| Show DANDELION AS FOOD I Is Real Delicacy and Surpasses Spinach in Salad Recipes Handed Down From Mother to Daughter Among Pennsylvania Germans Make Savory Dishes From Despised Plant Philadelphia N Philadelphia Notwithstanding Notwithstanding the general increase in the cost of living there Is one dainty which the Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Penn Penn- sylvania Germans are enjoying now Just as in tho the springtime of past years That dainty is the dandelion Pennsylvania German housewives are famous not alone for their skill as cooks but also for producing savory dishes at the least possible cost Among them the tho preparation of the dandelion for the table has become become be be- come an art Usually it is cooked as spinach or eaten as a salad Some of the favorite recipes have havo been bean handed down as legacies from mother to daughter for many genera genera- Like most recipes of Pennsylvania Pennsyl Pennsyl- vania vanla German cookery they are not written out by those who invent them nor do the women who possess them seem able to impart their mysteries with any degree of precision to persons persons persons per per- sons not Imbued with the Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsyl Pennsyl- vania German culinary instinct Pennsylvania German cooks are ore born and not made and they do not reduce their art to cold mathematical formulas In explaining a certain concoction concoction con can to one deemed worthy of their confidence they say I take me as much salt as will wUl go on the end of a B knife knife so so or You Just take not quite a n cup of flour or Just pour a little molasses into It and mix it until it is ready ready so It seems so 80 far as an outsider may penetrate tho secret that the usual way of preparing the dandelion Is to cut off all roots and wash the leaves thoroughly then place them in a sauce saucepan saucepan saucepan pan full of at boiling water permitting it to boil boll for an hour after which the leaves are drained and placed in a frying pan with butter salt and pepper pepper pepper pep pep- per and the mixture is stirred until thoroughly heated It Is then served with an egg or with sliced hard boiled eggs Another method Is to beat one egg until light add half a cupful of cream stir this over the fire until it thickens then add a small piece of butter two tablespoonfuls of vinegar and salt and pepper The dandelion leaves are washed and cut up after which the hot dressing is poured over them the mixture being stirred over the fire until until un un- un til the leaves are wilted As a salad dandelion usually is prepared prepared pre pre- pared like lettuce though Instead of the mayonnaise dressing popular elsewhere elsewhere elsewhere else else- where a dressing of hot bacon fat is sometimes preferred Dandelion is also made into wine which Is held to be a remedy for a bitter and It Is held to be a Some rural churches with 1 la I. grounds set apart a day In Inell ell all the members Join in inthe W wa the dandelions growing |
