Drying out roots

[Damo74]

Hi everyone

I keep reading about drying out roots for example dandelion roots to make a coffee substitute.My question is this and please forgive me if it's that obvious but how do you dry them out? Do you just leave them out in the open to dry or is there a process involved and if there is what is it.

Many thanks sorry if it's a stupid question but just humour me

 

[Man of Tanith]

i made dandelion coffee from the roots
just pulled them out of ground washed off mud placed in a really low oven and checked them every 5 mins or so
once they felt cooked i ground them up drank several cups and then sent the night getting up for a comfort stop every half hour

 

[mountainm]

i made dandelion coffee from the roots
just pulled them out of ground washed off mud placed in a really low oven and checked them every 5 mins or so
once they felt cooked i ground them up drank several cups and then sent the night getting up for a comfort stop every half hour

There's a reason it's called "pissenlit" in France...

 

[Man of Tanith]

and a reason why traditionally it was said if you handled a dandelion you would wet the bed
its a very good diuretic for people with UTI's i am told

 

[JAG009]

There's a reason it's called "pissenlit" in France...

In scotland we know them as ( pee the beds )


Jason

 

[mountainm]

In scotland we know them as ( pee the beds )


Jason

That's a direct translation... Not surprising given the historical links between the French and the Scots.

 

[Damo74]

Thanks for the info guys......think I will give the dandelion coffee a miss though!!

 

[JAG009]

That's a direct translation... Not surprising given the historical links between the French and the Scots.

I did not know that was a direct translation ,thanks for that ,,,,you learn something new every day


Jason

 

[Toddy]

You know how roasted vegetables that are slightly caramelised, taste better ?

Well it's the same with dandelion roots. They should be slow dried but almost sweetened by the roasting before being cooled and stored, or ground up for coffee.

Done like that they're not quite such an effective diuretic either.

Dandelion roots just dried out, not roasted, really make a tea.......and that really does make you feel that desperate urge to empty the bladder

You can do the roasting in a dry frying pan, if you watch what you're doing and shoogle it often so they dry all over and don't just scorch one side.


cheers,
Toddy

 

[Geoff Dann]

I did not know that was a direct translation ,thanks for that ,,,,you learn something new every day

Jason

"Dandelion" is also derived from french - "Dent de Lion" (Lion's Teeth) - refering to the shape of the leaves.

 

[shaggystu]

.....shoogle it often.....

love that one mary

is it not about time that we had a thread dedicated to the wonderful scots words that mary introduces us to/baffles us with on a regular basis?

cheers

stuart

 

[Toddy]

I got queried in the Mods yesterday too for saying that someone would start a rammy in an empty house

We just use words that are normal to us............shoogle = shake them around gently, a kind of shaking stir about. Like being on a bus or underground train that's too full and going too fast.
See, the Scot's is easier than that mouthful


Oh, and a rammy is a right royal brawl with yelling, screeching, and threats of imminent raised fists, etc., think bar fight and you'll get the idea, sort of.

I've just checked; the dictionary says that shoogle is Scottish *and* Northern English, so there you go

cheers,
M

 

[shaggystu]

.....I've just checked; the dictionary says that shoogle is Scottish *and* Northern English, so there you go .....

shoogle makes perfect sense to me, can't recall ever hearing it before but it's instantly obvious what you meant by it, i think a lot of dialectal language is like that. case in point; i could have said "....if you watch what you're doing and keep giving it a quick jazzle so they dry all over and don't just scorch one side." and i'd expect you to understand me too, it's all about the "flavour" of words IMO

 

[Toddy]

I like that "the "flavour" of the words" Indeed

atb,
M

 

[Mad Mike]

I like most understood shoogle. People have given me amused looks when I 'chuggled' a mug of hot liquid. As Iam now in Kent no one knows what a 'Cuddy' is (its an animal). Either of those in the dictionary?

Mike

 

[Toddy]

Trust me, you don't want to google chuggled

Cuddies aren't kye, put it that way

atb,
M

 

[shaggystu]

Trust me, you don't want to google chuggled .......

i wish i had trusted you because you're spot on, i really didn't want to goole that

 

[Damo74]

Loving these sayings

Round our way we mackle things as in to make something for a task or my fav Manchester something which means to repair something or bodge something.