Dandelion Greens And Potatoes - Great Depression Era Recipe - Cheap Meal

dandelion greens were very popular during the Great Depression my family members would get the dandelions for free because they would go to the fields and they would pick them today you have to be more careful where you pick your damn two lines but you can still get them for free these here I bought in the local market and I washed them good and now I have them soaking in water you really want your dandelions to be clean some people like to eat dandelions raw in a salad but I'm making dandelions with potato and onion and garlic I have three cups of potatoes that are cut up into 1-inch pieces I have a large handful of dandelions that I have soaking and then I have one pad of butter I have half of an onion that I sliced up and I have one clove of garlic that I diced into small pieces I have my skillet on medium low and now I'm adding my pad of butter to melt now I'm adding my chopped up onions and the potatoes now I'm gonna stir this around and cook this till the potatoes get soft and I'm gonna put the cover on and this will make the potatoes cook faster I'm going to drain off the dandelion because we like to chop it the potatoes have been cooking for a few minutes and I added a half a cup of water so they'll cook faster we like our greens chopped so now I'm gonna cut them to 1 inch pieces into 1 inch and this I love this cutting board it was a gift to me and I like it because it has the sides that come up and so everything you start with everything you chop stays on the board the potatoes are done now and we cook them about 10 to 15 minutes and now we are putting the garlic we're adding the garlic and we're stirring it around gently because the you could see how much the potatoes are done and now we're adding the 4 cups of dandelions the dandelions will be cooked till they're wilted I decided I want to sprinkle a little bit of olive oil on the dandelions and potatoes to make it nice and tasty [Music] if you like to cook with the bacon or bacon fat you can add it to the recipe and now I'm going to place the cover on so the dandelion will cook faster I'm also adding the juice of 1/2 a lemon that's good it's good and for a little bit of color I'm adding some smoked paprika you could also eat this with eggs or on a sandwich how's it taste grandpa tastes good [Music]

Channel: Grandma Feral

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Id: 8TD_74YK3_k

Length: 4min 41sec (281 seconds)

Published: Sun May 17 2020