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Saturday 1 May 2010

Dandelions

Is it just me, or are there a lot of dandelions this year?

4 comments:

  1. My Mother in law picks the leaves, cooks them with a bit of lemon juice and serves them up as the Greek dish "horta".

    I bet a lot of Greeks will be doing the same this year!

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  2. Too late: ther are just a spark of yellow dust in the grass clippings pile now. But I like the idea of the horta. Anna is thinking of making nettle soup (something else that is flourishing this year at Chateau Nowhere), so perhaps we have a two-course meal in preparation. Does the horta go well with feta?

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  3. Absolutely! LIDL do quite a nice feta but it's hard to find good olives! Judicious use of olive oil is required on the horta by the way.

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  4. I'm quite fond of LIDL's stuff (jams and marmalades especially) but I haven't tried their cheeses. I always get the Crespo olives from my local Morrison's, which are the best I have had in a long time. (On the other hand, I have never been to Greece!)

    The olive oil on the horta went without saying! Can't have salad without it.

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