Pissenlit aka dandelion

I rescued some dandelion balls before my husband could singe em with the weed burner and scattered them in the redundant urban garden drainpipe salad grower. Despite the dried up compost, many have sprouted, so I may get a small crop of baby dandelion leaves for a salad. I've read that in Japan, sauteed dandelion roots are a delicacy called netsuke, but I'm not sure I fancy that.