I might have seen them selling dandelion in the supermarket; however, I might not have eaten it before.... Then, the other day, as part of my new life's adventure into cooking... I picked it up from the supermarket....
The recipe I used was something like... extra virgin olive oil, pressed garlic, some herbs (thyme, sage, rosemary), salt and pepper... chopped red onion and a whole lot of dandelion leaves...
The outcome... a huge bowl of dandelion green.... sauteed... rather than boiled.... (wow high tech for me! considering I spent the majority of the past 15 years cooking via bring everything to a boil together)
I was all excited until I took the first bite...
OMG... bitter is the only thing I could think of... 8-O lol
At that point, I finally came closer to understand what is means...唖子吃黄蓮... 8-X (so is the story of my life especially at this time... 8-O lol sigh)
Anyways, I stood there staring at the huge bowl da bitter green. Who could I blame it on? I brought it forth myself.
Since I don't waste food, that extremely bitter thing.... one bite at a time... I finished the whole bowl....
All that I could say...
Well, so they say...
Dandelion is good for your health within moderation... bitter, for instance, is believed to help detoxing and good for liver...
http://health.howstuffworks.com/dandelion-herbal-remedies.htm
The second day, I tried to cook Dandelion again... this time, I added some vinegar to season the dish and... interestingly, it did cut the bitter taste down big time.
When I cooked it for the 3rd time, I actually simply boiled it with other vegetables... the water might have diluted whatever constitutes the bitter taste.... It didn't taste all that bitter at all...
By the way, in the above article, the author mentioned that you can also add ingredients such as mushroom and kyle if you are trying to prepare a sauteed dish. I think I will try this out today and see whether it makes it more edible.
