Great Depression Cooking - Dandelion Salad

welcome to my kitchen I'm Clara I'm 94 years old today we are making some meals from the Depression oh now we're going to pick some dandelion out on me back here it's a good meal to have during the Depression because it's free and it's good for you I dig them out then after I get them all in the house and I clean her up cut him out with a knife [Music] oh there's a nice one there the good one looks like a nice flower if nothing is broken [Music] take out through the route and keep the leaves the dead leaves you throw out the woodland you keep after their life that you're bringing me in is to clean them up get ready for a salad or cooking or whatever you gonna do I think we got it enough this is how I clean the dead line take out all the dead dead ones out you take out the flower you don't eat your flowers take that out take out all the bad ones when I watch just a hostess bakery I put a knife in my purse so on the way home from work I click the underlined bring home to my mother we love that life they're very good for you - they're cheap get them for nothing you know all you need is a little patience or work it takes quite a while to clean you we have to have patience takes a while to do everything but the outcome is pretty good so first you clean him like I'm treating them now take out all the bad ones then you wash them very very high cuz they're full of dirt that's a pretty way that's a pretty good bite yep all the dirt go in the garbage put a foot in here and soak it in water for a while take all the dirt out of it now they're all clean ready to get wash they're cooking or is it self whichever way you like I'm gonna do that a few more times I where is it a few more times so it'll be really clean no dirtiness gonna leave us there for a while and soak all the dirt out of it then we'll wash it real good subtitle or speaks of you he drops food from heaven sometimes you catch a break in this mission and once we had quail it's felt somebody must have shot it and it's still in our yard so we didn't know who it belongs to nobody came for it that's just what are we gonna do it in my - there's a cellar my yard it's my property so my mother cooked it it's very good the ribs that Serge ribs but you have to do a few more before you get it off please a lot of people don't eat this anymore but I showed you and they're good for you they're good tasty what else could I say now they're clean they're ready to make this melon first we're gonna have to take the salad we already watched it dry this no lemon juice now I put it in the olive oil I have to put a little salt and I never put pepper and celery some people do but I don't then you stir it this is better just mix with your hands that's just what I'm going to do now wash your head and use your hands to mix it up well that's it it's all done ready to eat well remember the child still tastes the same that's good good for you so try today we're going to reach eight plants Pappajohn I guess this what you call us and that's what I call it anyway [Music] and oh no oh lord have mercy please so I hate him I hate him I just can't stand him

Channel: Great Depression Cooking with Clara

Views: 2,778,508

Keywords: Great, Depression, Cooking, granny, Clara, Cannucciari, inexpensive, meals, Chris, Old, Lady, nana, Recipe, Food, delicio

Id: 51VhG8MKxJY

Length: 5min 40sec (340 seconds)

Published: Sat Aug 15 2009