In article >,
Mike Beede > wrote:

> In article >,
> Omelet > wrote:
>
> > There are a huge mess of fresh young dandelion leaves in my yard at the
> > moment. I'm getting in the mood for weeding.
> >
> > I'm seriously considering harvesting and eating them this year.
> >
> > Any advice from those that do the same? Use or discard the roots etc.?
>
> You can just plain old eat the leaves. The flowers can
> be used as flavoring for dandelion wine:
> <http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/dandelio.asp>
>
> This is a brief discussion of what you can use them
> for and their properties:
> <http://nccam.nih.gov/health/dandelion/>
>
> This suggests you can roast the roots and make a beverage
> from them:
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dandelion_coffee>
>
> This claims to be an Indian recipe, but I think it's
> modernized. Sounds good, though:
> <http://www.aurora-inn.mb.ca/food.html#dandy>
>
> I assume you haven't used pesticides recently on your
> lawn. That might be bad.
>
> Mike Beede

I rarely, if ever, use pesticides at all, least of all in the garden
beds which is where these are growing. I'll use 5% sevin dust for flea
control but again, that's not in the garden beds!
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