Fried Dandelion Flowers

[Denim Deb]

I think the recipe is also on here. I want to try it, but just don't have the time. Maybe I need to pick the dandelions and freeze them.

 

[Jess172]

Me and my hubby were just talking about fried dandelions a few days ago. We've both had them when we were kids and we wanted to have our kids try them. We have plenty growing around but we held off because its hickory chicken season in my area and if you don't pick em someone else will and they are gone before you know it. Theres not such high demand on the dandelions I do however want to try the jelly. I've never had that before.

 

[Denim Deb]

What's hickory chicken season?

 

[baymule]

Dandelion jelly is good! I messed up a batch and it didn't jell, but it sure made yummy pancake syrup!

 

[Jess172]

What's hickory chicken season?

Hickory chickens are morel mushrooms but everyone around here calls them
Hickory chickens. And there isn't really a set season for them. Just whenever the weathers right for them to grow and it's only for a few weeks a year. They are good though!

 

[Denim Deb]

We don't have morels around here.

 

[Marianne]

We don't have morels around here, either. Neighbors would take their vacation at this time to go back to Iowa for morel hunting.
I was going to make dandelion jelly last year (or year before). By the time I picked all the blossoms, I was pooped, so I put them in a zipper bag to deal with them the next day. Ack! The next day they were all brownish and icky looking, so I pitched them.