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Dandelions used to be both cultivated and consumed, it is only in modern times that we've decided it's a weed.

Yet, the appropriate context to judge the contemporary dandelions is "modern times."

I have often purchased dandelion greens at my local farmer’s market - they are great sautéed!

Be sure to harvest when they're new. They turn tough and bitter with age.

Like us.

Or worse, bitter and weak.