Dandelions - your backyard energy source.

No, the dried roots are not bitter. I prepare them in 2 ways: 1. wash them and air dry them on my counter, Grind them in my coffee grinder. Eat 1 tsp when I need energy! They taste quite good, slightly sweet.
2. I also take the washed roots and put them in my toaster over at 400 degrees. They turn brown and have a chickory smell. I then grind these in my coffee grinder, and add 50/50 to coffee.

I just use a pitchfork for that!

I uproot them all summer long, I haven't noticed any difference in the quality.

I have dandelions growing all over my yard and muscle tested that they will help get rid of poison ivy and to add to my salad.

Dandelion contains iron, calcium, vitamins a and c and more protein than spinach.

Also, since you can fix it like you would spinach - its a preppers dream! When the SHTF, we will have plenty to eat

Dandelion root as a probiotic:

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"The infusion of dandelion root (Taraxacum officinale) stimulated in vitro the growth of 14 strains of bifidobacteria."

It should be noted that bifidobacteria are a common, and very effective probiotic, readily available for purchase on the internet and in drug stores. But why buy it, when you can easily grow your own?

If you have sprayed roundup near where they grow in the last 3 years I would not mess with them.

Great with maple syrup too.

Pretty much this.

Permaculture rules!

An average sized lawn I use less than an ounce of herbicide per year and have no shortage of bee's or butterfly's. If you want to see butterfly's and bee's plant the nectar plants and larval food plants like milkweed, passion vine etc. Also there are several weeds that look similar to dandelion such as asian hawksbeard, hairy cat's ear, dwarf dandelion and carolina false dandelion.

My 2 guinea pigs love to eat fresh dandelion leaves. They squeal for delight when I pick them some.

Fuck me!

I make sugar, and it never occurred to me to put syrup on em...

lol

Is there a deep rooted fear to not eat safe wild food in our back yards? I picked my dandelions yesterday, they looked the exact same as the store bought except a little smaller. I washed the dirt off, I know there are absolutely no pesticides in them. But I couldn't consume them right away, I thought I'll let my husband decide for me because it just felt scary. When he noticed it he asked me what it was and reminded me there are no pesticides back there, it's safe. Yet I eat food with pesticides all the time, even organic food has it's limits with pesticides.

So I drank them this morning and I didn't die! In fact they didn't taste as bitter as the store bought.

ty for the info on these "hated" plants. the zillions of $$ soent each yr to eradicate these plants..lol. eat up and shut up.
gotta luv 'em

Glad to hear. This is encouraging.

I humbly suggest you say something like "blast !" instead...because as it is I do not feel particularly elated at the prospect.

If it's roasted call it coffee rather than tea.

Oh yes why don't you put it in your coffee ...

Dandelion Root tea is AWESOME!

The flowers make very good wine!

Why don't you give us the recipe for making dandelion wine?

Some recipies here: Thread: Dandelion Wine Making?

Recipe Please!

I've eaten dandelion leaves before (on one occasion solely to prove to my friend that they were edible lol), but I've never used them regularly.

Just picked a bunch out of the newly green yard (cold long winter). Selected young leaves - washed well - and put in with the salad greens. Stretches the greens budget and tasted fine.

Next experiment: green smoothies with my spinach, aloe juice, and some dandelion greens. sounds healthy right?

I like to juice mine with cucumber, celery, collard or kale and 1 carrot for a little sweetness. Every morning, gives my day a nice fast kick start!

5***** subject.

See Anne Wigmore videos for this and other greens and super health.

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they do make a very tasty salad , also fiddle heads which are a edible fern which grow in the northeast shaded woods areas.

Snake! So nice to see you comment on more than just chemtrail denying....for a long time I really did think you were just a bot...

After yrs of suffering with terrible hives, that only went away briefly with the steroid meds from the doctors..We stumbled upon dandelions as a cure.

Within 15 min. of taking 1/2 dropper of the tincture the hives start to fade.

We have shared this with many of our friends..The most dramatic was a recovery from a reaction to carpet cleaners in a friends young 5yr old Granddaughter who liked to play on the carpet..Her allergic reaction was so extreme that they went to the ER, and the medical treatment of steroids did very little to help..Nor did they diagnose the cause, we figured it out.

They put the child in a bath with dandelion tea added to it and the hives faded away..Her Mother keeps ice cubes of it in her freezer always, just in case.

Dandelions aid in liver cleansing and promote bile, which aids digestion. When there is not enough bile, then sludge and stones form in the gall bladder..and indigestion and bloating result..Just the opposite of what is recommended by the medical profession..which promotes blocking the acid to cure indigestion.