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• Iheartcheese@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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      • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        In my area, when people don’t cut their lawns, they damn sure ain’t paying for pesticides.

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    • Iheartcheese@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I might even get a little protein too?

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      • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        The spiders are optional. Honestly, you’re more likely to encounter their egg sack under a dandelion than the actual mother spider, unless you pluck them early in the morning dew when momma spider might be at home…

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    • themeatbridge@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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      • pseudo@jlai.lu ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Sure but it will still have bitterness and that’s what there is to like about this type of salad

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• Slovene@feddit.nl ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The whole dandelion is edible. Flower too.

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• over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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