Dandelions drying. They take 2-3 days to dry in the conservatory.The first tray I picked, I put on the garden table to start drying in the sun while we were having a cup of tea. Ian, sitting closest to the table, watched the insects browsing the flowers. He said, "That bee just set off in a very purposeful manner. I think you'd better move the basket." I did, and sure enough, four or five more bees came to investigate the now-absent feast of flowers, then left looking rather confused. This was either funny or a rather scary, depending on how close you were sitting to the table.
I've eaten a few dandelions as fritters (dip in pancake batter and fry) but mostly I'm drying them for tea (put 6-8 flowers in a mug, add hot water and wait 5 min-ish). As well as a hot drink, dandelion tea is quite a good substitute for white wine in cooking. I ran out of last year's dried dandelions in January, so I'm drying LOTS to make sure that doesn't happen this year. I might have a go at making wine from them this year, too.
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