SC - Feast preparation (LONG )
Gretchen M Beck
grm+ at andrew.cmu.edu
Mon May 12 15:31:13 PDT 1997
In a message dated 97-05-12 13:28:11 EDT, you write:
<< Just to bring up a kind of gross point, every time I've looked closely at
dandelions, they've been inhabited by little bugs (I think red ones), I
assume some kind of mites. >>
They are a type of thrip. They are harmless to the wine and to people. Since
you have to remove the green part of the dandelion flower and good kitchen
technique would include a rinsing of the petals after they were picked and
cleaned, the vast majority of these thrips are eliminated. I also throw my
petals into a wire strainer while removing the green parts from them which
allows the thrips and other sources of potentially valuable protein 8-) to
slip through the holes.
Lord Ras
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