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| Alee |
Posted - May 12 2009 : 8:40:36 PM
I am currently roasting the dandelion roots to make the dandelion root coffee that MaryJane mentioned in her publications. It smells so good! It smells almost like a really really rich honey! And as it has been cold and rainy here today- the heat from the oven is nice! I can't wait to try it!
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| Alee |
Posted - May 17 2009 : 09:11:45 AM
ROFL! Oh Lisa that is funny!
Mine are so bad I have seriously considered taking my vacuum outside and vacuuming the puff balls! LOL
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| lisamarie508 |
Posted - May 17 2009 : 09:00:38 AM
Hey, that's really cool. The next time my neighbor says anything about them, I'll tell him I'm growing them on purpose for medicinal reasons!
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| Alee |
Posted - May 16 2009 : 09:04:11 AM
Oh my gosh, Lisa! You should see my back yard. A sea of puff balls would not be inaccuate! I have a feeling that for every one that I dig up, another 100 are taking root! Yesterday the pile of dandelion greens that I decided not to use was a pile as high as Nora!
So far I have dug, chopped and roasted about a quart of finished root! I am pretty impressed! I am hoping to double that. I don't drink the mix everyday, but I can see how it will be really nice especially in winter.
Here is a great article on the benefits of Dandelion:
http://www.herbs2000.com/herbs/herbs_dandelion.htm
I am thinking perhaps I need to start stocking up!
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| lisamarie508 |
Posted - May 16 2009 : 07:27:35 AM
Well, now that somebody else tried it first, I'll try it, too. Thanks for being the guinea pig, Alee! I have lots of dandelions in my front yard...much to the dismay of my neighbor ;)
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| Alee |
Posted - May 15 2009 : 1:13:54 PM
Sure thing, Joanna! I might be digging more this evening. It's kindof a fun process actually!
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| JojoNH |
Posted - May 15 2009 : 09:22:46 AM
Thank you so much for the information!!  Our dandelions are ready for harvesting so I will be giving this a try over the weekend.
Right now we are busy cleaning up after the wind storm that hit yesterday. . . no power for the day, my baby chicks arrived etc. So now the sun is out, still breezy and at least on the warm side.
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| OregonGal |
Posted - May 14 2009 : 8:39:48 PM
Haven't tried roasting the roots, but I did try deep frying the flowers. I didn't think they had
much taste, unless I fried them too long....but they tasted ok. Maybe I'll try this, I have lots of
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| Alee |
Posted - May 13 2009 : 1:04:07 PM
I am thinking of going ahead and digging more today since it stopped raining here.
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| CherryMeDarlin |
Posted - May 13 2009 : 12:08:41 PM
Yum! Thank you so much! If it ever stops raining, I'll be finding me some dandelion root!
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| Alee |
Posted - May 13 2009 : 10:48:25 AM
Hi Cherry- I don't have a conventional coffee maker, so I just boiled it on the stove then used a small strainer to keep the bits out. I used a heaped tablespoon per cup and let it get to about the color of coffee before drinking.
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| CherryMeDarlin |
Posted - May 13 2009 : 08:45:28 AM
What's your ratio then, Alee, for making the coffee? Did you use a conventional coffee maker?
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| Alee |
Posted - May 13 2009 : 06:33:38 AM
Oh and the instructions are very easy-
Did up about 3x as many roots as you think you need (after choppting the tops off, I filled up a big garbage bag full of greens and I got maybe a cup and a half of finished roasted root).
Cut greens off and either use for salads, pasta, and wilted greens, or dispose of.
Wash roots. Use a food processor or a blender to finely chop the roots, or if you only use hand powered gadgets, just finely chop with a knife. Wash again if you would like after chopping, or if you used the blender method- let the excess water drain out for about an hour.
Then place on a cookie sheet and pop in a 250 degree oven until a coffee color. You can layer it pretty thick. Mine was just one really thin layer and it was done in half an hour.
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| Alee |
Posted - May 13 2009 : 06:26:01 AM
It turned out great! Next time I am going to go for a slightly less dark roast though.
I use raw sugar and since I am not quite ready for bitter stuff without sugar in the morning that might change the taste a little- but it has that bitter coffee type flavor, but it also has notes of honey and chocolate in it. Very good. A complex flavor! I am very impressed!
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| JojoNH |
Posted - May 13 2009 : 04:49:52 AM
How did it come out??? I need to find the information on this, would love to try it.
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