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**kadesma** · 04-27-2011, 06:27 PM

My grandparents introduced this to me when I was maybe 6 or 7 I loved it then and still do to this day,
1 bunch of rinsed dandillion greens,slice thin, put in bowl, add evoo, red wine vinegar this is to your taste, I tend to like it rather tart, add 4-5 large diced hard cooked eggs, very thin sliced sweet onion,salt and fresh cracked black pepper...This what I put in mine, my kids like theirs with crisp fried and crumbled bacon or pancetta and of course fresh warm Italian bread with lots of butter
kadesma

LindaLou · 04-27-2011, 08:11 PM

LOL! my grandparents love dandillions, I too but picked them for wine so I have never had the salad. I do remember as a kid going out to pick all those dandillions top for my grandfather. How life changes!

**kadesma** · 04-27-2011, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by LindaLou

LOL! my grandparents love dandillions, I too but picked them for wine so I have never had the salad. I do remember as a kid going out to pick all those dandillions top for my grandfather. How life changes!

I've never made wine but salad my favorite thing. My grandparents had this salad at least once a week.
kadesma

LindaLou · 04-27-2011, 10:08 PM

I think it is rather funny that they used the dandillion greens for the salad and we picked the dandillion heads for the wine -- guess we should all learn something there.

**kadesma** · 04-27-2011, 11:59 PM

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I think it is rather funny that they used the dandillion greens for the salad and we picked the dandillion heads for the wine -- guess we should all learn something there.

We sure could. Did they teach you to make the wine? I'd love to learn how.
kades

justplainbill · 04-28-2011, 12:35 AM

Young tender dandelion greens is one of my favorite salads. I enjoy it mixed with fresh garlic chives, a little fresh thyme, evo, vinegar, and a sprinkling of parmigiano and locatelli or some feta.

Bolas De Fraile · 04-28-2011, 01:34 AM

All the dandelion lover are welcome to come and pick them out of our lawns, the yellow ........ fight dirty and beat me every year

justplainbill · 04-28-2011, 03:24 AM

If ya can't beatum, joinum. Interesting to hear that America's extravagant preoccupation with manicured ecologically unsound greenery is not purely an American phenomenon. Unfortunately, for some of us, the sunniest part of our property is a front yard in which it is socially unacceptable to plant a victory garden.

**kadesma** · 04-28-2011, 04:12 AM

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Originally Posted by justplainbill

Young tender dandelion greens is one of my favorite salads. I enjoy it mixed with fresh garlic chives, a little fresh thyme, evo, vinegar, and a sprinkling of parmigiano and locatelli or some feta.

That sounds so good. I'll try some that way .Thanks for sharing
kadesma

justplainbill · 04-28-2011, 04:21 AM

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Originally Posted by kadesma

That sounds so good. I'll try some that way .Thanks for sharing
kadesma

Thanks Kadesma. I think it not only tastes good but is healthy. Our garlic chives appear to be a gift from our feathered friends. They are a shade tolerant perennial that pops up in the early spring, dies back during the summer and pops back up in the fall.