My morning started with this.
Hubby was teaching Son how to use the riding mower, and I went running frantically to ask them to stop, and to wait.
Hubby helped. Although reluctantly, as he was eager to take me on my first motorcycle ride.
I needed enough for 2 cups of yellow dandelion petals, so we picked some.
Note on the dandelions: Recipe states to rinse then pull the petals off. Once they get wet, they are horrible to get off the flower heads. I put them all in my salad spinner after rinsing to remove as much water as I could.
Mmm! I made two loaves of dandelion bread. The recipe is here (Food Storage and Survival). I think my bread is a bit more yellow due to the yolks of our organic eggs here. Not sure, but it looks brighter than the photo on the recipe.
It's a dense, moist, heavy bread. Good to slather on some butter, honey or whatnot. I'll admit, it requires some work removing those petals, but I had a helper in the kitchen this time. The loaves are not real tall, but have a good flavor. I can't really give you a sense of the flavor, but it's good. I got my dandelions just in time today.
I picked a bit too many dandelions, so the extras went into the freezer. I'll most likely use the flowers for tea making.
A small funny...
As we were picking the dandelions, I said to Hubby, "did you know the stems of dandelions can used and eaten in place of noodles?" He responded, "only you." Which I responded, "we have oodles of noodles here on the homestead." We both laughed. I'm pretty sure I made some grammatical errors in that last paragraph but I must scoot and get my day started.
8 comments:
Oodles of noodles is better than gluts of nuts! ;o} (Although at the prices of nuts today, if the "nuts" weren't the human kind that might be very profitable!
Mama Pea you always make me laugh!
What a pretty bread...yellow is my favorite color! LOL!
Sam I Am, by the looks of the yard, I'll be making it again.
Love it! You have given me a use for the fields of these we have out here!
Hibiscus House, my family loved the bread. As soon as the rain leaves us again, I want to make it again.
Late to the party for sure but I saw your comment about the lack of brightness in your photo on the recipe. I used a simple photo correction to remove a little blue, lighten it up just a touch overall then increased the saturation slightly.
Since all of your content is protected I can't post my version for you to see.
Thanks Unknown
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