What Can I Make With Dandelions?

[Hinotori]

I have a ton of dandelions up in the yard. Well it's a bit more than just a yard, but there are plenty I could pick and try several of these recipes with.

 

[nelson castro]

I'm thinking of trying to make wine. There are a ton of flowers up right now.

The dandelion wine is quite interesting..

 

[txcanoegirl]

Hey Baymule, this link showed up in my facebook feed tonight!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leuUv_ZiC00&feature=youtu.be

The guy doing the feature on dandelions is Merriwether, of Foragingtexas.com which is one of my go-to sources for local plant information. It's interesting.

Jill

 

[baymule]

Thanks Txcanoegirl, that was good. I made dandelion tea with my dried flower petals. It is a beautiful clear orangey yellow. I sweetened it first with raw dark honey. While it was very tasty, the brown honey turned it a murky, alge,pond water green. Next I sweetened it with sugar. It was good and didn't change colors. I added a squeeze of lemon and it immediately turned a light yellow. It was good with the lemon too. I put a little dried orange peeling in the pot, but it was not enough to taste it. My DH thought it was very good. I put it in a pitcher for iced tea!

 

[txcanoegirl]

I was going to try the dandelion tea when you started this thread, but before I could pick the dandelions, my husband mowed the area that had the most of them. Oh well...next time!

 

[baymule]

Don't worry about them being mowed! They'll be right back! I am picking a little over a hundred flowers a day now. I pull the petals and lay them on wax paper to dry.

 

[txcanoegirl]

I'd be interested in trying the coffee that was made from the roots.

Merriwether's Foraging Texas has some more videos up now on youtube on other yard edibles. http://www.youtube.com/user/SpringTXPreppers/videos

 

[Denim Deb]

I wanted to try the jelly, but didn't get to them in time. Now I'll have to wait until more come up. :/

 

[Britesea]

One of Dandelion's "common" names is "pis-en-lit" which literally means "wet-the-bed"....

 

[nath5212]

I wanted to try the jelly, but didn't get to them in time. Now I'll have to wait until more come up. :/

I'd be interested !