Topic: Do people really eat dandelions?
ThomasJB's photo
Wed 06/03/09 11:21 PM
I watched a video for dandelion oatmeal cookies the other day. Do people really eat dandelions? I ate dandelions a few times as a kid as a dare, but I don't remember them being all that exciting.

Winx's photo
Wed 06/03/09 11:25 PM
When I was a child, my Aunt put the stems in salads.

polaritybear's photo
Wed 06/03/09 11:25 PM
Indeed they do.

I never have but I have experienced dandelion tea and it is delightful.

ThomasJB's photo
Wed 06/03/09 11:36 PM

When I was a child, my Aunt put the stems in salads.


Aren't the stems really bitter?

Winx's photo
Wed 06/03/09 11:39 PM
Edited by Winx on Wed 06/03/09 11:40 PM


When I was a child, my Aunt put the stems in salads.


Aren't the stems really bitter?


I can't remember. It's been a long time since I ate them.

I think she cooked them, too, when she made greens.



Queene123's photo
Thu 06/04/09 12:04 AM
yep i remember eating them
my mom also put them in a salad

Ron_Jon's photo
Thu 06/04/09 12:09 AM
ya thats what i always hear of is people eating the roots or wanting them 4 tea

adj4u's photo
Thu 06/04/09 12:30 AM
wine wine wine

i hear they make some mighty fine wine

alto i have not had the pleasure of trying any

justme659's photo
Thu 06/04/09 05:29 AM
Grandma always said that when eating dandylion greens its best to use the first ones in the spring so they are not bitter.

cottonelle's photo
Thu 06/04/09 05:33 AM

Indeed they do.

I never have but I have experienced dandelion tea and it is delightful.


i heard of dandelion wine and heard it make you sweat like a pig the next day. someone told me farmers drank it to sweat out there cold quiker

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Thu 06/04/09 06:56 PM
My iguana loves dandelions. They are readily available in the warm months to pick most anywhere. But I have seen them for sale in supermarkets and I have bought them in the winter months. So I guess somebody eats 'em if Wal-mart sells 'em.


jasmine3922's photo
Fri 06/05/09 12:49 AM
I never ate them, but I know people do

I think the tea is a good blood cleanser

I'd like to try the wine...is it sold in the regular liquor store??

Arabella5's photo
Wed 06/10/09 04:07 AM
Yes, very early in the Spring...and fiddleheads (ferns) are very popular here in Central Maine. :smile:

barbadogirl's photo
Sat 03/11/17 12:06 AM
Yes mainly in salads at higher end restaurants.

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Sat 03/11/17 12:18 AM
They weren't indigenous to this region until they were brought over on the mayflower. Dad made Brandy, grandmother made salad and the reason it's called dandelion is because the leave resemble lions teeth.:lion_face:

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Sat 03/11/17 08:09 AM

I watched a video for dandelion oatmeal cookies the other day. Do people really eat dandelions? I ate dandelions a few times as a kid as a dare, but I don't remember them being all that exciting.


Yes,, I eat them all the time. I just go out on my lawn pick em and start eating them while I just stare out into space.

My neighbors really don't bother with me.. although I don't know why.

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Sat 03/11/17 09:31 PM


I watched a video for dandelion oatmeal cookies the other day. Do people really eat dandelions? I ate dandelions a few times as a kid as a dare, but I don't remember them being all that exciting.

Yes,, I eat them all the time. I just go out on my lawn pick em and start eating them while I just stare out into space.

My neighbors really don't bother with me.. although I don't know why.

You too. Don't forget about the mushrooms. Yum!