Butter that was a great price but only
one per customer was my gift to my friend because I do not eat butter very
often. While at her house she told me I could pick some rhubarb. I gratefully
got a small, small for me; amount because we are going to Utah on Wednesday.
Her sister also got some rhubarb. When
she was done picking she started to pull weeds in the close raised bed garden. Much
of what she was pulling was dandelions. After a while I asked, “Are you going
to eat those dandelions?”
She looked a bit surprised and said, “No.”
“I will take them,” I said as I started
to tear off the leaves and discard the flowers and roots. I was happy as a clam
because I had not seen any in any yards that looked large enough to harvest
easily. I am also hoping that these are organic given their location.
My friend saw my taking them and
asked, “Are you going to use them in salad?”
“I had planned to cook them,” I said.
Cook them we did after much washing.
At this time of year they are so mild in flavor that I could not have told you
what green I was eating. Both of us enjoyed them. I am a little disappointed
this year. Last year the nearby college had a large pile of dirt that grew a
nice supply of lamb’s quarters and this winter they removed that pile so there
are no lamb’s quarters on the lot. I suppose in a sense it was trespassing to
take them, but no one else used them that I am aware of. I love eating in the
wild. I am going after the chives of both the onion type as well as the garlic
type, but they are mine because we planted them. I might have to slow down for
a while, but I will be gone so they can re-grow during that week.
Paula
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