green 2005

  • My favorite way to eat quelites is sauteed in a bit of oil, then briefly simmered in a thick sauce made of tomato and onion sauteed until extremely soft.

    Eat The Weeds 2009

  • My favorite way to eat quelites is sauteed in a bit of oil, then briefly simmered in a thick sauce made of tomato and onion sauteed until extremely soft.

    Eat The Weeds 2009

  • My favorite way to eat quelites is sauteed in a bit of oil, then briefly simmered in a thick sauce made of tomato and onion sauteed until extremely soft.

    Eat The Weeds 2009

  • The 'quelites' most common here in Mazatlan are lambs quarters and grow on every vacant lot and road side after the first spring rains.

    Eat The Weeds 2009

  • The 'quelites' most common here in Mazatlan are lambs quarters and grow on every vacant lot and road side after the first spring rains.

    Eat The Weeds 2009

  • The 'quelites' most common here in Mazatlan are lambs quarters and grow on every vacant lot and road side after the first spring rains.

    Eat The Weeds 2009

  • About 10 days ago, I was at the UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) to attend a symposium about quelites, the wild (and occasionally cultivated) greens of Mexico.

    Quelites (Wild Greens) at the UNAM 2009

  • About 10 days ago, I was at the UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) to attend a symposium about quelites, the wild (and occasionally cultivated) greens of Mexico.

    Quelites (Wild Greens) at the UNAM 2009

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