I made dandelion kimchi once! It was very bitter, but it was fun to harvest for and make.
I like cooking dandelions with heavy amounts of oil, salt, lemon.. The bitterness just wants likeminded loud friends imo. Applying the same logic here, I just got something that's very overpowerlingly fish sauce lol. I think I will use it in cooked, maybe brothy dishes. Then learn and adjust.
Dandelion and ground elder (or whatever is the most common english name) both took me years to like.
Best of luck with the roses! It's a noble endeavor.
Thank you! I would like them to live in my windowsills. Ideally all my pimpinellifolias would've sprouted, and I could've given some away to promote native roses in our gardens.. but that was not to be.