5 Great Tasting Edible Flowers

[joyce]

Edible flowers add a special touch to salads. Once the salad has been tossed with dressing, pick off petals from edible flowers and toss them on top. Many flowers have a strong flavor, so use a light hand when adding them to a salad.

Nasturtium: Available in a scope of colors. Both flowers and leaves add a peppery flavor to mixed greens.

Calendula: A prolific grower, calendula blossoms grow in abundance. Sprinkle individual petals lightly on a salad.

Herb Flowers: Basil, chives, dill, fennel, and arugula flowers all add a spark of aromatic flavor and a burst of color to salads.

Viola: Whether wild or cultivated, delicately flavored violas jazz up a bowl of mesclun greens like nothing else.

Borage: Intense blue star shaped flowers add a burst of color that contrasts nicely with greens. The flower's delicate flavor tastes similar to cucumber. Separate the flower from the stem for a softer texture.

I never have and don't plan on eating any of my flowers. I see people on tv eat pansies on a salad. I just think I will pass on that.

[SpyderLady]

Just don't seem right does it? lol

I have those violas everywhere in and around my flower beds. And they are hard to pull up too.

[califgirl]

I enjoy looking at flowers, I don't think I would eat them. Not on purpose anyway.

[buzzard]

Must be a California thing, LOL. I've had them on salads out here. It does make it taste different, LOL

[SpyderLady]

buzzie, you can buy a salad there with flower petals?? cool

They don't do flowers in my town. I think I will request a few next time I go out to eat. I can imagine the look I will get. ;D

[joyce]

They'd prolly put a bitterweed in there spydie.

I imagine in Memphis or Nashville they do things like that and honestly I would think maybe at a couple of the upscale places there in Jackson they might.

[sebastianlady]

I worked at a fancy place one time... many times I felt like I was Julia in Pretty Woman. They just did not make sense. One of my jobs was to make sure everyone's bday had a cake of their choice. The first one I ordered was a LOT of money. Since the job before that one was at a homeless shelter, where all funds were watched very closely I asked if it was ok to order. Yep. (they found it odd I asked) ooooohhhhhhkayyy I ordered the cake of choice and it came with flowers. The lady at the bakery filled me in, but those fancy people weren't sure they could eat em, till I did. Either that or they were waiting to see if it were poisoned. A few cakes later, I couldn't find the one the person wanted, except at a bakery much closer to MY home. Boss made me get 2 cuz she didn't think there would be enough to feed all. Lordy, those cakes went on forever!!! and at about 1/3 the price.

[shyangel]

I don't think I would eat the flowers. Not brave enough I guess.

[buzzard]

Yeah, the fancy restaurants sometimes have edible flowers on their salads and as garnish. Some of the bakeries will make the cakes with edible flowers too, like wedding or birthday cakes.

[SpyderLady]

Major annual and perennial edible flowers

www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca/jardin/en/info_verte/feuillet_fleurs_comes/tableau.htm

[califgirl]

Wow, that many???