Foraging Fun: Wild Dandelion Greens

[pieface202]

eww i would NOT want to eat that

[brockpierce1984]

Dandelion is certainly a great plant for salads or as spinach and soup.

But you can also use the root of the plant as a coffee substitute.

Taste a bit differently and you ve got to get used to it!

Chop the root in little pieces and then roast them in a frying pan with little or no oil...or in a baking oven for around 20min on 200 degrees till its all crusty brown.

Then you can grind them and use as regular coffee.

Also nice taste and detox your body!

[BobsterNinja]

its better to have the dandellin leave wen the flowers havent grown yet and wen the flowers are grown...you can eat them

[thar34]

Can you eat the stem?

[TheDesertGardener]

you can eat 100% of the dandylion but the leaves are the most nutritous

[Pimporly]

i feed dandilon greens to my pet rhino iguana

[peppernme]

My mother grew up on a farm in Maine, so she often told me how they had dandelion greens fresh from the fields. (Side note: She was born in 1937 and it was a time and place when oranges were the special treat for Christmas. So much has changed...)

My parents' birds used to eat lettuce and dandelions, but my new birds don't like them. :(

[MyOwnStickFigure]

I know I am on a little email vacation as I pick myself out of a rut but I can't tell you how good it feels to see you commenting again, making some improvements and sending me pictures and email images again... thank you my friend. I love you dear. I'll be okay, I am in God's Hands

[kealiiballao]

Make sure you wash it well! Don't know where all those dogs Pee!

[MyOwnStickFigure]

You bring up a very good point. I ended up NOT foraging them on the way back from the shore. Why? because I realized that a lot of the birds probably poop and it was around an area where the seaman wash dead fish they just caught. What goes into the soil, goes into the foods, goes into you. So with that being said, I'm better off foraging them in a field then this location. I did wonder if they had a tad bit of salty flavor though since they are growing near the ocean!

[kealiiballao]

True that! Also the sea isnt as clean as we would like to think it is....

[Southerngrace1984]

Sounds like it would be yummy in a big salad!

[MyOwnStickFigure]

Yes! I'm going to get a kiddie pool and make a huge salad and invite all my YT friends to come over for a salad party LOLOLOL

[galaxycat3]

arent you lucky to live in a place with such lovely scenery

i have not cooked in ages... oh !!! i just tried something called a 'sharon fruit' - it was yummy - tasted a bit like mango

[MyOwnStickFigure]

my healing started when i left sf, it was just too chaotic. this move was the best thing i could of done for myself this year, best thing ever... thank you... i have not tried sharon fruit! mmm i bet it was delish

[MyOwnStickFigure]

I just looked that up, it says it's a kind of persimmion which are very popular and seasonal right now! I foraged one just a few days ago for my Mom...

[MyOwnStickFigure]

I had a very bad experience with a persimmion, first time I ever ate one and haven't had one since... am deadly afraid to, it's become a phobia in a way.

[fruitgrrl]

oh no. that happens to so many people.

please don't give up persimmons. they are

by far the best raw sensuous local fruit ever.

i wish i could post links here with pics.

the hachiya variety is pointy and must be ripened til

soft like a water balloon about to burst. i got some yesterday 4 for $1.00. we could have a persimmon balloon

game of catch!

the fuyu variety is flat and can be eaten hard and crisp

like an apple or soft.

flickr . com has some beautiful pics

[fruitgrrl]

if the hachiya is not completely ripe it is

very astringent. lots of markets and fruit stands

will sell them already ripe. otherwise be prepared to

be very patient, or else buy the fuyu variety which

are equally delicious but not a mouth orgasm like the

hachiya

[MyOwnStickFigure]

I foraged the hachiya variety for Mom. TO make a long story short, I took a bite of one and then blacked out into a fruit stand in public at whole foods and ended up in the er with an IV saving my life. Let's just say it was bulimia related, catches up on you, cant tell you how many ivs I'vd had to "save my life" --- the permission was associated with that time since it happened within 1 minute of taking a bite of it and so I am afraid to eat even a bite of one now

[fruitgrrl]

oh cRap. what a nightmare. i hope you never need an iv again, for any reason. for the rest of your life and all your lives. recovery happens. healing is exponential.

as a kid i had a scary experience with avocados. im still

squeamish about them.

may all our food be luscious and free of worry. may all beings have enough.

[MyOwnStickFigure]

I foraged the hachiya variety for Mom. TO make a long story short, I took a bite of one and then blacked out into a fruit stand in public at whole foods and ended up in the er with an IV saving my life. Let's just say it was bulimia related, catches up on you, cant tell you how many ivs I'vd had to "save my life" --- the permission was associated with that time since it happened within 1 minute of taking a bite of it and so I am afraid to eat even a bite of one now.

[theskinnypig]

yuuummmmmmmmm I love dandelion. And that dressing you made sounds delightful! I want to learn about foraging, thanks for that link.

Gifts from the Earth!

[MyOwnStickFigure]

Wild, raw food it doesn't get better than this. This is life force, this is longevity. "Let food be thy medicine" Us children of the earth are accepting the healing energy from these foods. Loving them and fully utilizing their nutritional gifts. This is how earth was intended to be taken in, life for life... God's gifts. This morning I foraged clover and purple rose and am enjoying in a salad. What an offering.

[MyOwnStickFigure]

I am breathing slow and deep while I give gratitude to God for this present. I wish I could share it with you. Pure nourishment. No frilling, no killing *cooking* Ps. Do you have dandelion near you??? It's so easy to forage. I hope you can find some wild ones! Hugs and gratitude to you because I know you are like me in the sense that we have appreciation for these types of things and wholesome raw foods. Okay, I've been on a raw roll here, better stop and enjoy my meal now. XOXO love u