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Also known as poor man's mustard, among other things. Garlic mustard is not native to North America and because it has no natural enemies here, it proliferates freely and threatens native wildflowers.
According to Jack Sanders in The Secrets of Wildflowers, "Garlic mustard has been boiled and served like spinach and, in Wales, fried with herring or bacon…. It was widely used in salads especially in England and Germany — where it was known as Sasskraut, or 'sauce herb.'" I tasted one of the leaves; it had a strong garlic flavor, with a slight mustardy tang.
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