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I've made dandelion wine, bitter medicine but I like bitter food. I like young dandelions in my salad too, but I don't eat them in the wild too often because of deer poo, which carry all sorts of parasites, deer in our area of Oregon are thicker than fleas on a mangy dog. I grew them in my fenced off garden ;-)

yes i understand, thats why we take only from areas without animals, often from high hills or mountain areas.

I worm our family twice a year anyway using black walnut, wormwood, and pumpkin seeds. Better safe than sorry ;-) Being a farm girl and all, I know how easy it is to pick up parasites.