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- From: reid@decwrl.UUCP (Brian Reid)
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- Subject: RECIPE: Dandelion salad
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- Date: 25 Sep 87 03:11:47 GMT
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- .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE DANDELIONS SL "13 May 86" 1986
- .RZ "DANDELION SALAD" "Dinner salad made with dandelions and cheese"
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture once had a big presence in the life of the
- average American. Their publications on home canning, gardening, and cooking
- found their way into almost every household in the country.
- .PP
- The USDA Food and Nutrition Service still exists, and they still produce
- books and pamphlets on every topic having to do with growing, eating, and
- analyzing food. In this era of frozen food, microwave ovens, and iceberg
- lettuce, there's much less demand for their books than there once was.
- .PP
- In time for the Bicentennial, the USDA produced a book called
- \fIFavorite American Recipes\fR, which is a non-copyrighted collection of
- traditional American rural and farm recipes. All are simple and nutritious;
- most are also a little dull. Here's one that I like.
- .IH "serves 4"
- .IG "\(12 lb" "tender, fresh dandelion greens" "200 g"
- .IG "\(12 cup" "thinly sliced red onions" "65 g"
- .IG "2" "tomatoes,"
- cut in fourths.
- .IG "\(14 lb" "sharp cheddar cheese," "110 g"
- grated
- .IG "\(12 tsp" "black pepper" "2.5 ml"
- .IG "\(14 cup" "salad oil" "60 ml"
- .IG "3 Tbsp" "vinegar" "50 ml"
- .IG "1 tsp" "dill" "5 ml"
- .PH
- .SK 1
- Wash the dandelion greens carefully. Drain well and cut into pieces.
- .SK 2
- Add the onions, tomatoes, and cheese. Toss to mix.
- .SK 3
- Make a salad dressing by mixing the pepper, salad oil, vinegar, and dill.
- Dress the salad, toss, and serve.
- .NX
- Make sure that you take the dandelion greens from a lawn that has not been
- treated with pesticides or anti-growth hormones recently. (Many lawn
- fertilizers also contain weed-control hormones).
- .PP
- You can substitute a commercial salad dressing for the oil, vinegar, pepper,
- and dill.
- .SH RATING
- .I Difficulty:
- easy.
- .I Time:
- 5 minutes.
- .I Precision:
- no need to measure.
- .WR
- Brian Reid
- DEC Western Research Lab, Palo Alto CA
- reid@decwrl.DEC.COM -or- {decvax,ihnp4,ucbvax,sun}!decwrl!reid
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