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Come into My Dandelion Laboratory

Baked, fried, boiled and frozen – we put the weed to the test

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Boaz Frankel
Jul 25, 2022
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Kip doesn’t care for dandelions but he did enjoy all the sun last week.

Two months ago, my side yard was full of dandelions. But it wasn’t a problem. It was just ready for harvest. Dandelions might be considered a lawn weed these days but for most of human history, they’ve been considered food and medicine.

When I got obsessed with the weeds in my backyar…

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