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Fried Dandelion Blossoms

These are so delicious, you‘ll never hate dandelions again.

This is a story about how you can be a lover of nature and also fried goodness, as my sister says.

Fried dandelion blossoms taste lightly sweet and of their mild flower selves. I kid you not.

You get to be at one with the wild, and instead of killing a so-called weed you shall eat it instead. You instantly become the accidental forager. A cook of wild foods. Someone who knows how to eat for free. You’re like one of the pioneers who brought dandelion seeds on purpose to the New World.

“The common dandelion is an introduced plant in North America. In the mid-1600s, European settlers brought the common dandelion (scientific name, Taraxacum officinale) to eastern America and cultivated it in their gardens for food and medicine.”

Every single part of a dandelion is edible so you don’t need to worry about killing anyone. In fact, they are little powerhouses of vitamins A, B, C, and D, as well as minerals, such as iron, potassium, and zinc.

Forget about the 100-mile diet. I picked the dandelions by the side of our house.

“If you can’t beat them, eat them.”
James A. Duke, botanist.