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My father grew up fairly poor in the 1930s and they often were short on food but he said they always had vegetables. They harvested dandelions, ate them, and ac
by zikzak 3y ago
My father grew up fairly poor in the 1930s and they often were short on food but he said they always had vegetables. They harvested dandelions, ate them, and actually made dandelion wine (according to him).
He and his siblings loved vegetables as during certain times of the year they were the one thing they had "too much of". Everything else was basically rationed but they would get various peak harvests where they could eat until they were full.
- beezlebroxxxxxx 3y agoDandelion wine is delicious and not that hard to make. You just have to make sure you're harvesting dandelions that haven't been sprayed with a chemical. The final taste is mild but like a light mead and honey-ish.
- jrgoff 3y agoDo you have a recipe that you prefer? I have seen a bunch of different recipes and have made it a few times with different ones. While I would agree that it isn't difficult to make, it has been pretty labor intensive when I have done it, so one of the big trade-offs for my recipe choice has been how much dandelion to use and have been curious about the tradeoffs there, though not curious enough to do any real experimenting.
- rwmj 3y agoI didn't make this dandelion mead, but I did follow some of his other wine and mead recipes and they were good. You need a lot of dandelions by the looks of it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-C9uJ90eLc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-C9uJ90eLc
- rwmj 3y agoDandelion flowers tempura is one thing we make quite a bit. It's basically free food (since the batter costs next to nothing).