SC - Pynson book in Longleat collection

[Terry Nutter]

Glad to know I'm not the only one whose dandelions have little red ... er 
.. thrips.
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From: sca-cooks
To: PETERSR; sca-cooks
Subject: Re: SC - Dandelion Wine
Date: Monday, May 12, 1997 4:45PM

Subject: Re: SC - Dandelion Wine
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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