Yes! Dandelion wine and jelly are yummy!! Wild Lettuce has pain relieving properties that are that of morphine/opium with zero of the side effects. You should consume both. Purslane is another good one.
Dandylion is very bitter after it starts to push up the part that flowers. We ate this every spring. Grandma called it “spring tonic” after a winter of no fresh veggies, they ate it raw like salad. (Gran was born 1857). My gran knew all the wild plants and how to harvest them. For food, medicines, and to dye her hand spun wool. This was before the current craze of homesteading. I wish I could talk to them now.
She sounds like she was a wealth of information & a great person to be around 🩷 lucky you. I had four grands but never got to see either one of them cus parents decided to migrate & save up for a house all they're lives only to buy it & sell it back in 4yrs time for a profit thus we never lived in an owned home until a decade ago & counting I bought property for all of us to call home. Moral of the story is, things come & go but we should never compensate our loved ones for our worldly desires.
@@karensteelmon1279not necessarily, say both her grandma and mother had children late in life, ~40, they could be in mid 80s. Ik it wasn’t as common back then
I had a lady yell at me for pulling these from her yard ( what are you doing ?! I eat those ! ) ... as i was a very confused landscaper... what am i doing here then ... haha blew my mind.
Dandelions dont suck.Theyre incredibly high in vitamins A,B folate,C,D,K,iron,potassium,zinc, calcuim,fibre and more.A valuable staple for daily/weekly use,life saver for shtf situation.
Also fireweed is great plant to eat like sparragus. Take the top part of the young plant with flower buds and boil in salty water like minute or two, add some butter on, very tasty. And their leaves are good in salad also.
Sorry for my english but, be careful with the amounts you eat, because wild lettuce usually contains a narcotic principle (used as a natural analgesic and sedative). Also, don't pick it from places near the road, the soil is polluted and the chemicals contaminate the plants growing nearby. Also, don't pick it from parks where people step too much or dogs can "spoil" grass... You know what I mean. Always try to wash whatever you forage. Stay safe.
My grandmother picks young small dandelion leaves from dandelion plants that haven't flowered yet. As soon as they flower, they get bitter and disgusting. But I eat it all the time and trust me it's about as delicious as lettuce.
I'm helping my roommate with some dandelion wine... spent probably 12 hours sorting through flowers to get the best ones for our wine and pick them apart, and we should have around 10 gallons when done. A lot of work, but I hear it's really worth it
Theres loads of plants here that are edible and beneficial. And also plants that, like in every part of the world, if you munch out, will send you off for the big dirt nap. I'm in the outback now, and there's bugger all to forage for here. It's quite sad, really. But when I was in Victoria there were edible 'weeds' all over the place. We need a youtube channel like this, but for us 😁
I mean, you could be eating both. Young dandelion might be a little bitter but not much, it's quite palatable. There's a reason radicchio is included in a lot of salad mixes. If you're going to eat wild lettuce you want younger leaves too. Both are okay. This should be a video of canadensis against serriola (serriola is less palatable and also have more side effects than canadensis) and even then dandelions (true dandelions) are invasive and their greens are very tasty so eat more of those anyway. Included with other safe and palatable wild greens they're a great addition. Stop demonizing dandelions here because we need less of them and over harvesting is a great way to do that. 😋🥗
Right with you on that why is it always a choose one or the other variety is what keeps you healthy we were meant to be browsers of the natural things we need not one thing carries everything we need is a reason for that if one thing carried everything we needed and it became endangered or couldn't be found again will you be up the creek we be in the same boat domestic animals are in now they were never meant to eat one types of hay are two types of hay and grain all their lives they were meant to go and pick and choose among the vegetation in the natural wild state now most livestock today is over bread and way too much starches and very little browsing selections that they instinctively knew and would eat and food corporations took over and so did pharma and now look at the humans and the animals domestic we got the same diseases stress anxiety aches and pains heart and strokes
Wild lettuce contains small amounts of THC. You'd need to consume huge amounts of raw to get any effect but if you pick loads and cook them down and condense the remaining liquid it is good for mild pain relief and also sleep and anxiety . Was a home remedy for hundred of years maybe thousands for all i know.
We have all three in the UK...now I know how to definitely tell them apart thankyou. But on this matter I'm tired of people calling dandelions weeds...for starters, you can use them for food aswell but they also make a great cordial to drink in the hot summer...but come on...look at those beautiful large earthly suns 🏵️ so bright and yellow, and great for bees and butterflies 👌
Bro I found some WL in my back yard today and was able to identify the difference between it and the weed without hairs on the bottom but both had the milky stuff if cut. Thank you!
Whether dandelion or wild lettuce, I won't eat them if it's from questionable area, such as roadside, parks/field, etc. Especially if you see dogs around. Eww, so gross just to imagine it. I think I won't eat any until I grow them myself.
Just wash it really well lol it’s not a big deal. You should see how and where some grocery store produce is grown. Picture a farm beside a busy highway in china with manure runoff and heavy metals in the soil and soot from coal air pollution blanketing the crops
I have quite a bit of the lactuca serriola growing around my house this year. The chickweed and purple dead nettle has exploded as well. I'm in Southern Indiana.
Good to know bout the last purplish one other two I knew of,we've ate off the land as children my grandfather was a root worker,he could tell you what every plant was in Kentucky,he was Chalked full of Knowledge,I listened to him and went on our plant search, he could tell you how the plant could help you,he's knowledge was passed down from he's Mother, Cherokee Natives,from Adair County Kentucky Amen❤️🙏💯👍
My backyard is completely overrun with this and chicory! Chicory leaves are bitter like dandelion, but the dried roots taste so good ground up and brewed like coffee 💜
I just saw something like that growing like weeds in my backyard, it has been neglected for weeks. Now im gonna check if it's the soft thorns or the spiny one. If its the bitter one, then time to mow it all! I subscribe. 😀🌺
Well, wait a minute. Is that last one with the stiff prickly hairs the ones we Michiganders/ganians call prickly weeds? They look just like those but have like 1 inch long _cactus_ needles. We used to accidently step on those things and YEEEOOOOWWWW!
Right? I love the new tiny leaves! I have L. serriola in my area. I induldge on a few here & there in my salads. But try to preserve the plant for tinctures.
I wouldn't say that you should be eating them instead of dandylions rather that you should be eating them with your dandylions. Both are delicious and good for you and serve an important role in your diet.
Saladensis is definitely what grows most in NYC. I was gonna say I know of wild lettuce but for the most part its bitter as hall and has a milky sap when older. No appetizing but I do believe the sap is anti fungal or something like that
Dandelion is good for you. It’s amazing for your heart. The roots also go deeper than other weeds/grass and pull up minerals from deep and deposits them on the surface as they deteriorate. They are beneficial for you and your yard.
Only if you aren't allergic to them. Yes there are people out there that are allergic to dandelions. Still if you aren't allergic to them, they do have quite a few beneficial properties. You can eat them as is (I'd at least clean them first), cook them, the white fluid from fresh dandelions also has some benefits.
Thanks for the info , when things get harder ill be eating dandelion, clovers, chick weed, plantains sauteed,beans, and rice and be happy. Also I heard dandelions root can be baked and use as coffee, haven't tried it yet. I believe they use dandelions in mixed salad already.
lactuca canadensis lactuca floridana, lactuca biennis and lactuca serriola all grow around me apparenty and other than serriola its sooo hard to tell them apart... but they all work. they all have the terpene lactones in them
I've noticed with a lot of plants that have similar dangerous cousins there's always one very commonly occurring trait that could also give off the danger in them and that's the purple or red within the leaves or stems of the plant. I wonder why people never talk about that.
You can eat both. Dandelion is just more bitter but it packs shit ton of vitamins. I just...wouldn't eat those because they are too close to the road or someone's yard where some dog probably pissed on them.
i like dandelions. make a pesto with them, add the young leaves to a salad like arugula, make a flavored syrup from the flowers, make tea with the roots - they're a gift from nature that grows so freely, even in the cracks of concrete
If something doesn’t have a defense mechanism like hairs it can be screaming “eat me” so it can spread its toxicities but a plant with hairs says “I have good stuff and it’s all mine you’re not getting it”
Not really. Plants that evolve toxins are generally doing it to avoid being eaten. They aren't motivated to poison you, it adds nothing to their life cycle. It's very resource-expensive for most plants to produce toxins, they don't do it just for funsies.
Why is wild lettuce better than dandelion greens? Is it just a taste preference or are there more vitamins and minerals or other nutritional qualities? Personally I love a bitter green and dandelions are some of my go-to lettuce greens!
Which wild lettuse is the one you can use for pain relief. One of those 2 wild lettuces works for that. No one ever told me about the hair. I've tried making this before, but not sure to this day if i had the right wild lettuces.
WARNING: Wild lettuce is LIKELY UNSAFE when eaten in large amounts or when the wild lettuce has been harvested too early. This can cause . Source: WebMD
Why are there not more comments expressing the dangers of wild lettuce? Mind boggling. If you are going to forage and be an herbalist, please do your research people and dont just trust what a youtuber says.
As a salad green, tastes waaay better and has a nice texture IMO. (specifically Canadian wild lettuce when young) as a tea or something else both are fine.
As a Kansas child I am familiar to the spiny ones. The one time in my life as a child I had a community we were playing in a neighbors yard at night and it was terrifying. I was barefoot so I couldn't see the spines but they hurt :(
Hmm, I went to a restaurant many years ago and I thought I was eating dandelion leaves in my salad, but now I'm wondering if it was the other plant. Although I don't remember hairs on them I know they weren't bitter.
Thank you very much. I had identified 2 different plants and I thought one was a dandelion without the flower as a child. Now 40 years later I know for a fact there are three different plants and all edible
I probably eat both, I think I’ve harvested dandelion, but maybe it was wild lettuce, they look similar. Sometimes there are flowers, sometime not, lettuce I guess? Anyhow, I cook both.
Dandelions may be bitter but bitter herbs have their place in the diet as a digestive aid.
I usually drink them as a tea!
Dandelions also make for a great salad ask any german and they will tell you 😉
I juice dandelion greens. They have them at my local fruit market so that what I buy
Yes! Dandelion wine and jelly are yummy!!
Wild Lettuce has pain relieving properties that are that of morphine/opium with zero of the side effects.
You should consume both. Purslane is another good one.
Be smart dandelion has more iron,😅😅
Dandylion is very bitter after it starts to push up the part that flowers. We ate this every spring. Grandma called it “spring tonic” after a winter of no fresh veggies, they ate it raw like salad. (Gran was born 1857). My gran knew all the wild plants and how to harvest them. For food, medicines, and to dye her hand spun wool. This was before the current craze of homesteading. I wish I could talk to them now.
My Gma told me that dandelion is only good to eat in early spring..I love Gma’s❤
She sounds like she was a wealth of information & a great person to be around 🩷 lucky you. I had four grands but never got to see either one of them cus parents decided to migrate & save up for a house all they're lives only to buy it & sell it back in 4yrs time for a profit thus we never lived in an owned home until a decade ago & counting I bought property for all of us to call home. Moral of the story is, things come & go but we should never compensate our loved ones for our worldly desires.
How old are you
You must be over 100 if your grandmother was born in 1857. Unless you're the youngest of the youngest of 20 children respectively. ?
@@karensteelmon1279not necessarily, say both her grandma and mother had children late in life, ~40, they could be in mid 80s. Ik it wasn’t as common back then
I had a lady yell at me for pulling these from her yard ( what are you doing ?! I eat those ! ) ... as i was a very confused landscaper... what am i doing here then ... haha blew my mind.
Hahahahaha
That's so funny 😂
Hahahahha just dont burn their land next time😂😂
I guess she should have told you before not to touch certain plants in her yard when she hired you - silly woman.
To be fair, they could’ve been hired by their spouse, another family member or their neighborhood’s HOA
Dandelions dont suck.Theyre incredibly high in vitamins A,B folate,C,D,K,iron,potassium,zinc,
calcuim,fibre and more.A valuable staple for daily/weekly use,life saver for shtf situation.
I love dandelion greens! I sauteed them with olive oil, lemon, salt and pepper. So good! A staple of Greek cuisine.
Make sure you only source plants from a safe location not treated by pesticides!!
that or wash them very thoroughly
@@DignanDerkin the problem is that they suck that juice pesticides up in their leafs
@@Tomi-always-Tomi systemic pesticides are far safer than non-systemic ones
@@DignanDerkin pesticides are harmful of consumed all we are saying
linked to varying bad issues in your gut and brain and liver and kidneys
?
What does that mean?
Are you saying the peticides people use on lawns is ok to ingest?
But a dark bugget over a dandelion that has no flower buds yet, it grows into very crispy and not bitter at all, very delicious to eat.
Also fireweed is great plant to eat like sparragus. Take the top part of the young plant with flower buds and boil in salty water like minute or two, add some butter on, very tasty. And their leaves are good in salad also.
Sorry for my english but, be careful with the amounts you eat, because wild lettuce usually contains a narcotic principle (used as a natural analgesic and sedative). Also, don't pick it from places near the road, the soil is polluted and the chemicals contaminate the plants growing nearby. Also, don't pick it from parks where people step too much or dogs can "spoil" grass... You know what I mean.
Always try to wash whatever you forage. Stay safe.
My grandmother picks young small dandelion leaves from dandelion plants that haven't flowered yet. As soon as they flower, they get bitter and disgusting. But I eat it all the time and trust me it's about as delicious as lettuce.
the flowers make delicious tea.
Dandelion does not suck! There's more than enough room in all our tummies for all kinds of yummy leaves. :p
I think I'd rather just eat dandelions because I can identify them off the bat.
It’s not hard to see the difference lol. Just check it for hair on the underside. It tastes WAY better.
@@CharlieApples some people like dandelions flavor tho
Yeah but bitter foods /herbs are really good there's a reason why most medicines have a bitter taste or after taste
Make some dandelion tea
When a veggie is bitter we usually rinse it under cold water after boiling/blanched it. Then toss it or dress it as you wish :-)
this won't stop me from eating delicious dandelion leaves, flowers and roots. I do forage wild lettuce, but only to make tincture.
I'm helping my roommate with some dandelion wine... spent probably 12 hours sorting through flowers to get the best ones for our wine and pick them apart, and we should have around 10 gallons when done. A lot of work, but I hear it's really worth it
I have things that look just like that in my back yard.
But as I live in Australia I think I’d rather not risk eating anything I find in my back yard
Theres loads of plants here that are edible and beneficial. And also plants that, like in every part of the world, if you munch out, will send you off for the big dirt nap.
I'm in the outback now, and there's bugger all to forage for here. It's quite sad, really. But when I was in Victoria there were edible 'weeds' all over the place.
We need a youtube channel like this, but for us 😁
I mean, you could be eating both. Young dandelion might be a little bitter but not much, it's quite palatable. There's a reason radicchio is included in a lot of salad mixes. If you're going to eat wild lettuce you want younger leaves too. Both are okay. This should be a video of canadensis against serriola (serriola is less palatable and also have more side effects than canadensis) and even then dandelions (true dandelions) are invasive and their greens are very tasty so eat more of those anyway. Included with other safe and palatable wild greens they're a great addition. Stop demonizing dandelions here because we need less of them and over harvesting is a great way to do that. 😋🥗
Great additional info thank you 😊
YES I was like damn why not both 🤨
But nettle into salad too and garlic weed ,,,i got alot in garden ,plus dandelion and i make salad with it very tasty and healthy
Right with you on that why is it always a choose one or the other variety is what keeps you healthy we were meant to be browsers of the natural things we need not one thing carries everything we need is a reason for that if one thing carried everything we needed and it became endangered or couldn't be found again will you be up the creek we be in the same boat domestic animals are in now they were never meant to eat one types of hay are two types of hay and grain all their lives they were meant to go and pick and choose among the vegetation in the natural wild state now most livestock today is over bread and way too much starches and very little browsing selections that they instinctively knew and would eat and food corporations took over and so did pharma and now look at the humans and the animals domestic we got the same diseases stress anxiety aches and pains heart and strokes
Dandelion Leaf salad is a family tradition in mine
Tell that to my chinchilla.. I just bought him a 1 pound bag of dried dandelion and he is so happy lol
I think I saw this last year but assumed it was underdeveloped dandelion since it didn't have flowers.
Now you know! :D
Legit, have that in my yard, and i now know why my chickens love it
Wild lettuce contains small amounts of THC. You'd need to consume huge amounts of raw to get any effect but if you pick loads and cook them down and condense the remaining liquid it is good for mild pain relief and also sleep and anxiety . Was a home remedy for hundred of years maybe thousands for all i know.
Wild lettuce is still quite bitter too and as i understand the seeds look a lot like those of dandelion
it is bitter and the same compound in dandelions is the same compound in wild lettuce that makes it bitter its called lactucarium and its a medicine
I just started foraging dandelion leaves for in my nightly salad meals and I’ve been loving it! I’ll look for this lettuce!
I eat both in my spring salads. Also I totally have the spiky bitter one and didnt realize it! But in the early spring they're still pretty good.
Loving the style of this video! 😊
Very easy to comprehend which, is so important for Foraging!!!
I have some growing in my tiny yard now. ❤
Cooked dandelion with other greens like collard is delicious
You shouldn't apply heat to dandelions, it kills anything good you are trying to get out of it.
@@josielasher779 The only thing I’m trying to get out of dandelions is taste.
@@cgpcgp3239 loved this reply lol
@CGP CPG 🤔
@@cgpcgp3239 😂
We have all three in the UK...now I know how to definitely tell them apart thankyou. But on this matter I'm tired of people calling dandelions weeds...for starters, you can use them for food aswell but they also make a great cordial to drink in the hot summer...but come on...look at those beautiful large earthly suns 🏵️ so bright and yellow, and great for bees and butterflies 👌
Bro I found some WL in my back yard today and was able to identify the difference between it and the weed without hairs on the bottom but both had the milky stuff if cut. Thank you!
Whether dandelion or wild lettuce, I won't eat them if it's from questionable area, such as roadside, parks/field, etc.
Especially if you see dogs around. Eww, so gross just to imagine it. I think I won't eat any until I grow them myself.
Just wash it really well lol it’s not a big deal. You should see how and where some grocery store produce is grown. Picture a farm beside a busy highway in china with manure runoff and heavy metals in the soil and soot from coal air pollution blanketing the crops
Never explained why wild lettuce over dandelion? Wouldn't it be better to eat invasive over a native?
I have quite a bit of the lactuca serriola growing around my house this year. The chickweed and purple dead nettle has exploded as well. I'm in Southern Indiana.
If I'm correct I do believe one species of wild lettuce can be used for a natural painkiller. I wouldn't advise it though.
Why wouldn't you advise it?
They mix well in a salad about 80/20 with wild lettuce owning it. Either use hot bacon dressing or a dose of a good homemade vinaigrette.
Also lactuca Verosa can be used as. Herbal remedie
I used lactuca virosa to detox off of alcohol one time.
It worked beautifully!
Now I know wild lettuce is not the one with the spike that are hard.
No that is also wild lettuce that is just a different variety and you can eat it and it is actually good for you.
Great info. I appreciate you making these videos! Going foraging tomorrow and will look for lettuce & dandelion
I have observed that dandelions with bigger and smoother leaves are less bitter. compared to those jagged ones shown on the video.
I ate some yesterday. Was pretty good on its own. Going to try some with some toppings soon.
Sounds great!
Gonna be eating outta my yard like a 👑 in no time.
Nice!
Just dont pee where you eat.
Good to know bout the last purplish one other two I knew of,we've ate off the land as children my grandfather was a root worker,he could tell you what every plant was in Kentucky,he was Chalked full of Knowledge,I listened to him and went on our plant search, he could tell you how the plant could help you,he's knowledge was passed down from he's Mother, Cherokee Natives,from Adair County Kentucky Amen❤️🙏💯👍
thankx for the lesson my friend. I may be 60yrs old but I'm still learning and will not stop till I'm taking a dirt nap.
Doesn't it have pain relief agents in it to if you process it?
My backyard is completely overrun with this and chicory! Chicory leaves are bitter like dandelion, but the dried roots taste so good ground up and brewed like coffee 💜
Wild lettuce popped up next to my garden beds last fall. Tastes pretty good, certainly loads better than dandelion.
I just saw something like that growing like weeds in my backyard, it has been neglected for weeks. Now im gonna check if it's the soft thorns or the spiny one. If its the bitter one, then time to mow it all! I subscribe. 😀🌺
I see these in Florida all the time makes me wonder why we don't sell this kind of lettuce
because it's everywhere and hasn't been cultivated for mass distribution.
Thank you for eating it on the video - don't know why but it really helps make it more normal to eat it!
Wild lettuce is a natural pain killer.
Be sure not to take too much or it could negatively affect your breathing
@@toastghost4490 indeed, like all opioids
Well, wait a minute. Is that last one with the stiff prickly hairs the ones we Michiganders/ganians call prickly weeds? They look just like those but have like 1 inch long _cactus_ needles. We used to accidently step on those things and YEEEOOOOWWWW!
Yet dandelion is very powerful. For kidney, liver, immune and even cancer healing
Dandelions heal cancer, quick.. get a patent.. tell everyone. Cancer is cured.
Right on! Learn something new everyday!! Thanks!
❤️💜💚
Right? I love the new tiny leaves! I have L. serriola in my area. I induldge on a few here & there in my salads. But try to preserve the plant for tinctures.
Used to mix dandelion and wild lettuce fry in bacon pieces and pour over boiled potatoes... yum
I wouldn't say that you should be eating them instead of dandylions rather that you should be eating them with your dandylions. Both are delicious and good for you and serve an important role in your diet.
Saladensis is definitely what grows most in NYC. I was gonna say I know of wild lettuce but for the most part its bitter as hall and has a milky sap when older. No appetizing but I do believe the sap is anti fungal or something like that
Dandelion is good for you. It’s amazing for your heart. The roots also go deeper than other weeds/grass and pull up minerals from deep and deposits them on the surface as they deteriorate. They are beneficial for you and your yard.
Only if you aren't allergic to them. Yes there are people out there that are allergic to dandelions. Still if you aren't allergic to them, they do have quite a few beneficial properties. You can eat them as is (I'd at least clean them first), cook them, the white fluid from fresh dandelions also has some benefits.
Great tip. Dandelion salad is like eating a cross between a leaf and a strip of leather with the hair still on
That stuff is lettuce!!??? DUDE I COULD HAVE SATISFIED MY CRAVINGS FOR SALAD FOR *FREE* THIS WHOLE TIME!!??!
Thanks for the info , when things get harder ill be eating dandelion, clovers, chick weed, plantains sauteed,beans, and rice and be happy. Also I heard dandelions root can be baked and use as coffee, haven't tried it yet. I believe they use dandelions in mixed salad already.
lactuca canadensis lactuca floridana, lactuca biennis and lactuca serriola all grow around me apparenty and other than serriola its sooo hard to tell them apart... but they all work. they all have the terpene lactones in them
I love your channel! Please keep it coming.
Thank you! Literally been wondering this for months!
I've noticed with a lot of plants that have similar dangerous cousins there's always one very commonly occurring trait that could also give off the danger in them and that's the purple or red within the leaves or stems of the plant. I wonder why people never talk about that.
You can eat both. Dandelion is just more bitter but it packs shit ton of vitamins. I just...wouldn't eat those because they are too close to the road or someone's yard where some dog probably pissed on them.
i like dandelions. make a pesto with them, add the young leaves to a salad like arugula, make a flavored syrup from the flowers, make tea with the roots - they're a gift from nature that grows so freely, even in the cracks of concrete
Dandelion is anti microbial and has rhodopsin which helps night vision
Wild lettuce can be used to make an opiate like painkiller lol
Lactusa viscerosa (my spelling may be off)
Both together with a good honey balsamic dressing is great 👍
Thank you for the info. Really good to know.
Great pod cast,very well explained...ty😅
"What you should be reading instead of dandelion"
Ah yes dandelion. The favorite food of every non-rabbit human person
You should do a video on Lactuca verosa
Tell me more about Lactuca's areola
If something doesn’t have a defense mechanism like hairs it can be screaming “eat me” so it can spread its toxicities but a plant with hairs says “I have good stuff and it’s all mine you’re not getting it”
I just ate a rose bush. Thanks buddy 🩸 👄
@@JosePineda-jn8jk😂
Not really. Plants that evolve toxins are generally doing it to avoid being eaten. They aren't motivated to poison you, it adds nothing to their life cycle. It's very resource-expensive for most plants to produce toxins, they don't do it just for funsies.
In Syria we cook it like spinach and it is delicious
I love these video even though I can't pronounce it, I can learn what to look for while forging which I'm new to
I picked wild prickly lettuce it was bitter af
There both good for you and one helps you with your liver
What about the poky lettuce that stuff hurts but taste good
But why instead? Dandies are great diuretics.
Also young Wild lettuce is what you want to eat, mature wild lettuce is really bitter.
Interestingly I once saw both canadensis and serriola growing right next to each other in their young stages.
Why is wild lettuce better than dandelion greens? Is it just a taste preference or are there more vitamins and minerals or other nutritional qualities? Personally I love a bitter green and dandelions are some of my go-to lettuce greens!
Taste and texture preference for me. I like my dandelions as a roasted root tea!
is that the stuff people make a concentrate of for pain?
Which wild lettuse is the one you can use for pain relief. One of those 2 wild lettuces works for that. No one ever told me about the hair. I've tried making this before, but not sure to this day if i had the right wild lettuces.
I use Lactuca serriola and Lactuca virosa
WARNING: Wild lettuce is LIKELY UNSAFE when eaten in large amounts or when the wild lettuce has been harvested too early. This can cause .
Source: WebMD
Why are there not more comments expressing the dangers of wild lettuce? Mind boggling. If you are going to forage and be an herbalist, please do your research people and dont just trust what a youtuber says.
So eating large amounts can cause what?
Looks like you lost some of what you were trying to paste.
I was under the impression it had an opiate like effect
@@ShadowEmoCat drug war censorship probably
Is this the same wild lettuce people cook down for a pain medication?
Very interesting but why should one be eating wild lettuce rather than dandelion? Is it healthier? Does it taste better?
As a salad green, tastes waaay better and has a nice texture IMO. (specifically Canadian wild lettuce when young) as a tea or something else both are fine.
@@FeralForaging Thank you for the information.
Very welcome!
Thanks dude. That is really good to know.
This information could save a life some day
As a Kansas child I am familiar to the spiny ones. The one time in my life as a child I had a community we were playing in a neighbors yard at night and it was terrifying. I was barefoot so I couldn't see the spines but they hurt :(
Thank you for identifying the stuff we just found in our front yard! Dang it spiky and edible lettuce lol
Hmm, I went to a restaurant many years ago and I thought I was eating dandelion leaves in my salad, but now I'm wondering if it was the other plant. Although I don't remember hairs on them I know they weren't bitter.
Thank you very much. I had identified 2 different plants and I thought one was a dandelion without the flower as a child. Now 40 years later I know for a fact there are three different plants and all edible
I probably eat both, I think I’ve harvested dandelion, but maybe it was wild lettuce, they look similar. Sometimes there are flowers, sometime not, lettuce I guess? Anyhow, I cook both.
Shoutout from a fellow Lindy hopper!
This is wayyyyy more detailed & I love it. ☺️
I had L. seriata growing in my yard when I was a kid, got rid of that after it tore my foot open
If you can fix the print The captions say Native WAD Lettuce and there are hares present.
It's definitely done on purpose. It's the new meta to include writing errors because it makes people write comments about it, aka more engagement