Title: Greens (Ai)
Categories: Amerind Vegetable
Yield: 4 Servings

		Dandelion, yellow dock,
		Cowslips and milkweed plants
	cn	Be cooked as
		Greens Select young, tender
		Plants (cowslips before they
		Blossom) sort out
		Plants to remove bad ones or
		Sticks and wash thoroughly.
		Cook in small
		Amount of water for 10
		Minutes Add salt and pepper
		When done.

Some like yellow dock cooked with pieces of cooked salt Pork for a special flavor. Butter or grease can be added to the milkweed greens. Dandelion greens can be flavored with salt, pepper and a bit of vinegar.

Before freezers, milkweed plants were cooked, the liquid drained off and the greens dried in the sun. When thoroughly dried, put into large paper bags and stored in the attic for the winter. Often these bags hung from the rafters.

Jim's Note: It's been a while since I have had cowslips or yellow dock. Milkweed and dandelion I get in my back yard. Young dandelion is very good in salads in place of or with lettuce. It is easy to prepare and it's free. Milkweed on the other hand is best if boiled in fresh water at least twice. This will get rid of most of the milk, which can be bitter. Milkweed has a mild asparagus flavor and don't cost $2.39 a lb. which is our current price for asparagus.

SOURCE: Dorothy Crouse, Tuscarora, Iroquois Cookbook SHARED BY: Jim Bodle 10/92 From: Fred Towner Date: 03-03-96

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