salads, boiled in soups and borscht, even salted. Interestingly, as a vegetable, shepherd's purse is widely used in Chinese cuisine, moreover, it was brought by the Chinese to Taiwan, where it is grown as a "magnificent spinach plant" (quote from the book "Edible Plants of Southeast Asia", published by in Hong Kong).

Surepka

One of the first to catch the eye in the fields, garden beds and other areas dug up in August-September are bright green, shiny rosettes of colza leaves. Their taste resembles mustard, slightly burning, so it is better to mix it in a salad with other early plants. This bitterness disappears during cooking, so colza is also used instead of cabbage in soup or as a side dish for meat, but in this case it is cooked for a very short time, otherwise colza loses its taste.

Caraway

A well-known plant with a characteristic umbrella inflorescence (belongs to the corresponding umbrella family). Widely used in pickles, bread baking, etc.