Ooo yea! It's Emmy time 😊

Dandelion jelly is incredible! It tastes and resembles honey!! Make a tea with yellow petals, let steep 24 hours, make jelly as normal. After tasting it once, it became one of my favorite foods! Please try it!!

ps: dandelion root is really good for stomach pain and bloating. mix it with chamomile and mint for a fantastic stomach soother.

Hi Ma'am. New subscriber here. When my wife and I were dating she made me a coffee replacement once when we had run out of the real deal. She basically toasted some rice in a dry pan. Actually she took it pretty far past toasted. Like almost burnt. It had the taste of coffee without the kick. Awesome. We've been married for quite some time now and she never ceases to amaze me. :)

Dandelions are awesome. The roots and leaves are rich in calcium, because that's what the dandy does. It pumps calcium back up into the soil reducing the acidity if the soil is off. They are also delicious in a salad♡. and our insects friends need their beautiful yellow flower.

love the way you talk to your chickens, thats so cute!!

Thank you for your mention of bee conservation. Beekeeper here, always nice to hear someone else spread the word!

Try running the dried & roasted roots thru a spice grinder first, then boiling & filtering it as you would for ground coffee or tea. Betcha that would have a stronger flavor then!

I don't know what I did to get recommended a Confederate dandelion coffee video, but I'm going to say that this channel and this Chef is one of the most interesting and satisfying pages I've ever found. A true hidden gem.

I love how social your chickens are with you. How they came up to you to see what you were up to was so cute!!!

I love how you talk to your chickens, such a gentle soul you have. 💖

Your chickens must have thought you were digging for worms... and maybe you'd share! LOL

Every spring during my childhood, our neighbor would collect dandelion flowers, wash them well, dip them in batter and fry them up. They were awesome !!!

I read about this dandy coffee in a Native American cookbook in high school. We’re part Cherokee so I went out immediately and pulled up every dandelion I could find. Roasted them, ground them, brewed them....it was delicious! Especially with sugar and cream. It’s good for your heart to!

I’ve commented this before on an Emmy video involving dandelions, but roasted dandelion root tea absolutely saved me during my second pregnancy! And I do not say that lightly. I developed some very severe conditions due to my liver failing to function normally. This was entirely caused by pregnancy. It manifested into an excruciating, burning, itchy rash covering my entire body due to bile build up in my liver and the toxins trying to make their way out of my skin. I am not exaggerating when I say I looked like I had the worst case of chicken pox imaginable. My skin was covered in red welts/hives and it hurt to even put clothes on. I was constantly tearing at my skin because of the intense itch, and I didn’t sleep at night. Some nights, I would sit in a cool bath for hours crying. This lasted for 23 weeks of my pregnancy. As you can imagine, I was desperate to get rid of it because I was so miserable. I was given steroids and many other treatments by my doctor, all of which failed. I researched day in and day out, and finally discovered that dandelion root tea has been used forever as a natural healer of the liver and a natural liver detox. It was worth a try. After 2 weeks of drinking it, the rash that covered 95% of my body was only covering about 50%, and my bloodwork was coming back more normal. After a month of drinking it twice a day, I was nearly completely cured up until I gave birth. I only wished I’d found out about it sooner. I have such a huge appreciation for dandelions now. They’re a gift to this earth.

My lawn is dandelions. I gave up fighting and just enjoy them now. I need to try this.

This was used in Finland during ww2 when you couldn't get coffee.

Those are some talkative ladies you have Emmy.

Here in Scandinavia we made coffe out of dandelion-roots (Amongst other things, like f.e cikoria) during WWI and WWII, because the naval blockades made shipping too risky for spending tonnage on luxury items. I´ve tried it and I kind of liked it! It´s very bitter so a lump or two of sugar is very much needed! Cool video as always!

The first time I had dandelion tea I described it as “popcorny”. I’m glad to see I wasn’t the only one to think so.

Every time you make a “Hard Times” video I hope Townsend will show up. A video with the two of you would be so awesome and wholesome it would make my month. This one was lovely as always!

You mentioned your husband thought you were baking something when you were roasting the dandelion root, my husband thought I had lit a scented candle when I was roasting mine :)

Daaaaaang, those roots were a lot bigger than I would have guessed! Also your chickens are so cute!

I am from the south, and from Louisiana, my ancestors fought against the north in the War for Southern Independence. Thank you for being very honest, open minded, and doing this. The South loves you!

I'm at work just listening to Emmy describe dandelions and call chickens ladies in a respectful manner. She's already made my day brighter. ☀

My Gramma from the old world made this. She would take me out to pick the greens like Clara

Emmy, when I was a kid in the late sixties I remember a ton of recipes using condensed Campbell’s soup. I ran across a chicken enchilada lasagne one last night while I was looking for something else and thought it would make a fun video series for you.

*Dandelions are one of several plants (e.g. black locust, for firewood, or osage-orange, for fence posts) that were spread around for practical reasons at one time, but later abandoned en-mass*

Emmy, you are absolutely adorable. I know us viewers only know what you portray on camera, but from what I can tell your family is lucky to have such a wonderful woman in their life such as yourself. Beautiful, resourceful, intelligent, and a great personality. Thank you for being you!

I have 6 hens and they LOVE young dandelions. They eat everything from the leaves to the flowers (they don’t dig up the roots though).

Love it!! I think the hard times series is one of my favorites! Also, my grandmother made dandelion wine!

I'm going to admit I didn't believe this would really taste like coffee. I made some last night and I am shocked how close it taste to coffee. Mine tasted like a slightly weaker version of the coffee I usually drink (Newman's medium roast). But that could be that I didn't steep enough of the dandelion root OR I didn't cook it in the oven long enough. It did have that chocolately smell when cooking but some videos said that you almost need to burn it. Also, many videos said that you needed to dry the dandelion root for 2 -3 hrs BEFORE cooking in the oven for 30 minutes at 350 degrees. I eliminated that lengthy step by putting the DR in the food processor and chopping it up tiny. No need to dry it out for hours before cooking it. Thumbs Up!

dandelions are the best!! they help bees and you can make teas, wine, salad, tonics, jams/jellies, etc. i just pinch off the heads of dandelions before they're about to go to seed so they don't spread at an uncontrollable rate or get into my vegetable beds :)

was anybody else caught off gaurd by how that root was? my jaw literally dropped lmao

Emmy: the time for dandelions is now as we approach spring! Western Canadians, watching it snow into May: /redirected to the maple syrup snow candy again for the 6th month

My brother and his wife used to gather dandelion buds and rinse in cold water then batter and fry them. Good and nutritious!

Emmy! I made this today! I drank mine with a liquid creamer and it tasted like the old fashioned hard toffee candies! Absolutely beautiful! Thank you so much for this recipe. It's been added to our collection of drinks. Now excuse me, I've got a yard to weed.

For the caffeine kick, try yaupon, a holly native to the southeast U.S. Probably you can get it dried... maybe it could be added to dandelion root. Don’t be put off by its scientific name being Ilex vomitoria. You have to drink a LOT for that.

I just love how you let the chickens out and they were like 'MOM! Hi Mom! Hi!' That was cute.

You should make Dandelion Honey, it is very delicious and we make some every year! Loved the video, greetings from Austria😁

I've had dandelion root tea before, which is pretty much the same thing and it really helps with bloating and upset stomachs! I'm not too fond of the taste, as it reminds me of Chinese medicinal herbal tea, which my mother used to force me to drink haha. I'll definitely be on the look out for ways to make it more palatable for me now that I know how easy it is to make!

Thank you for showing us your beautiful chickens! So cute. 🐓 💕

Dandy Blend is my favorite coffee substitute ever. Dandelion root, barley, rye, beetroot and chicory (all the stuff the confederates used to sub for coffee during the blockade, incidentally), hot or cold it's delicious.

Another KZfaqr put his dandelion roots into a blender after drying and gave 'em a blast, then sifted them and then blasted again followed by another sifting. This got the roots down to a coffee-grounds consistency and released more flavor and color with the brewing. Just an intriguing notation ...

Emmy, in my times of hardship and loneliness, you are always a bright cheerful light in a world that's faded to grey. Thank you so much, I'm a fan for life.

I have the argument every year about dandelions. I refuse to spray and my neighbors think I'm savage. .

How unique and interesting, really love the historical focus and significance of sharing a recipe such as this, to appreciate difficulties amidst war and to celebrate resourcefulness, then and now!

I was looking for a tea or coffee to make with the million dandelions in my yard and I'm so glad you have a video cuz now I know it won't kill me LOLOL

Chicory root tastes exactly like coffee but with out the caffeine.

You did a GREAT job describing this tea! I’m not a fan of it, personally, because of its horehound-like bitterness, but it has great digestive benefits. Thank you for honoring our history and making us all more mindful of the world around us. Oh, and welcome home 😘💨

You should try dandelion jam as well omg it's soooooooo good.

Uncooked rice can also be roasted and made as coffee alternative. I've heard of some people here in the Philippines doing it when they want to avoid caffeine but wants to drink something similar to coffee.

“It has a distinctive bitterness to it” I can’t believe how damn elegant she is regarding her speaking Like, I’d have just said “it’s pretty damn bitter” Love her

I adore how you talk to your chickens and how they interact with you.

Thanks so much Emmy! My history class is having an archives project that we are going to present to the whole school, so this came in handy since part of my group's project involves cooking. Much love💕

I'm a big fan of dandelion coffee! I used to have instant dandelion coffee packs all the time. It is really a satisfying drink!

I drank some years ago at a relative's place, coffee combined with dandelion tea. I remember it being a very good combo. Now I know why.

Dandelions are good to feed to chickens. They love them. They're full of vitamin A. You probably have more vitamin A in your eggs than they have in store bought ones.

Organic Dandy Blend is a powdered dandelion "coffee" they sell in my local grocery store and it is SO DELICIOUS! I drink it instead of coffee after dinner so I can sleep. And it's not bitter at all; it's actually a little sweet. So good.

I brew beer and this is giving me ideas...

I appreciate this kind of content so much. ❤️ I almost never comment, but thank you Emmy!

I could watch you interact with your chickens for hours. Absolutely precious!

Seeing Dandelions lifts the soul. Happy flower. They were my father's favourite flower.

Dandelion greens are YUMMY in salads!! I am one of the only people I know that actually PLANTS dandelion! I do keep them in my small bee friendly greenhouse!! My dog LOVES to eat them too, we get a few random ones in the yard where my dog doesn't do her business,so I take her out to munch on them :) you should see how MASSIVE my dandelions are!! The roots are about 2ft long, the broadleavea are 10 inches and length and 4in wide. If they flower the stems are well above a ft tall and the stem is and inch or 2 thick! WOW

You have such a mild manner and soothing voice, you a pleasure to watch!

Dandelion is delicious and it's root is so good for you! The leaf is great in salad. Chicory makes great coffee too!

Usually it's hung dry in a old pillow case. Chop up to grind. Used with chicory to take some of the strong bitter taste that chicory give you. Love seeing these shows.

I have a friend in Scotland that sent me the recipe to make this and one of the things he said (after I'd already dug up roots from plants WITH flowers), that tastes even better when you harvest them from the plant with no flowers, or dead flowers. I'm going to try with mine from with flower plants first and will then try the other way. Fun video! Glad I found you in my search! Getting ready to check out your Great Depression Dandelion Salad next! #NewSub

Great video, seeing the process of preparing the root was very interesting. I can't wait to see the dandelion wine video. Ooo, yeah!

I think I may try this!! I harvest dandelion greens in my yard to feed to my guinea pigs, snails, lizards, tortoise and chinchilla and they LOVE the greens as well as the flowers!! It always makes me happy to see the bees in the yard too, I always leave most of the flowers for them

Dandelion roots are high in inulin, a resistant starch which lower blood glucose. You get more benefit, though, if you harvest the roots in the fall. The plant has been storing energy as inulin all summer long and is no longer putting energy into flowering.

I am 66 years old. I have eaten Daniel lime greens. All of my life. My mother and my aunt would swear by them they was good for arthritis among other things. I like them boiled and they get tangible then fry them and some fat back or bacon. They are truly delicious

This reminds me of Navajo Tea or green thread tea which is made from a similar plant. you should definitely try it if you can get your hands on it. It has a very earthy yet sweet flavor and taste so good. I live here in AZ so it's very common on the Native American Reservations

I've had dandelion tea, but never coffee. Interesting.

FYI when you boil the coffee it kills the medical side of this root. Keep it under 180 and let it steep for 1 minute . In other words bring the water up to but shy of boil set to the side let steep. ENJOY!! I have been drinking this for just over two week and my liver spots on my arm and hands are fading. Dandelion root detoxes the liver and kidney and it tastes Great!!

I do what you do, except I grind about a third part of the root with my coffee beans and make coffee. I love it when you get a nice long root out in one piece! Thanks for sharing. Nature provides so much. 🌱🌞

Your hens look great especially considering it’s right out of winter!! And I love that you mentioned the bees issuing the dandelions as an early source of nectar. So important and as usual Emmy is so so conscientious 🙏🏻

This looks amazing! I've never heard of coffee made from okra seeds -- that's got to be an experience. Love your gorgeous chickens. I bet they're the happiest, best cared-for chickens in the country.

The leaves, and flowers, make sun tea really well too.

Love dandelion salad with hot bacon dressing (a PA Dutch recipe). I've also had dandelion wine. I've never heard of dandelion coffee, and I live 15 minutes from Gettysburg. Thanks for the plug for bees! I never knew the importance of dandelion for the bees until I became a beekeeper a few years back.

One of the only YT channel that you can learn something interesting ❤️ love you Emmy!

*I laughed so hard when you said your husband asked are you cooking something sweet? then you replied changing your voice to a 1920’s gangsters moll wife (Nar honey its just dandilion roots!) 😆😂🤣👍🏼*

I'm in love with the grumpy noises your chickens make.

It's very good for your liver. I live on dandelion roast root tea twice per day. It's satisfying and is a superb health-enhancing. I collect dandelion greens for salad. Thise hens are such cutie patooties.

Those chickens are gonna love you for upturning all that dirt. Plenty of fresh dirt full of bugs to dig through!

Next on Emmy: Emmy gets a cow, milk it & churns butter! XD

Washing the Dandelion flower is great for salads. Really good for the complexion and full of anti oxidants. Dandelion greens are great for salads .

Thing you missed was that the coffee pot with used grounds that they carried everywhere during the civil war. Using the old coffee pot like a good used percolator will give even more coffee taste.

Jesus !!!!! Emmy whenever I see dandelions I m thinking of you........ YOU HAVE MADE EVERYTHING POSSIBLE OUT OF THEM. Thank you for teaching us so many different things.

Loved seeing your chickens and the backyard. You're such a sweet, caring, animal person!

How cool is this world?!?!? The path of life is like a train, We scoop up and scoop up information as we go along,but for lack of room on said train somebody on the caboose is chunking it off as fast as we can scoop it up. I’m always thankful for the weirdos walking the tracks,picking up what is tossed off..... Not calling the chick in the video a “weirdo” ....please know what I mean!! She seams really really super cool!!! 😁 “Apologies I’m not so good with words” This is awesome. My grandma survived the depression,she had many wise words that I to this day try and live my life by I remember one being very simple: “When In doubt,DONT!” I unlike her so far never found religion,but am always pleased to see someone with the sand to explore things she probably did. (Cobwebs on bad cuts,raw eggs and oil of caster if you were a very slow child who drank some old perfume because it smelt good?!🤭🤢) (Guilty ! 🙄) Somebody needs to be collecting all of this data, If they don’t,it will all “Up and Take a powder” (That means go away,without a trace)

You can also add the flower petals to your salad. Soak the flowers to remove any dirt or bugs. Pinch the green cap off the bottom, sprinkle the petals on your salad. A warning! Pulling the roots will leave divot holes in your lawn! I pulled chicory up by the roots for several years and realized that "dips" were being left in the lawn. Now I wait for dry weather, push a hole next to the root, and pour boiling water down the hole. The thirsty root will eagerly take up the boiling water and cook itself.

If I was a chicken i would want emmy to own me.

High praise, indeed, seeing that you are normally such a coffee purist!

The blossoms are delicious floured and fried in butter

They also enrich the soil, they pull nutrients up from deep as they are a deep rooter!

Chicory coffee is wonderful! Chicory grows wild here where I live, and I know a lot of folks that still mix ground chicory in with their coffee grounds, just to keep the taste. It adds an extra dimension and I love it :)

I've been dying to see someone actually make this!

"You guys're gonna eat my dandelions?" Best line ever.

Hard times. Yep we all have had those , some worse than others. But also my grandfather showed me years ago that back in the 1930's in Appalachian mts. Everybody was poor as you could get and supplies where few and far in between, well anyhow he told me they would take corn mill and put it in a iron skillet on the wood Cook stove and scorch the mill until it turned black. Then they would make coffee from that when times where really tough just to bring up moral ya know. Ya never know when times will get rough and I think we will have some very rough times in near future. With that being said most folk should be very thankful for what they have during good times and tough times. One thing tough times have showed me is I can always adapt and over come and will make it , also it makes you very thankful for good times and your supplies. I feel America is headed to a time we haven't seen in a while and good people come out of times of trial and the fire will mold those that are meant to shine. Good day to all and GOD bless those that can see and hear the times that are coming. Good vid👍