Lamb's-Quarters update

So, I picked a medium-sized bunch of lamb's quarters (chenopodium/fat hen/goosefoot/pigweed) yesterday, pulled the leaf sprigs off the stems, cut up the stems, and washed the stems and leaves in two changes of water; then put them in a deep bowl with a little water in the bottom, covered the bowl with good plastic wrap, and microwaved it for 3 minutes.

The result was very good, like spinach but not as bitter as adult spinach can be. There were a few small stems that stayed tough, I'll have to look for them next time. I wonder what it would be like with garlic, or, contrariwise, with a little mint.

I wasn't sure whether this weed (which I knew from childhood but had no name for) was the one that was referenced in the books until I asked my grandmother about it. She said that when she and my grandfather were first married, they knew a couple who came from (some other country) and they were invited over for dinner. The lady cooked this for them (she called it pigweed) and my grandmother was worried she wouldn't like it. As it turned out, it was delicious and she liked it so much that every time after that that they visited, the lady would make sure to cook it for her.