Topic: Do people really eat dandelions? | |
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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.
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When I was a child, my Aunt put the stems in salads.
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Indeed they do.
I never have but I have experienced dandelion tea and it is delightful. |
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When I was a child, my Aunt put the stems in salads. Aren't the stems really bitter? |
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Edited by
Winx
on
Wed 06/03/09 11:40 PM
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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. |
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yep i remember eating them
my mom also put them in a salad |
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ya thats what i always hear of is people eating the roots or wanting them 4 tea
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wine wine wine
i hear they make some mighty fine wine alto i have not had the pleasure of trying any |
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Grandma always said that when eating dandylion greens its best to use the first ones in the spring so they are not bitter.
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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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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.
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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?? |
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Yes, very early in the Spring...and fiddleheads (ferns) are very popular here in Central Maine.
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Yes mainly in salads at higher end restaurants.
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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.
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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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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! |
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