Thanks everybody. Thanks Ushaji and Gurcahranji for additional info - it's uasge in salads. Dalia
On May 11, 9:34 pm, Ushadi micromini <[email protected]> wrote: > Garden variety dandelion... > > now considered troublesome weed by most homemakers, the seeds were > originally carried by the european lady ancestors of these same > modern day homemakers, to be planted around their homesteading huts, > as a supplemental green ..especially .. a salad green, and they knew > that its roots are a lever detoxification herb par excel-lance.. and > the leaves are now grown in California health conscious farms and sold > across the country in green groceries... as salad or even bitter leaf > vegetable to be boiled , salted eaten with toast and soup.... and > dandelion rootsw are sold in some NYC green herbs stores... > I personally love the taste in a salad of very tendre leaves, when the > edges are still soft and roundish, before the dentation appears, esp > if it comes from a non-poisoned lawn.... > > Usha di... > ====== > > On May 11, 7:08 pm, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Taraxacum officinale is a vasty weed here in North America > > Tanay > > > On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 5:21 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Yes Taraxacum officinale > > > > -- > > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > > > Retired Associate Professor > > > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > > > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > > > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > > >http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 2:00 PM, amit chauhan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Hi, > > > >> Taraxacum officinal indeed ! > > > >> On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 1:47 PM, Dr Pankaj Kumar > > >> <[email protected]>wrote: > > > >>> Taraxacum officinale > > >>> Pankaj > > > >>> On May 11, 1:07 pm, Dalia Set <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>> > Small yellow sunflowerlike flowers - plenty on the grass bed around > > >>> > Deoriatal lake in Uttarakhand , Apr 2011. > > >>> > Looks very common - but can not tag with proper id. Please help. > > > >>> > Thanks > > >>> > Dalia > > > >>> > ForID8_Kakragad.jpg > > >>> > 69KViewDownload > > > >>> > ForID9_Kakragad.jpg > > >>> > 94KViewDownload > > > >> -- > > >> Dr. Amit Chauhan > > >> Junior Technical Assistant > > >> Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Research Centre, > > >> Pantnagar, PO Dairy Farm Nagla, Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand > > >> 263149 > > >> ph.05944 234445 > > >> mob.+919412161087 > > >> mail: [email protected] > > >> [email protected] > > >> [email protected] > > > -- > > *Tanay Bose* > > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. > > Department of Botany. > > University of British Columbia . > > 3529-6270 University Blvd. > > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > > Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) > > 604-822-2019 (Lab) > > 604-822-6089 (Fax) > > [email protected] > > *Webpages:*http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.htmlhttp://www.botany.ubc.ca/...- > > Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -

