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over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

• themeatbridge@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  You can eat dandelion greens, but be careful where you pick them. Some people use pesticides for spiders and ticks around their homes, or weed-killers. You can also boil the greens and flowers to make tea.

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  • Iheartcheese@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    So maybe I get a yummy meal, maybe I just fucking die?

    I’ll roll those dice.

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    • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      I’m not in Australia. The only spiders I know of that might nest under a dandelion are small American jumping spiders.

      They’re effectively harmless, and honestly I wouldn’t eat them, as they are our cute 8 legged kittens that eat the other bugs out there.

      Look first, if no bugs or spiders, then free dandelion food yo! 👍

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      • trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Eating the spiders is not an issue. Eating pesticides that people use against spiders is.

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      • Iheartcheese@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        I might even get a little protein too?

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      • themeatbridge@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Almost all of our spiders are completely harmless. Even the black widow and brown recluse are not as dangerous as people think.

        We spray for bugs because people don’t want house spiders in their house.

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    • pseudo@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Come discuss at !foraging@lemm.ee I’ve eaten dandelion before and I’m still hear to tell the story. I’ve made side dish of the stem. And it taste good. It’s a vegetable without a strong taste.
      The leaves are grow and sell as salad even if it is not as common as lettuce. It has much more flavour than to stem.

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      • rayyy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Dandelion leaves can be bitter but some people actually cannot taste bitter. One way to reduce the bitter taste is to pick the youngest and fastest growing leaves out of direct sunlight, as sun exposure increases bitterness.

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  • Slovene@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    The whole dandelion is edible. Flower too.

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  • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    People that are too lazy or can’t afford to cut their lawn typically also can’t or don’t care to afford pesticides.

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    • Eatspancakes84@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Not (frequently) mowing your lawn is one of the best things you can do for your local bee population. Dandelions and other meadow flowers are great sources of nutrition for them. Obviously, don’t use pesticides either.

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• eager_eagle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2NGeTbzDXU

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