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Edible flowers

(13 Posts)
Maniac Sun 28-Apr-13 13:12:17

You may have used nasturtium,chives,squash etc flowers in cooking.
T & M list over 50 edible flowers grown in our gardens. Which have you tried ?

whenim64 Sun 28-Apr-13 13:32:34

Courgette flowers, borage, rose petals (painted in egg white and dipped in caster sugar), marigold petals, naturtiums, wild garlic flowers. There must be lots more I haven't tried yet.

gracesmum Sun 28-Apr-13 14:54:55

Grace has also tried most of the rest of the garden including the grass, but that makes her sick shock grin

Sook Sun 28-Apr-13 15:13:07

Grace is definitely not a faddy eater grin

gracesmum Sun 28-Apr-13 15:14:14

As we know only too well shock

tanith Sun 28-Apr-13 15:15:17

Did once have sugared violets they were quite tasty.. also Dandelion leaves and nettle tea..

numberplease Mon 29-Apr-13 15:35:28

Fresh hawthorn leaves are nice, well, they were when I was a lot younger, haven`t tried `em lately! We called it "bread and cheese". Also, used to love sucking the nectar from the bottom of clover petals.

numberplease Mon 29-Apr-13 15:35:50

Oh, and nice crunchy grass!

Nelliemoser Mon 29-Apr-13 23:00:32

Maniac what/where is this T&M list ? Does anyone have any ideas for serving these Hawthorn leaves?

Galen Mon 29-Apr-13 23:53:07

Thomson a d Morgan, the seed people.
Sugared violets and rose petals are very easy and nice!

Maniac Tue 30-Apr-13 07:19:07

Galen How do you make the sugared petals?

Notso Tue 30-Apr-13 07:37:14

One of my daughters is experimenting with eating weeds, and so far I've been persuaded to try bittercress and ground elder. Both are perfectly acceptable in a sandwich or as part of a salad.

I just need some recipes for mares tail now, got plenty of that!

Nelliemoser Tue 30-Apr-13 14:14:42

Thanks Galen It all makes sense now. smile I have enough weeds in my garden without buying them in packets.

Notso Is that just the leaves and is bittercress the one that shoots it seeds every where?