Pigweed and Purslane Salad

Pigweed, otherwise known as lamb’s quarters, goosefoot, or wild spinach, is one of our oldest and most prolific wild greens, used not only for its spear-shaped leaves but for its small black seeds. Equally venerable as a culinary weed is the pink-stemmed purslane, a cousin of the bright-flowered but inedible portulaca. At their youngest, in the first breath of spring, the leaves of both pigweed and purslane are delicious raw. As they grow into adolescence, both need only a quick parboiling