Posted on 01/29/2022 5:54:08 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
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Lol happy resting! You earned it!
My Dad’s dandelion salad.
fresh young greens
sliced hardboiled egg
thin sliced onion
vinegar and oil dressing (he measured by the capful so IDK)
toss and eat
I add real chopped and cooked bacon bits.
[[ My fingers are dyslexic today.]]
That is my problem most days. I’m not dyslexic, just my typing finger is (actually they say it is a neurological problem, which wouldnt surprise me... I usually type wrong letters consistently for certain words like hte nda and such. My mind sees them correctly, but my typing finger doesn’t obey lol)
Sounds good. I’d add tomato, chives if I had them, radishes, and peppers, and cheese chunks too- gotta have cheese. Apple is good too.
When we had our elderberries ages ago. I picked a couple of years, washed the heads and left the berries on. Put the heads in a shallow skillet and steamed with a tiny bit of water and covered lid. Berries came off easy and just added sugar and made some jam. I agree about the price plus I want to have my own supply.
LOVE radishes, that would be a good addition for me.
Me too. Gonna try some different varieties this year I think, see if there arent some different flsvors. Love them with just some salt on them, we used to just eat them raw though right out of the garden before we got em to the house lol.
My absolute favorite radish us a Ukraine variety, I buy the seeds on ebay every other year, search for zlata ukraine radish. Flavor is mild and different plus they grow great for me and don’t bolt. They are yellow.
yep thats them, the absolute best IMO
Mine actually is a form of dyslexia. I can usually read just fine, but when I write, type, or speak, it takes a lot of focus to get things to come out in the right order. If I’m distracted or in a hurry, letters get jumbled, similar-looking words get substituted in, the right words might come out in the wrong order, I might use the right base word but the wrong form such as “built” instead of “build”, or sometimes I just end up with extra letters where they don’t belong.
That last one is especially hard to explain if it happens while speaking.
I have a steamer/juicer that I use for cooking down grapes for juice. I love it!
If I can get to the wild Elderberries before the birds do this season, I’ll try that.
They seem to ripen in stages, so that may help. :)
You’ve had a productive day! :)
That makes sense, about the dried stems.
I’m going to try my steamer/juicer if I can get to the berries before the birds do, next Summer. :)
It’s gonna take a LOT of berries to make some juice, though!
That sounds wonderful! I like the addition of bacon, too!
I am looking for my Dandelion Wine recipe to post...
I used to grow the German Beer Radish for my Grandpa. He'd make a HUGE production out of it with the thinly sliced radishes (they ARE strong!), Kosher salt, freshly ground pepper, a glass of beer and buttered dark rye bread.
Lunch is served! Ein Prosit!
It’s just ‘cuz we talk funny comin’ from WisCONsin and all, don’t cha’ know! ;)
I always knew radishes were good for the liver but I found this on web MD.
https://www.webmd.com/diet/health-benefits-radish\
ping on my last post
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