cooking 'grass'

claire-marie discovered something phenomenal in front of my house. all these years i didn't know any better. i thought they were just grass. but, listen to claire-marie. she says, suk wah, you have a bumper crop of plantain. i say, what's that? she says, i went to a 7-day survival course, we lived on this, this is what would survive a nuclear bomb, every part of the plant is edible and nutritious, the native-americans scrape off the pollen and use it for baking. i couldn't believe it and i couldn't wait to cook it. i made it into a stew with ginger and salt pork, blended the whole thing. o me o my, it goes so well with beans and rice. since then i look at the front lawn with a fresh eye, a new understanding and total awe.