I used to, but I ended up picking them all and they don't grow in my yard anymore.
I used to, but I ended up picking them all and they don't grow in my yard anymore.
My Grandmother (born 1897) used grab large brown paper shopping bags and a paring knife to use on her lawn and/or any local field that had dandelions. She picked the younger dandelion plants that were not ready to flower. She could fill a couple of shopping bags over the course of an hour if they were plentiful. She brought them home to clean/rinse them and filled her big canner with them, a chunk of salt pork and enough water to create the steam to cook them. Like fresh spinach, they quickly cooked down to about 1/10th of their original volume.
Served with salt, pepper, butter or vinegar in my area - like you would eat spinach, kale, beet greens, endive, etc. Dandelions (when young) are tender and delicious!
I remember her doing this often until the mid 1970s when her arthritis eventually prevented it. My folks and I used to pick them too but not as often. They loved too but I was never a fan. Every spring we would only have a couple of weeks to harvest the fiddleheads.
Free greens that you drive by or cuss and mow over every summer. Just sayin'...
My Grandmother (born 1897) used grab large brown paper shopping bags and a paring knife to use on her lawn and/or any local field that had dandelions. She picked the younger dandelion plants that were not ready to flower. She could fill a couple of shopping bags over the course of an hour if they were plentiful. She brought them home to clean/rinse them and filled her big canner with them, a chunk of salt pork and enough water to create the steam to cook them. Like fresh spinach, they quickly cooked down to about 1/10th of their original volume.
Served with salt, pepper, butter or vinegar in my area - like you would eat spinach, kale, beet greens, endive, etc. Dandelions (when young) are tender and delicious!
I remember her doing this often until the mid 1970s when her arthritis eventually prevented it. My folks and I used to pick them too but not as often. They loved [fiddleheads](https://www.almanac.com/fiddleheads-where-they-grow-and-how-they-taste) too but I was never a fan. Every spring we would only have a couple of weeks to harvest the fiddleheads.
Free greens that you drive by or cuss and mow over every summer. Just sayin'...
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