Dandelion Root

[Chillimad]

Thanks to shirlthegirl I have just found this How to Make Roasted Dandelion Root Coffee

Guess it has got to be worth a try for anyone that likes a bit of an experiment.

Camp coffee ? we will see if it is any match shirl.

[Flummery]

I made it the first year we took over our old garden - very dandelion-ridden plot. It's quite a nice drink - as long as you don't think of it as coffee!

[shirlthegirl43]

Just don't blame me if it is really horrid please - I only remembered reading about it somewhere!

[lynda66]

i remember years ago, when there was a coffee shortage, and mother decided to make some ...... was foul lol

[Flummery]

It doesn't make a bad Dandelion Latte - it is just SO not like coffee!

[di]

Aren't Dandelions supposed to be one of the most nutritous plants able to grow on land in this country?...second only to seaweed....which is obviously of the sea & not land!
Or was it all a dream???...I've never tasted any part of dandelion myself but the leaves are supposed to be good in a salad.

[janeyo]

If you like I will donate my large dandelion collection which has taken years to collect. No really, I don't mind... all you have to do is come and dig em up

[Flummery]

It's a diuretic. 'Tis not for nowt they are called pis en lit in France!

[Two_Sheds]

Yes, my niece calls it Wee Wee Leaves

The guinea pigs love it, but they are totally incontinent afterwards

[pigletwillie]

But will it make you wet the bed? Let us know the answer to that one Mike.

[Chillimad]

But will it make you wet the bed? Let us know the answer to that one Mike.

I will update you David as soon as I have tried some,,,, but to be honest I doubt I would wet the bed,, as I hardly go to bed anyhow too busy one here or working

[terrier]

My Mum said they made it during the last war when tea and coffee was in short supply. She said it tasted disgusting. They also made ice cream out of potatoes during the cold winters, goodness knows what that tasted like.

[janeyo]

My mum had her rose tinted glasses on remembering how delicious Camp Coffee is frm when she was a gal... she bought some and said it was now disgusting! lol

[allotmentlady]

hmmm let us know how u get on......

[di]

My Mum said they made it during the last war when tea and coffee was in short supply. She said it tasted disgusting. They also made ice cream out of potatoes during the cold winters, goodness knows what that tasted like.

When DD was a toddler she went through a particularly fussy eating phase where all she wanted was "treats"...I'd often pop a scoop of mashed potato in a cone,surprisingly she'd get at least half way through before realising!(if you add a little beetroot you "almost" get strawberry!)