Quote from Rat Man on Jun 21st, 2012, 10:37am: I can go out front right now and look at my unruly lawn. The dandelion and it's many close cousins are all edible and due to their high iron content, quite good for you. It's a shame that they don't taste better.
perhaps not plain, but try deep-frying the blossoms. dip in beaten egg, dip in flour, cook until golden brown, and serve with cinnamon sugar or salt. delicious.
the leaves also make a decent salad, just pick them young, the older ones are bitter.
i believe this may have been mentioned awhile back in another thread, but poke-berries can make a very pretty purple ink, if slightly smelly.
the young shoots and, i think, the leaves can be eaten, just do your research, because they can be poisonous if not prepared properly.
OK, let's try this again. The Inkberry plant, or Poke Salad (Poke Salet) can be cooked and eaten, I've read, when the plant is less than 18" high and no older than six months. After that it's poisonous. We were always told that they were always deadly poison as kids so I've never tried it.
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