WILD ONION MILK

The wild onions that grow on the South Dakota prairie taste like no other onion. They are kind of a cross between chives and onions.

Did you know that cows who eat wild onions give wild onion flavor milk? I think that cooking with wild onion milk might give food a flavor that is different. It would also be very easy on the digestion of us older people. Just think what you could say in the menu.

When we were going to Blaine School, we would pull and eat wild onions just to irritate our teacher. We would all smell of onions. We NEVER told her where we got the onions. (Blaine had one teacher, nine students and eight grades.)

My first lesson in democracy came from my mother, who pointed out that all we four siblings had to do was nominate one of us, and encourage two other nominations, and then our four votes could control Blaine School. As I recall, it worked quite well.

This lesson in democracy is how I noticed that encouraging an Independent presidential candidate to run weakens the party closest to the Independent candidate.