That dish is occasionally done here also, Marianne! I have tried it...but (as you will already know) you have to pick the leaves very young or they are bitter! But thus very good for you...I wish I had thought of that this spring, prolly kinda late now!
If I recall correctly, the dandelion is not native the North America, but hitch-hiked over here with the immigrants...and I enjoyed the etymology of that one, so long age: dent-de-lion, tooth of the lion, from the points on the leaves!