“we ate a lot of dandelions, they’re cheap, you can get em for nothing” this is the most wholesome content you can find on this website

She literally just picked grasses from outside and made a lunch. I realized how ungrateful I am :(

I had a neighbour who was a very nice but extremely quiet and guarded lady. One morning, I noticed she was weeding my yard. I went to speak with her and thanked her but she didn't need to do it. She said, "I eat the dandelion greens". She asked if I used any pesticide and I said no. I found out later from her daughter that she was a holocaust survivor and how much she had suffered. My heart ached. Her daughter said, they used to make wine or drinks from the dandelion flowers. It is amazing how humans can adapt to a very cruel life. Clara's video reminded me of the beautiful soul, I had the blessing of knowing.

One of the most precious, enjoyable people on KZfaq. RIP Sweet Clara.

To everyone feeling sad about her passing away, lets just be glad she doesnt have to experience all this crap we are facing right now. Imagine living through the Great Depression then potentially having to go through a similar situation in your twilight years

I'm genuinely upset I only discovered Clara after her death. God bless her.

Clara: "It's literally free food that's nutritious." Local Bistro: "$23."

What a beautiful woman. At first I felt sad when I read that she'd passed but she looks like she lived a full life. Not everybody can say that. God bless her soul

From the great depression to her own you tube channel. What a sea of change witnessed in one life time.

*Neighbor see’s me furiously ripping dandelions out of the ground*

"Sometimes the Lord thinks of you...he drops food from Heaven" said Clara with the most heartwarming smile and grateful heart I've seen thus far. Can't believe I just found this hidden treasure. RIP Clara.

Let's get her to a million for her family to get a gold play button. She's so close! What a tribute and wonderful momento of their grandmother that'd be

My grandparents told me they used to eat “wish sandwich’s” it was a sandwich where they wished there was something in between it 😂

Currently having a mental break down after finding out she’s not on this earth anymore

If anyone else told me to eat dandelions, I’d look at them like they’re crazy. If Clara says dandelions are good, I say please tell me more.

🥰whoever keeps this channel going, thank you. Because of Clara i been able to try new meals without breaking the bank. And learned things I never knew.

This camera quality is great considering this was posted in 2009

Is anyone else a little concerned we might start having to take notes here?

If ckara knew where we were headed now,She might realize how useful her time and efforts were to us all. More so now than ever.

You also can make dandelion "honey" from the flowers - actually syrup, not real honey, but surprisingly close to honey and actually really good.

Let’s admit it. You didn’t search this up

I am floored with her incredibly lucid mind. She was a sharp cookie at 94. In fact, she probably ran rings around people 20 years younger. I am equally impressed by her stamina and amazed at her cheerfulness. The world was surely blessed with this wonderful woman in it. And, still is. Truly infectious.

My grandmother made this salad. I will share this with my father. He’s 88 and will love Clara. The salt of the Earth.

What a gorgeous lady. To be 94 and on KZfaq!!! RIP dear lady... You just inspired me to go check my dandelion plants. I drink dandelion grounds as a coffee substitute.

funny this is showing up in our recommended while the economy is collapsing..

Clara and her family back in the depression: **finding ways to make healthy and delicious meals from very little** Me, in 2020, with enough money to get good food: top ramen

I watched these when I first moved in my own and was poor, and I was starving. These videos carried me through rough times.

As someone who's been eating dandelion salads for as long as I can remember this was a interesting watch! I thought we were the only ones that ate them. Theres one important thing that was left out: Only eat these things in the early spring, after they start blooming or get lots of sun the leaves get super bitter and taste horrible. Also we chop them up fairly fine so it's more like a slaw, still use the oil salt and lemon juice but we sometimes add fresh plain crumbled tofu and or veganise to mellow out the flavour a bit. The ratios of lemon and salt are fine tuned to get the yummiest results

"The Lord is good to you". "It drops food from heaven". I love this.. positively love it.

so this was in my recommended as the stock market is crashing and coronavirus is scaring the shit out of everyone. hmm. not a great sign.

I just made fried dandelion today. I always wanted to make them but i was very unsure and i didn't always have the right ingredients in my house. (Im latino, we don't really bake or use regular flour in my house hold.) but today a lady gave me flour that she didn't need and its early April. I picked someone dandelions, washed them good, got weird looks from my grandma, and made one of the best things i have ever cooked.

I think of Clara every time I see dandelions. Making dandelion salad today for the first time!

This woman is literally everyone’s grandma. It’s a shame i only found her after she passed.

And when the world needed her most... she vanished

The memories flood back I'm 63 my grandmother raised me and my brothers. She would make dandilion salad. She would also will them in pan with onions and hot oil it was good didn't need pepper it already had a pepper taste,like alot of lettuse does.

Spring is back! We had dandelion, trout leaf and ramp salad with homemade lemon dressing this evening. 😌 RIP Clara! May your wisdom and bright spirit continue on through your videos for years to come. ❤

Me in high school: That looks disgusting I would probably never eat that Me in college: WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN

I love it when she says “it’s good for you”

I use the young leaves in my salad sandwiches instead of the shop bought lettuces. Dandelions are free, full of goodness and l like the unique taste.They are also readily available. God is a good provider.

I am 58 and I still harvest dandelions and stinging nettles as they are the first ones to grow in the spring, they both are sauted or made into a soup or added to scrambled eggs

This is so lovely and wholesome. Why are we only seeing this now? Imagine how she would’ve felt had she known all of us were looking at this video in 2020.

"Sometimes the Lord thinks of you, and drops food from heaven." Reminds me of a story my mom told me about her mother during the Great Depression. Like everyone else, my grandma's family was poor, and didn't have much to eat. She and her siblings were walking along the road when a truck hauling vegetables was driving by. A big bag of onions fell off the truck, and the truck didn't stop to retrieve it. So she and her siblings picked it up and hauled it home. For the next week, they ate meals made of onion. When she was older, one of her favorite things to eat was buttered white bread with a thick slice of Limburger and a slab of onion. For everyone else, it was the breath slayer... for her it had been a lifesaver.

My 1/2 Italian grandfather, born in the 20’s, used to pick dandelions to eat too and my grandmother thought he was odd for it.

I miss Clara. So nice that she’s been immortalised in these wonderful videos ❤

My great grandma used to go out and collect dandelions for her salads all the time. People used to try to give her money because they thought she was resorting to eating dandelions because she was in poverty, but in reality she only did it because she cared about her health! She lived to be 101 years old. ♥️

This woman has so much love and sweetness, she just wants to help others even cleaning a flower is a way she is thinking to help someone.

I remember watching this when it first came out. God bless y'all for sharing Clara's knowledge with us!

TY ❣️Clara’s family for continuing to let us watch her wisdom♥️

Me: I’ll never use this Me in March of 2020: so you said the leaves are where ?

The camera quality for a 10 year old video is pretty good.

Everything about this channel makes me happy. I love listening to Clara and watching her beautiful old hands. She reminds me of my Mother. ♥️

"It takes awhile to do anything, you need patience" I love this sweet woman now with God and look forward to meeting her someday and telling her how important she was to many of us even after she left this plane of existence. We may be heading into another Great Depression.

‘It takes a while to do everything, but the outcome is pretty good.’ Words to live by

How could anyone "Thumbs Down" this lady? She is from a past generation that helped us get to where we are today. Unfortunately she is gone now and that link to our past is no longer with us. She left these videos to help us remember where we have come from and how get got here.

I watched this video many times over the past several years, and I’ve never been brave enough to try dandelions like dear Clara advised. Well, I’m gonna finally do it. I eat arugula salads regularly now, so why not try the dandelion leaves instead? I’ve got a big yard full of them. I did pick a whole bunch of flowers and tried a tea, but it tasted like nothing really. I did also dry some and mixed them with olive oil to make a healing salve. In the fall, I’m going to dig up some roots and try to dry and grind them to make a coffee substitute drink. Should be interesting I’m sure. Okay - wish me luck!

Upon seeing my lawn: My friends: Ugh, weeds! So many weeds! Me: Superfood! Free superfoods! 😆 I treat dandelions as somewhere in between arugula and spinach. My dandelion soup recipe, if you want it, is below: 1. Lightly saute finely chopped onion and potato (I like to use a mix of butter and olive oil). 2. Add garlic, salt, pepper and other dried ground spices to taste (paprika is quite nice). Saute briefly to coat the vegetables. 3. Add chicken stock (or veg stock, if you prefer). 4. Simmer for 10 mins or so until the veg has softened. 5. At this point, add lots of well washed dandelion leaves. (Spring nettle leaves also work really well - just don't harvest nettles once they've started flowering or going to seed - can cause kidney stones). 6. Blanche in the stock for approximately 1 1/2 minutes. It's REALLY important not to overcook the greens - they go brownish and lose a lot of nutrients and flavour if you do that. Look for a fresh rich green colour and cut the heat immediately at that point. 7. Blitz with a blender. 8. Garnish with whatever you fancy. A bit of grated cheddar or Parmesan cheese is lovely. Delicate fresh herbs and croutons also work nicely. If you try the recipe, let me know how it goes! Happy, safe foraging and healthy free treats! Thanks nature. :)

Clara says pick weeds soak them and eat them. I will.

My grandparents met during WWII because my grandmother was picking dandelions for her family. My grandfather walked by and asked what they were doing. They said it was to feed their rabbit. My grandfather made a rabbit face and said something like "can I be your rabbit, because I'm hungry too". She took him and his friend home because they needed help and he got dandelion soup or salad.

We just weeded the garden and ate dandelion salad with a simple vinaigrette. I want to see Clara's dressing. We also had some radishes and cherry tomatoes which went in the salad.

"Water is a solvent whichever way you like" as a chemist, she is extremely correct in saying this. It's both an acidic solvent and a basic solvent. Huh

My Mom taught me to make this salad many years ago. Her parents were Depression survivors and had so much wisdom. FWIW, Dandelion is FANTASTIC for liver health and for detoxing the liver/body in general. Eat up!

...and Lambs Quarters. Grandmas cooking. Thank you Ms. Clara.

My mother's name was Clara. Clara Rose Hivick. Clara, you are still loved here on earth, and I hope to meet you in a much better place some day. You are a wonderful lady. Bless you.

"Sometimes the Lord thinks of you, he drops food from heaven". I didnt realize how much I needed this wholesome content

I dunno how to put this. I just found her today, but I still feel heartbroken that’s she gone. Sure, I may not have watched her, but after watching this, seeing how sweet she is, just to find out in the same video that she’s gone. Rest in Paradise, you beautiful lady. On a positive note, I know what I’m finna watch for the next couple weeks.

I ate so much of this in the 70’s during early spring. Get them young and tender before the flour. Make a white sauce. Mix together. Then put them over mashed potatoes. When us kids got sick of eating dandelion and potatoes my dad would say fine tonight it’s potatoes and dandelion. Happy Fathers Day in Heaven Dad. We miss you !!!

My dad grew up in the depression. He always picked dandelion in our garden and made salad out of it. My siblings and I were always ashamed that he did that and we only eat salad from the grocery store. In the mean time I love dandelion salad! It's very healthy and it's my favorite salad now! 🥗

funny how this gets reccomended to me in the middle of a crisis

2009: nah 2010: nah 2011: nah 2013: nah 2017: nah 2019: ya let’s recommend this

I just love listening to her voice. ❤️

my only regret is that I did not find this channel 13 years ago

Everyone saying how this is scary and horrible that KZfaq is recommending this right now, but honestly, might be a little beneficial if things get really bad 🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️

“It’s a very good meal because it’s free.” ♥️

Her information is now saving lives for sure!!! God Bless her!!!!

I love dandelion tea, it helps with nausea. Clara's dandelion salad looks good. What a lovely lady she was.

I assume the 219 dislikes is the various companies that produce over priced salad mix.. how dare you pick it for free!

Watching this in my bedroom..my eldest child pokes his head around the corner..Whispering "how do you know Clara?" It was in his recommended too. My gramma survived the depression. When she went to the store ..she bought a bag of dry beans and chciken...that was it

When I was in high school, I used to see an older gentleman foraging in a big field across the street from the school. I asked him once what he was picking. He said wild asparagus. I looked down and seen them growing there. I never noticed them before.

i love it when i see old photos of her just like the one shown when she used to work at hostess twinkie factory in 1935

I wish she was still around. I’d love to meet her, I would have given her a giant hug

Be sure your yard hasn't been sprayed with pesticides or weed killer before you pick the dandelions. Sometimes your neighbors spray their property lines and it can get onto your yard too, so play it safe people, and only pick near your house

So nice to spend afew peaceful moments with Clara. Cant wait to meet her when the world is new!

What a wonderful find. I feel like I’m home with my own grandmother and it’s hard to capture that feeling. Bless Clara!

People are saying it's a bad sign for this to be in recommendation during the pandemic but I think this is such a nice and heartwarming channel to start to watch while in isolation 😊

She's so cute. I love how most elderly people speak so soft and formal. They're the best. I hope I age like this.

Love this woman! The entire plant is edible. Can eat the root raw.

I love listening to Clara 😊❤

Dandelion greens are very cleansing to the liver. The tops can be made into dandelion jelly, and the roots can be made into a substitute for decaf coffee. :)

Me watching this before corona : “awe, how sweet. a little old lady cooking.” me after corona virus as the stock market is crashing : writing down recipes as quick as possible

Greetings from Bangalore, India. I don’t know much about salad greens as it is not part of our quisine. So I have been learning as I go along...and have been growing dandelion greens thinking they are arugula even though the strong peppery taste of arugula was missing.🙄 I have been eating them in salad with roasted beets and feta cheese.. they are very tasty though. Recently I have found out it’s true identity and have been anxiously checking whether it is ok to eat dandelion greens. And what I find is that they are very impressive nutritional power house. So I will continue eating them. Seeing this video is re assuring. And to see how Ms. Clara takes the trouble to bring us this from her deep experience is so beautiful. I am grateful for that. And I am very sorry to read in one of the comments that Ms. Clara has passed on.

I remember walking the long dirt road that my Nana lived on picking Dandelion greens and taking them back to her home and eating them. Great memories to have 🥰

This made me cry. I feel pure joy. She’s a blessing to this world.

Once you get a good dandelion patch going, never dig up the roots, just scizzor off 70% of the leaves, and it will grow again. My Dad taught me about this long ago. We pick them a few at a time, clean and freeze them. When the freezer bag is big enough, Fry 'em up with bacon and vinegar.

Watching these makes my heart ache for my grandmothers so much, but I know that I will see them again in heaven. I'm sure they will have cookies ready for me. Heartwarming and wholesome content here.

idk why she popped up in my feed again, but I remember when she passed. this was such a sweet awesome granny

I remember my grandmother giving me a paring knife and she would send me out in the yard and cut dandelion leaves, we ate them like spinach though! We miss you Clara!

i don't understand the people disliking her videos 😕

I LOVE THIS PRECIOUS PERSON ! GOD REST HER SOUL IN ETERNITY ! THANK YOU MISS CLARA !

Bless her a truly a precious lady whom knew all about sacrifice my own grandmother knew and had told us stories about cooking possum when they had no meat.

Let's all be honest, we didn't search for it. It appeared in our feeds, and it's a bit scary. It really makes me sad knowing she died years ago though, I'm glad a little bit of her is stuck on the internet, this content is so wholesome yet sad. I'm definitely going to try this out someday though, this channel is like a time machine and I hope to watch all the rest of her videos and learn her recipes from a dark time.