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Timpsila

A wild turnip

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Timpsila, the “Indian Turnip” - WoLakota Project

Timpsila, Prairie Turnip, Psoralea esculenta – also known as the prairie wild turnip, Indian breadroot, and several other names. Timpsila was probably the most important wild food gathered by the Lakota. In 1805 a Lewis and Clark expedition observed Plains...

Savor Dakota: Winter Vegetable Soup with Timpsila Recipe | sodakpb

Timpisila is a root plant that has wound itself through Lakota history, lore and family recipes. Chef MJ Adams creates a vegetable soup that showcases the breadroot...

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Foraging and Cooking Prairie Turnips (Thíŋpsiŋla) - Forager | Chef

Thíŋpsiŋla, timpsila, or priarie turnips are a staple Lakota food harvested wild in the prairie, and a plant that deserves to be planted, eaten, and celebrated...

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Thíŋpsiŋla: The Edible Bounty Beneath the Great Plains

Thíŋpsiŋla, or timpsila, is known by English-speaking settlers as the prairie turnip, or Psoralea esculenta. This starchy taproot is found four inches beneath the soil across most of the Great Plains...

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