If you try and get the young leaves they are not so bitter. I grew up eating it at my fathers urging, He made 2 or 3 big salads each spring. Just with greens, hardboiled eggs sliced and hand made vinegar and oil dressing. I kept up for awhile after he passed. I liked to add bacon bits.
I don’t trust dandelion leaves anywhere so I actually buy them. Concerned about pesticides because of all the mow and blow gardeners in suburban Los Angeles. The organic ones found in stores in bundles are long and full grown. So I boil. It helps.