"Steveo" wrote in message
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JohnM wrote:
Frank Gilliland wrote:


And before I crash, I just have to jump on the soapbox for a
moment.... I can't believe that there is so much hatred for the
Dandelion! It's not just edible but every part is edible, and not too
bad if cooked up right. My biggest gripe is that such a common weed is
detested even though it has been proven to actually -improve- the
overall functions of the circulatory system -without- side effects,
and -without- a prescription. And it makes a pretty decent decaf
latte. If there's proof that God really exists, it might just be the
Dandelion -- yet we exterminate it as an offensive weed. Kind of
ironic how history repeats itself..... end soapbox.

When I lived in San Diego, bunch of years ago, there was a woman who
remembered eating dandelion greens at her grandmother's house.. picked a
bunch in the yard and fed 'em to the family- they ended up going to the
emergency room 'cause they thought they were dying, turned out what she
thought to be big dandelions were some relative of tobacco

John

Hi John, that tobaccy juice can really turn a person green when swallowed.
My uncle (god rest) used to chew that mail pouch stuff like it was going
outta style, so as a youngin' I was always curious what the big attraction
was, besides the cool spitting side effect.

Never failed to make me wanna hurl, whenever I'd get the nerve to try it
again

Don't do it dude. I did for a while in high School. Skoal Bandits
came out towards the end, gave it up after that. I did like the wintergreen,
great flavour

Landshark


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