SC - Edible weeds

[Olwen the Odd]

Somewhere I know I have a recipe for dandelion wine.  If you like I could 
try to locate it.  (please don't everyone go on and on about not posting a 
recipe instead of asking first).

Olwen


>From: Ron and Laurene Wells <tinyzoo at aracnet.com>
>Reply-To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
>To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
>Subject: SC - Edible weeds
>Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 10:21:45 -0700
>
>At 11:44 PM 7/17/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>>Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 22:23:57 EDT
>>From: LrdRas at aol.com
>>Subject: SC - KUDZU-OOP
>>
>>In a message dated 7/15/00 12:13:34 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>>DianaFiona at aol.com writes:
>>
>><< Somewhere I have bookmarked an interesting website on Kudzu >>
>>
>>Recipes can be found at:
>>
>>http://home.att.net/~ejlinton/jelly.html
>
>I'll have to have a look at this!  Thanks for posting it publicly.
>
>
>>This plant is truly one of the most useful plants on the planet. The 
>>reason
>>it is not being used is that commercial enterprise and big agribusiness 
>>chose
>>not to run with the ball when it was originally introduced.
>
>I've noticed the same phenomenon with Blackberries here in the
>Northwest.  They are considered WEEDS here in Oregon.  People buy poisons
>and hire Landscape Specialists with heavy equipment to kill them.  Even
>farms do this!  they make such wonderful fruit!!!  Why don't they use the
>local gift fruit?  Because it is too easy, is the only thing I can think
>of.  Why allow something to grow naturally, when you can spend thousands of
>dollars eradicating it and planting something else that is not native and
>needs more nurturing instead?
>
>>Of course, this does not surprise me because even my neighbors try to
>>eradicate the extremely useful dandelion from their yard for whatever 
>>bizarre
>>reasons instead of using it.
>
>Earlier this spring I fed my family a salad which included young dandelion
>leaves. (I never use poisons in my yard, so I thought after a year of
>living here without poisons it would probably be safe to eat.)  My husband
>spotted them, and with a look on his face that must have resembled Socrates
>after he drank poison said, "Are these WEEDS in my salad?!"  I got the
>distinct feeling that he did not want me harvesting the dandelions for our
>dinner table anymore.  It was so funny though, the look on his face, that I
>just couldn't help laughing.  I still giggle when I think about
>it.  :)  Dandelions are one of the most healthful plants growing on the
>planet, and they are so abundant making sure that there is nutrition enough
>for EVERYONE, and yet our society supports and encourages companies to
>formulate stronger and stronger poisons to kill them.  It seems to me that
>God has provided plenty of food for the entire world - there SHOULD not be
>anyone starving.  Yet greed and confused values have perpetrated an global
>society that allows millions of people to starve every day.
>
>Maybe we should send packets of Dandelion seeds to Ethiopia and Calcutta,
>and the starving nations of the world?  Dandelions seem to survive
>ANYTHING!  Maybe there would not be so many starving people?  Of course,
>the governments might arrest us for importing noxious weeds... SIGH...
>
>I once had a recipe for Dandelion Wine also.  I think it was written by
>someone who was downing a bottle of it while they wrote though, it's kinda
>long and wordy!
>-Laurene
>
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