Laura B retraining our taste buds

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Try one of the recipes for dandelions in the recipe files. Inside the " greens "

folder there is a dandelion recipe folder.

You just might end up loving them yet.

Donna

 

Little girls and boys come out and play

Bring your dandelions to blow away

Dandelion tell no lies. Dandelion will make you wise

Tell me if she laughs or cries

Blow away dandelion. Blow away dandelion

SOURCE- Dandelion - The Stones

 

--- On Tue, 5/6/08, L.B. <elbee577 wrote:

 

L.B. <elbee577

Re: retraining our taste buds...juicing question....

 

Tuesday, May 6, 2008, 9:43 AM

 

I have eaten dandelion greens several times. (My Grandmother gathered them and

fixed " a mess of greens " every now and then each spring when the plants were

young and tender. While I can say I did eat them, I thought they were pretty

bitter, even the " young " ones. Just this morning I was musing about that,

wondering seriously whether I could " develop a taste " for dandelion

greens--funny that this topic suddenly pops up in this list on the same day!

 

Even though I cannot say I " love " dandelion greens, it surely must be possible

to learn to eat/like them more. I acquired a bunch of mustard or turnip greens

several years ago and felt duty-bound to use them and not to waste the good

food. I had not ever had fresh greens like that of that kind and wondered if

they would taste all right. I ended up chopping them up (stems and all) and

putting them into a pan with some olive oil and some minced up garlic and making

it sort of like a " stir-fry " . Instead of being turned off by the " bitter " of the

greens, I found the taste refreshing and I have liked these kinds of greens ever

since! (Trunip, mustard, kale, bok-choi, and my very, very favorite of all,

collards!)

 

Just recently, I also discovered the green vegetable, " broccoli-rabe " .

THIS is a real TREAT! They got the " best " , IMHO, of both broccoli (the little

tiny green buds) AND the best of the " greens " --like a very tender, sweet collard

or kale flavor--in the small, dark-green leaves. Oh, my! That is one good green,

leafy vegetable! YUM-O!

 

But dandelions.. .I look out into the yard (and we do NOT spray or dust our

yard; nothing but rain has touched it for 5 years now)--I wonder...would those

dandelions out there be something I could learn to LIKE eating??

 

--Just wondering...

Laura B., in Illinois

 

 

 

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