Dandelion Flowers: Three Ways to Deep Fry Dandelion Flowers
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- Опубликовано: 1 фев 2025
- In this video, I show you three ways that I have enjoyed dandelion flowers - deep-fried! I know that I shouldn't be eating deep-fried food all that often. But there's no getting around it -- deep-fried dandelion flowers are good. So I try to limit eating them this way, to the peak dandelion flower season. The rest of the time, I eat dandelion flowers in healthier ways, like in salads, omelettes, and more salads.
To pick the dandelion flowers, I look for big flowers that are fully open, in their prime. I could just pull their heads off by hand, but I find it goes a lot faster to just touch their stems with a sharp knife.
I can tell, for sure, that there are real dandelions and not one of the look-alikes that I'll show in future videos. Real dandelions can have a bunch of flowers, but each flower is on their own stem, that comes out of the center of the base of the plant. Real dandelions only have one flower on each stem, and that stem is hollow. It's easiest to cut the flower heads off and then clean them up back in the kitchen.
I let the flowers sit awhile to let any insects of spiders wander off on their own. I take off the sepals, or the little green fringe under the flowers, because it's bitter. If a flower falls apart while I'm messing with it, I just set it aside to use the petals separately. This seems like it might be tedious work, but it goes pretty quickly, and I shouldn't be eating that many deep-fried dandelion flowers, anyway.
Here some the deep fry! I just mix an egg, buttermilk, and some flour until it's thin enough to dip the dandelion flowers. I put the dipped flowers in a cast iron skillet with an inch or two of hot cooking oil, like sunflowers or vegetable oil.The oil is hot, but not smoking hot. I let the fried flowers sit on a towel or paper towel to let them drain a bit.
For the second way, I go back to the thick batter I abandoned earlier and mix in the loose flower petals I had abandoned, too. I mix them both to make a dandelion flower fritter. I cook them in the cast iron skillet and hot oil, just the same way as before, although it takes longer than those little flowers - they cooked fast!
The third way gives the dandelion flowers a completely different flavor! They aren't donuts - they have a great mushroom flavor, it's amazing! The batter is a thin flour and water mixture, like a tempura batter. I use a real deep fryer. In the deep fryer, the dandelions cook more evenly and with the thin batter, the flavor of the dandelions comes through a lot more.
The deep fryers are nice because you an set the oil to a constant temperature - I think I used 300 to 350 degrees for these flowers. I put the cooked flowers on a towel or paper towel, the same way as before. Dandelions flowers cooked this way are really good! And they go perfectly well with soup or chili, and a good beer.
But don't forget that dandelion flowers are healthier as part of a good salad made from weeds or as part of a wild weed omelette.
I hope you get to enjoy dandelion flowers one way or another sometime soon.
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I just tried this tonight as the dandelions have just come into bloom this week.Pulled a few of the green "fringe"off seemed tedious so barely cleaned the rest. Had a dozen blooms to try out. Heated up the big cast iron pan with a little olive oil and dipped them in a thin cornstarch-flour batter.sprinkled a little Adobe seasoning when done. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you...this was THE best ! a big hit with the family( especially a discerning 14yr old who about devoured them all!). I'm sure for now on we'll be picking every dandelion we see! Great channel Chris, can't wait to see more! Thanks would have never thought of this idea or seen it anywhere else,
You're welcome -- and thank you for that taste review of the dandelion flowers! Your adjustments to the general idea sound really good -- olive oil, with a real Tempura batter, and seasoning. Thanks for those details. Your review and ideas will help other people appreciate these great plants. I'm glad your 14yr old enjoyed them, too. Happy foraging!
Oooh, you guys have sure kicked up consuming dandelion flowers a few notches! Thanks for the tips! ♥️
It doesn't require you to eat a lot and washing in alkaline water gets rid of everything not wanted and yes, very tedious!
me too! i am trying all the dandelion stuff starting this week. dandelion fritters, salad, tea, honey, roots coffee. I made muffins from the left-over flower petals pulp. so good and its free.!
Dandelions; for "picky" eaters.😄
I love the sound of her voice, it’s so relaxing to listen to her voice explaining everything ❤😊
Hi ! I'm a retired nurse in Charlotte NC. I found your site a few days ago and I love it 🌸
I've watched many of your videos in the last couple of days... Today I picked 102 dandelion blossoms out of my front and backyard and my next door neighbors yard. They were everywhere ! I got so excited.
I made sure to only pick every other one so as to leave the bees their share. I discovered that if I'm not going to cook them immediately, I had to turn them on their heads on a damp paper towel to keep them from closing up. I went to pick some yesterday, and found 2 ! Where did they go ???
I found that they close up in the early evening...not sure why, must just be a dandelion thing 😊
My yard is a half acre in a neighborhood built in the early 70s. Even tho there are major roads very nearby, we have an amazing amount of wild creatures ! Lots of deer, raccoons, possum, owls, several coyote..gotta keep little pets in at night. Huge snakes, turtles, 2 kinds of woodpeckers, mocking birds, and huge turkey vultures that glide in to clean up dead raccoons and such. Foraging in my yard and nearby woods is something have always wanted to do. Found a black walnut tree recently that I'll return to later in the year. Sorry for the long comment 😄
Thanks again for your channel !
PS.... Found jellyroll mushrooms on many many dead limbs on my property last month. Collected about a gallon of the wiggly things. When they dried on trays in my house, I ended up with almost a pint jar of little dry crumbles. The good thing is, when I'm ready to add to soups, I let them sit in water for about an hour. They plump right up to their original size
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Thanks for sharing some about yourself and your foraging, Kaa Pii. I think it helps people appreciate that wild food is real food for regular people. You are in a great location for some good foraging, pretty much all year long!
Nice haul on your dandelions and your mushrooms! Dandelions do close up every night. If you want to pick a lot of them just for the flower petals, it's a little trick to get them in the morning before they open up. It's less effort to get all the petals that way. You've got a nice tip for preserving your jellyroll mushrooms, too. It's amazing how many great wild edible mushrooms there are.
Happy foraging! And I hope you enjoy my future videos, too! Thanks for commenting!
I have deep fried my dandelion flowers in egg & flour batter, breadcrumbs, & sometimes sprinkled them with parmesan cheese. I made Italian greens with cooked dandelion leaves mixed with cherry tomatoes, garlic, bacon and olive oil. I also made fresh green dandelion leaf salad. I have even made coffee from dandelion roots (it's actually quite good). And, of course..no meal is complete without a glass of homemade dandelion wine. The WHOLE dandelion flower is very special & useful to me. My neighbor's yards are all dandelion-free..apparently they hate dandelions. But my yard? Dandelions as far as the eye can see....except when removed for consumption! Such foolish neighbors I have. They don't know what they're missing..and I don't care to tell them. Lol.
You know what's good, that's for sure! Thanks for sharing how you enjoy so many parts of the dandelion plants! Those Italian greens sound so delicious! Dandelions are a mainstay for me, too. They are real food. It's amazing what people are missing out on -- all around them, free for the picking. And they are such pretty flowers, too. : )
@@HaphazardHomestead I just had dandelion greens with bacon, tomato, garlic & oil for dinner this evening. I had frozen some greens from last year. They were delicious!! My Nonna (Italian grandmother), taught me how to use all parts of the dandelion..when I was a child. One of the best lessons I ever learned..along with cattails, mustard greens, milk weeds, mushrooms & so many other wild edibles.
@Mountain Cup I have used the dandelion greens in quiche, instead of spinach. Yummy!!
I just tried these recipes for the first time tonight. My favorite was the fried dandelions and fried greens. But the fritters I put petals only and cut up dandelions greens were pretty yummy too. My son and I truly enjoyed them , my husband said “ well I don’t dislike them” 😉
Thanks for your taste review, Linda Johnson! Everyone has different tastes and preferences, so I appreciate reading what other people think about the flavors. I like the fried dandelions best, too. Enjoy your dandelions!
Oh my gosh!! Just recently discovered you and can't stop watching! I love everything about your videos!! You are amazing!! 👏 👏 👏 💕 We just happened to have some flowers and leafs that we picked on our walk this evening for our quail, but we took the flowers this and they were awesome!! My twin 13 year old girls counted to be sure they got their share because they were SO good. 😅 I'm so happy I found your channel.. another PNW girl myself.
I am going to try this out as soon as the flowers come out. The dandelions are growing, just no flowers yet! Thank you.
Great instructional video. Our dandelions are still deep under snow here in Alaska but Spring is coming and I believe that I will be trying dandelion fritters again. Thanks for the reminder and inspiration my friend.
Wow, thanks a lot, Lonnie! It's amazing how adaptable dandelions are to different climates, being able to wait out your long winters with their big taproot. I bet your fritters will be great, especially if you make them over one of your campfires. Happy spring - eventually!
Try beef tallow or bacon grease, it's better for you than "veg" oil.
@@JamesSmith-pc6bh My wife and I often use bacon grease or butter to fry things in. The other oil we use is olive which I believe/hope to also be better for a person than the vegetable oils.
Found our video just in time, as our yard is sporting a bumper crop of dandelion flowers this week.
Nicely done!
haha -- where there's one dandelion flower, there's usually a lot more! Enjoy your dandelion flowers!
I've done all these methods,all good. this year I made egg foo young out of them,they were GREAT!
Thanks for that taste review! And for the idea of dandelion egg foo young! I'll have to try that myself. Thanks!
👍 Looking forward to trying them! Thank you for caring to share 🥰
I can't wait for dandelion season. Last year I fried up a whole basket of dandelion flowers and they were so delicious that I ate most of them before they made it to the plate. This year I think I'll try dandelion flower hush puppies. Yum! 😋
I can relate to how these fried dandelion flowers disappear so fast, Kimberly La Mantia! Have a great dandelion season! :D
Tried them first time last week. Surprised to see some growing in our backyard (FL) and snipped them off near the base. I had no idea how to use them but have a cold and wanted to make a tea. I snipped the stem and flower up into one inch pieces, put them in a cup of water, microwaved it 1 minute (didn't boil) and set it aside till cool. I stained it through a tea strainer and drank what I thought was absolutely wonderful - no sugar needed. I looked some more and found a few head growing and repeated - still very good. It was a wonderful way to sit and look at videos while feeling so ill. That's how I found you and have now subscribed. I began seeing a video about Usnea and since we are surrounded by oaks, have so much it is embarrassing. I made a tincture with 100 proof vodka and I could tell it made a difference. It took over a month to make but now I have this cold and it DOES work to open me up, relieve the drainage, and stop the coughing. WOW. I can't wait to see more of your videos now that I'm hooked on what is just outside my backdoor.
So good to hear your voice again! Thanks for reminding me it's spring - I've been so busy working, I haven't even noticed the dandelions popping up. I think my household will be eating weeds for dinner tomorrow night!
Personally, I love using a beer batter on dandelion flowers. A bit of sweet, low-hop beer complements the slightly bitter dandelion flowers nicely.
Thanks for the welcome back. I hope you can take time to enjoy the spring flowers, even with all your work. Spring is such a great time for eating weeds, tree leaves, and flowers. That beer batter sounds like a good one, too. Happy foraging for those weeds for dinner!
Thank you all and GOD BLESS i never new this
I've had dandelion jelly, was ok, but not like red raspberry jam or something.Had dandelion wine one year, was very good, but I was raised eating dandelion salad in perfusion(Italian family) and sautéed dandelion with garlic olive oil and a touch of vinegar, so we like bitter greens..
Your dandelion salads sound wonderful - simple and delicious, Cynthia W. Thanks for sharing how your family prepared them. Dandelion greens are one of my favorites, too.
My pack of dandelion seed is arriving today. I have bees and they love these flowers. My back yard was always grass which I had to mow all the time, now I'm turning the whole place into "weeds". Dollar weed is also good to eat and very healthy for you.
Now that's awesome, dandelion fritters...Gonna do this !❤
I have only had them in a salad. I will try the different ways you showed. Yum
Just made these with the kiddos! Deep fried whole in coconut oil. Absolutely delicious. We are going to have a hard time limiting these ha. Thanks for the recipe!
Haha! 2:05 Love it when the insects make a Cameo appearance! Run little bug run! Haha
Good eye! Gotta give those little critters a chance to make their way out. And those were tiny, tiny ones. There's a lot of life out there in the weeds! ; )
Hi Holly, just tried all three of your recipies and love them. If I had to chose one, I think it would be the thick battered and fried dandelions. Coming in 2nd would be the loose petals in batter, made a nice pancake, it was real good too. Loved the light and airy taste of the thin battered dandelions. What a treat to try wild plant flavors!, even my dog loved them.
I can see these will be a yearly spring event in the kitchen to look forward to! Cheers!
Hey Tall Cedars, thanks for your taste review! I"m impressed that you tried all 3 ways! And I"m glad you enjoyed them enough to make it an annual tradition. I have a lot of wild foods like that, although enjoying up all the flowers that are good when deep fried would be an endless stream of deep fried food, lol. Happy spring way up north there!
Another month yet before I pull out the deep fryer for dfdf, can't wait! Hope you are doing well and are enjoying these now:) Peace from the Peace!
Dandelion donuts! I've heard of everything now. My mom used to make dandelion wine.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!! I really can't believe how delicious these pan fried flowers are. Did them just like you said. So very, truly, delicious!
Thanks for your taste review, SamE! I'm glad you enjoyed them so much. Every dandelion flower will seem different now, lol, just knowing how delicious they are. Happy spring!
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I tried your deep fried dandelion flowers and loved them! I’ve only eaten the greens. My mother use to fry milkweed blossoms! Have you ever tried them? Would love to see a video on it. I was to young to remember how she did them!
I cook milkweed flowers before they open and serve them the same way as broccoli. Quite good!!
Love your deep fryer!
I absolutely love deep fried dandelion flowers! I like to use peanut oil.
Thanks for adding your experience with these great flowers, GAF!
I really enjoyed this video... *whimsical* and informative at the same time! ♥️
I've eaten dandelion flower petals raw, picked right out of the field. But this sure kicks it up a few notches! ♥️
I tried to use the leaves make soup and salad, and the flowers use for the tea is very good.The dandelion good for liver.
I hope you enjoyed the dandelion leaves, Tina T. And thanks for saying what you think of dandelion flower tea! It helps other people know it's OK to use dandelions. And I'm happy to know another fan of the dandelions! :D
I like your cheerful voice, although I agree we shouldn't eat too many fried foods! This sounds like a nice treat, once & a while! I was wondering a couple of months back whether Dandelion flowers are edible, & suddenly, all these videos pop up on Dandelions. The whole plant is edible! And apparently the milk contained in the stalk is highly therapeutic. With an ailing liver, got to have me some of this great little gift from God!!
THANKS A BUNCH! I SHARED WITH SISTER & PASTOR AND FACEBOOK, TOO! AWESOME! GOD BLESS YOU!
I'm from Fayetteville, Arkansas but have been out in Colorado for 3 years. Your channel sure makes me want to move back and have a homestead!
I am happy to see you back, Chris. I just got done eating dandelion greens stir fried. Washed some greens up for a salad tomorrow. When using the flowers in salads do you always take off the back green sepal? Please keep showing us how to forge for wild edibles. Chickweed is starting to show its face here in southeastern Wisconsin.
Thanks a lot, Lark! You know what's good eating, and certainly healthier eating, by focusing on those dandelion greens! I don't always take off all the green from the flower petals - but I do chop my salads into little pieces. Nobody wants to get a whole back-of-dandelion in one bite, but when it's chopped and mixed in, it all adds to the complex flavors. But you can see in the 2nd way of frying the dandelion flowers, there is green in with all those petals. That amount is not even noticeable in a salad. Chickweed is some good eating -- I use it a base for my spring salads a lot. Happy Spring! I look forward to seeing all your gardens again.
I haven't done the flowers yet but the greens with bacon and green onion sauteed is really good with eggs for breakfast. First blooms of the season just opened so I will be trying the flowers/fritters. Thanks for the video on the free common weed/food.LOL
I will definitely be trying this. It's a little past the prime season but I'll find some young ones to try. Thanks for sharing!!
You're welcome. There's usually a few straggler dandelions all through the summer. And it's probably a good thing to only eat a few deep-fried things at a time, lol. If you do try them, I'd like to hear how you liked them! : )
Oh the crunch on those from a frier :D
I never had dandelions.... yet!
That third way really does make a nice crunch. Those dandelions are waiting for you! ; )
6.35 sound crunchy.. delicious.. ☺️
I love adding dandelion flowers in a honey jar with a few thinly sliced lemon. Yum!
Those look yummy! I'll fry anything that can't get away -- I plan to live till I die and enjoy every gastronomical minute of it. Have you tried fried squash blossoms? They're great for breakfast! TFS.
That's the gastronomical spirit! I'll have to break out the deep fryer this summer when my squash start flowering. I'll finish my video on deep-fried Black Locust flowers, too, pretty soon. I'll end up with a deep-fried playlist and then we are all in trouble! ;D
Try a sprig of mint inside the squash or daylily flower and then, batter & fry as usual. Quite a treat!
Try, a sprig of mint stuffed inside the squash or daylily flower, then batter and fry, as usual. Quite the treat!
I love it I love it I love it all of it, the commentary. the banjo music and of course the information. I'm new to learning about all these wild weeds. Without videos like this I would not have a clue. Thank you.
I haven't ate those kind of flowers when I was kid, my sister made them. Awesome, looks good.
Hello Chris!!! It’s good to see a video from u, it’s been awhile, I don’t understand why ur videos do not pop up on a regular bases, I subscribed and tapped the bell long ago. Though this is an older video, I hadn’t seen it, I enjoy dandelions, I enjoy learning from u, u have thought me much!!! Hope u r well, and hope ur not having a rough time during this virus. Thank u
WOW!!!! I haven't seen any so far this year. I need to pay more attention.
Wow, great idea!
This video should be WAY into the MILLIONS. Viral I say, VIRAL!
You gotta watch this video. Its awesome. Especially the 5:55 - 6:30...
Hilarious! "Somebodies gonna get hurt!" Lol!😄
Oh my goodness. I have a new snack! Thank you!
I use a lot of danfilions from my yard as well my best use is drying them for teas thank you for your vid showed me a much easier way to harvesting and separate the real weeds from bunches a lot of times I’m in a huge hurry and just get to pull up plant roots and all yes I dry all of it to use
Excellent video 👋🏿
As a kid I would help my great grandma pick dandelion greens. She loved them...I didn't understand! She also made the most amazing smoked ham hocks and pigs feet in a rich reddish brown gravy and served it over rice. Freakin' delicious! I loved her to the moon and back.
That's such a great memory, Sylvia Young! I'm glad you helped her pick those dandelions. Her recipe sounds delicious, and would have been great with dandelion greens on the side! Thanks for sharing!
in the Netherlands it was called "molsla" translated "mole lettuce", its a pity that people now a days choose for supermarket crap and have forgotten the old knowledge of our grandparents it seemes..
I am enjoying this series! I did not know you could fry them. The last way looked and sounded the best .when is the best time to pick the heads? Thanks again, I look forward to seeing and learning with each of your videos!! Thanks Chris
I think the best time to pick dandelion flowers is when they look like the one in the video thumbnail -- fully open. They are good to use anytime of the year. They can start flowering even in a winter warm spell in some regions. The third way is my favorite, too! :D
You have a wonderful voice for these video!😁
Another great video, thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I love you and your fearless resourcefulness
This is sooo cool!!! I’m going to try this tomorrow. I’m going to throw a little garlic salt on them.
Thank you for sharing!!!
It’s my first time here and I’m lovin’ it !👍I will be back ! Dandelion’s fascinating👍
Welcome, Patricia Vyce -- I'm glad you're here. And I'm glad you enjoy dandelions, too. They have so much to offer for good eating!
I’ve had deep fried dandelion and it’s so good
These look so good and I can’t wait to make them!! By any chance, do you know how much flower and butter milk you put in?
2 pan fried and one deep fried! Delicious!
I am looking forward to trying some this spring and summer. I haven't seen any yet.
If you do try some, I'd enjoy knowing how you liked them. It seems odd to say, but I hope you have plenty of dandelions around this spring! ; )
Thank you looks delicious! Can’t wait to try them this spring!
Yum 😋 I used my dandylions plus all the leaves and stuff I just chop them up and put them with the sticky kind of weeds extragive they're called cleavers chop them up with a little bit of yellow dock to chop them up and made my omelette oh and I used onions as well so it was absolutely delicious. I'm loving foraging
You know what's good eating, for sure! That's a great mix of greens you are using. Happy foraging!
heck you have helped me to expand my view . great ideas and humble attitude with it. sometimes I imagine what it was like in simplier times. you take me back;)
Glad you enjoyed my dandelion video! Eating dandelion flowers is a pretty simple thing, that's for sure. I hope you can enjoy some sometime!
do u have any suggestions/tips of cleaning them? im waiting for the perfect time to forage for them!!! i cant wait!!!!
I came across your channel and enjoyed it. You have a nice voice.
Can't wait to try this!!
Hope you like them, Some Body!
Just subscribed, thanks for the video. Can’t wait to try these
A really great ideal, I will try
I hope you do try them, Rodney Jackson! They are a real treat. If you do make some, I'll enjoy your taste review in the comments. Happy dandelion picking!
So this year, i am going to attempt to cook dandelion flowers again; i needed to know the right way to cook them. Thanks for the video!
Wow that s amazing
Thank you
Good eating! Yum....fried wild superfoods ;) thanks for sharing!
I so appreciate all you the invaluable knowledge that you have shared. Im heading out. Ive learned a lot from you🙏🙌
We always fried ours the way you did at the last. Excellent!
I"m glad you appreciate a good deep-fried dandelion flower or two -- or a whole batch! The last way of cooking them really brings out their light mushroom flavor. I hope you have plenty of dandelions around you this spring! ;D
I love you video so much. I hope you make more and more
Thanks, Amornrart Niyomrart! I'll be making a lot of videos in October - and I hope you enjoy those, too!
Great video. I love your narration because your voice has that perfect sound like those old-school Disney movies the same guy narrated my whole childhood!
Nice! definitely going to try!
Looks really good !
It's easy to eat too many, they are that good! :D
Wow! You just opened up my eyes to a whole new world
Thank you✨💜🥰
You’re welcome, CJC! 😊 Enjoy your dandelions!
Glad you are back!
Thanks for the welcome. Have a great spring!
*Yes.*
Just... *yes.*
Due to the awesomeness of yum-yums shown in this video, I'll be going out tomorrow to check to see if I can still find some around. This may just be the tail-end of Connecticut's dandelion season (CRIPES!! I better get a move on!).
At least with deep-fried dandelions, it's better if we don't eat dozens and dozens, lol. So you can probably find stragglers in bloom all through the summer. And there are plenty of other tasty wild edibles ahead, too, as the seasons change. Enjoy your dandelions! : )
Holly, so... driving around a while back after watching this video, I happened to come across a baseball field which some guys on a huge machine were JUST about to mow for the Spring... and hurriedly picked approximately a half of a gallon freezer bag full. (Those "dandy" stalks were knee to thigh high!) Thank goodness, too, that I was just in the nick of time... because MANOMANOMAN were they tasty!! I'm gluten-free (due to a genetic mutation which won't allow my body to process folic acid, that man-made crud-- NOT folate), so my batter was a nice eggy batter with 75% brown rice and 25% coconut for the flour portion. I sprinkled some salt on them when they were done turning a crispy medium brown and *BAMMO!* they mysteriously disappeared. lol They were sooo goooooOOD!
I want to liken them to something between a fried mushroom and fried okra. Thank you, dear friend, for the inspiration. ♡ I will absolutely, certainly, without a doubt, be making these again in the future! Please, keep up the great work! ♡
I'll try it one day! As long as you use healthy oils, especially those that are high in polyunsaturated fat, I don't see anything too unhealthy about it. Heck, the pigments in flowers might even be good for your eyes! Some people pay a lot of money for lutein/zeaxanthin supplements. :)
Thanks for those insights, Ryan Smith! I'd say any of these ways of making fried dandelion flowers is better than a Pop Tart or a bowl of sugary cereal, at least, lol. Here's to good health!
Oh man..That's what I'm talking about! Thank you for a Great Video!!
They are good business, alright -- although not for every day, lol! I really like the flavor of the 3rd way the best, with the thinnest batter.
I added the yellow flowers (no green parts) to oatmeal with other ingredients.. I make ramen soups with all the parts and many ingredients. I make some amazing tostadas with all parts Too. I just wish they bloomed longer! Haven’t tried them fried, but would love to.
Thanks for sharing how you enjoy eating dandelions, MA Enriquez! That's a lot of good ideas for anyone to try! Dandelions are such great plants. I wish they bloomed longer, too!
Wow who knew!
Learn me something new every day on this here RUclips 🧐😊
Dandilion flowers are awesome fresh plucked, but im curious to try the fried blossom ive heard about...
Never thought of using wild weeds in my omelettes and am definitely going to fry some dandelion flowers up, thanks once again!
That omelette had 6 weeds in it (bittercress, purple deadnettle, chickweed, english daisy, dandelion, and chives), plus spruce tree needles from the spruce tree balsamic vinegar. It was a really good omelette! If you fry up some of those dandelion flowers, it would be great to get your taste review in the comments sometime! Enjoy your weeds!
Thanks for your omelette ingredients, will have to see if we have bittercress and english daisy. The fried dandelions are first of the list and I certainly will get back to you with my comment. Am sure I will enjoy them as there's not a weed I have turned down so far:)
There are so many delicious weeds, that's for sure! Happy foraging!
Fantastic! I would sooooo love to try your recipes. Unfortunately d/t my declining health I can no longer get out to forage or to cook. But am passing this video along in hopes that some of my FB friends that are able will find the curiosity to get out there and take advantage of this powerhouse wild edible. Thank you so much for the video!
I can't wait to try it! Looks yummy!
Much thanks for the info, got plans for it now
I'm gonna try that, thanks for the idea
You're welcome. If you make these, any style, it would be great to get your taste review. There are a lot of dandelion flowers out there to eat! :D
Can’t wait to try this
First visit. Loved it. I just made dandelion tea and salad with leaves. I heard to soak in ACV to get all dirt n bugs, who knows what pet visited?
Fantastic.
Hi there from northern BC, hope things are going well for you this spring! I'm watching for dandelion flowers and eating the fresh roots now. Someone mentioned they eat the buds before they leave the plant and wonder if you know how to prepare them. Saw one bud today, need more I think:) Cheers!
Hey, Tall Cedars, good to hear from you! Nice to know you are enjoying your dandelion roots. I think dandelion buds are great to eat. I look for the tight ones, down in the middle of the rosette of the plant, before the flower stem starts growing. I collect them while I'm doing other things, so I usually only collect a handful at a time. I add them to a jar in my freezer until I have a couple cups worth. I like them in a simple soup, where their pollen flavor can come through. I don't hold back and will put 2 cups of buds in a 3-quart soup pot. I also put them, raw, in leftover pickle juice in the refrigerator, to use as refrigerator pickles, good on salads or burgers. Happy spring!
@@HaphazardHomestead Good morning Holly, it's a great dandelion spring when I can get in the garden to weed, aka dandelion harvest.
That's a great way to save and use the buds! The simple soup sounds like a good place to start, the mild pollen flavor sounds yummy! Love pickled anything and buds will accompany piickles and beets now. Will also dry and powder some for my wild greens powder since I understand pollen is a super food.
Here's an interesting idea that I'm thinkin of doing, and likely never attain lol. Have you ever heard of anyone eating only wild foods and nothing from grocery stores all year round? In another channel a woman commented she only eats wlld foods, but her comment was removed before I thought to reply, my luck hey.
Can't imagine how to eat like that up here, but to get started I will be dryiing a ton of wild plants this year. Your channel has shown me how they need to be cooked and will see how dried plants work. Oh right, do dried plants still need to be par boiled to remove the oxalic acid? Might be a different taste and texture but the vitamins and minerals are what I'm looking for!
Thanks so much for your help with wild plants. Here's to a great wild greens summer once again, cheers!
Jim Johnson
My mother made wine out of dandelion flowers. This past Spring I made dandelion jelly from dandelion tea. It tasted somewhat like honey and I have friends who use it to flavor their tea. I'm looking forward to a bumper crop this next Spring.
Excellent!
I'm thinking of growing some myself and eating the whole flower except the root. Got any dandelion green recommendations that keep some of the nutrients?
I use dandelion greens in salads quite a bit. You can see that in most (if not all) of my wild salad videos. For salads, I especially look for dandelion plants with big young leaves, growing in the tall grass or in the shade. Even in late spring, those kinds of leaves are fine in a salad. That center rib is often where the bitterness is, so I strip it out in big older leaves and then they are good for salads, too. And even if you need to blanch dandelion greens to remove some of the bitterness, there are a lot of nutrients that are not water soluble, so they are still there. Enjoy your dandelions!
I make coffee/tea out of roasted dandelion roots. When you roast them in teh oven they smell like cookies.
@@LaterMeansBrick Wow crazy. How does dandelion coffee/tea work? Isn't it devoid of caffeine so it does not wake you up? Does it taste like anything?
@@erwynnipegerwynnipeg8455 I doubt it has any caffeine. It tastes bitter-ish and less sweet than chicory/grain coffee. Tastes great with bit of milk.
This is absolutely amazing !
I love the humor :) great vid!
Thanks! I hope you have plenty of dandelion flowers! : )
My fondest and earliest memories are of my great gramma & dandelions..it was over 50 yrs ago when I was only 3yrs old that my great gramma and I would go out with a big straw basket and she would kneel down & dig/cut the dandelions out of our big city lawn and I would say ‘weeds weeeds’ and she would say no, these are good for you food and I am gonna cook us up some greens and fried dandies for lunch Shawnee.... And great gramma did and I LOVED THEM and I can still remember those moments all these decades later...That was the start of my lifelong quest of natural healthy eating. With knowledge that often the GOD MADE NATURAL GROWING plants that others like Monsanto,, big pharma, and our very government try to ban , kill and keep from US >ARE THE VERY THINGS WE NEED TO BE EATING FOR BETTER HEALTH ..Mary Jane TOO👍THANK YOU GREAT GRAMMA Bennett, THANK YOU❤️