Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Dandelion Stir Fry

So naturally, I had to do it.  I mean, how can you not eat dandelions after learning that the entire plant is edible?  I went outside, and I immediately plucked a fresh dandelion leaf.  I chewed.

I almost spit it out.

Yeah, it was probably the most bitter thing I've ever tasted.  Not exactly something I'd like to eat daily.  I'd prepare a violet salad instead, if given the opportunity.  Now that's yummy!

I decided to eat dandelion, though, and darn it!  I was going to do it.



So there!

I thought about the many recipes I had seen floating around the web, and I remembered that one of those recipes was a dandelion stir fry.  That's an easy thing for me to accomplish.  I make a pretty decent basic stir fry all the time.

So I got out my ingredients.


Yes, comparatively speaking there is a very small amount of dandelion in this stir fry, but I just didn't have the heart to make my husband and daughter eat something that had a large chance of being, well, gross.  The dandelion leaves, therefore, were all placed on my plate, and they got the "normal" stir fry ingredients.

At last I had finished making dinner, and the moment of truth had arrived.  I stared at my plate, crossing my fingers in hope that cooked dandelion was better tasting than raw. 

I took a bite.

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It was good!!!  The stir fried leaves had an unusual (but pleasant) texture, and were no longer bitter.  Well, ok... there was a slightly bitter flavor to them, but the bitterness was no longer overwhelming.

I could definitely do this again.  I just need to remember that while raw dandelion leaves are unappealing to me, dandelion stir fry is pretty awesome!

Success!




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