skilletlicker
Head Chef
Bitter is better
The general consensus is they get more bitter with age. I tend to suspect that means the age of leaf though. I only have one plant grown in an indoor aquaponic bed. That plant is over a year old and produces new leaves faster than I can keep up with.
My humble opinion is that a little bitter is better for something like a green leafy addition to a ham and cheese sandwich. But the higher the ratio of dandelion to other ingredients in a salad the more I want to use the smaller leaves.
Hope that helps. Just one old man's opinion though. By the way that was parsley on the picture of yesterdays grits 'n eggs. Today grits with sweet corn had fresh sage instead.
msmofet and skilletlicker, I'd sure like to LIKE dandelion greens. Are they better first thing in the spring and more bitter as the summer rolls in?
The general consensus is they get more bitter with age. I tend to suspect that means the age of leaf though. I only have one plant grown in an indoor aquaponic bed. That plant is over a year old and produces new leaves faster than I can keep up with.
My humble opinion is that a little bitter is better for something like a green leafy addition to a ham and cheese sandwich. But the higher the ratio of dandelion to other ingredients in a salad the more I want to use the smaller leaves.
Hope that helps. Just one old man's opinion though. By the way that was parsley on the picture of yesterdays grits 'n eggs. Today grits with sweet corn had fresh sage instead.