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<h1 class="title" style="padding-top: 10px;">Petal-iscious!</h1>
I was folding mayo and a smidgen of olive tapenade into my egg<br />
salad. Green -- I craved something green. The second growth of<br />
spring mix in the window box came to mind. After clipping fresh<br />
lettuce and arugula leaves, I noticed the nearby purple/blue and<br />
yellow-faced pansies 'Penny Marlies'.…
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<h1 class="title" style="padding-top: 10px;">Petal-iscious!</h1>
I was folding mayo and a smidgen of olive tapenade into my egg<br />
salad. Green -- I craved something green. The second growth of<br />
spring mix in the window box came to mind. After clipping fresh<br />
lettuce and arugula leaves, I noticed the nearby purple/blue and<br />
yellow-faced pansies 'Penny Marlies'. Wouldn't they be pretty<br />
around the egg salad?<br>
<br>
What other edible flowers are blooming within picking distance?<br />
Pink chive flowers in pot in the backyard! They'd add onion flavor<br />
without the chopping.<br>
<br>
Pansies. Is every flower part edible or just the petals? I leaf<br />
through Cathy Wilkinson Barash's <i>Edible Flowers From Garden to<br />
Palate.</i> Barash writes that pansies are related to the also<br />
edible violet and Johnny-Jump-up. The petals have a mild flavor.<br />
The whole flower has a wintergreen overtone.<br>
<br>
The small 'Penny Marlie' flower I sample is crisp and tender. Yes,<br />
there IS a flush of wintergreen berry. I clip off more, nibbling<br />
some and placing some around the salad. The frilly 'Lemonberry<br />
Frizzle' pansies are a funny, bigger mouthful.<br>
<br>
An allium, the chive is a perennial herb best grown in sun and very<br />
well-drained soil. My first chives thrived in a cement block on a<br />
macadam driveway. Chive leaves are one of the first greens to pop<br />
in spring. Fluffy balls of lavender-pink flowers bloom on tall,<br />
non-palatable stems. Each flower is really a cluster of florets.<br />
Chive flowers are most flavorful when newly opened. Mine are on the<br />
wane, a bit dry. No matter. I pull off the florets to sprinkle over<br />
the egg salad. Yum!<br>
<br>
<b>Other Edible Flowers</b><br>
Barash includes ten rules about edible flowers. Know your flowers<br />
because some flowers are poisonous. Eat only flowers grown<br />
organically (not fresh from the nursery, florist, garden center, or<br />
roadside.) In most cases, eat only the petals. Remove pistils,<br />
stamens, sepals. If you have allergies, asthma, or hay fever do not<br />
eat flowers.<br>
<br>
Dianthus (a.k.a. wild clove pink, carnation, pink, gillyflower) is<br />
another spring bloomer. Its petals taste like sweet clove. Remove<br />
the green calyx (sepal) and the bitter white base of the<br />
petals.<br>
<br>
In June and July, elderberry <i>(Sambucus)</i> shrubs burst with<br />
white flower clouds. These sweet-scented, sweet-tasting clusters<br />
called elderblow can infuse teas and flavor syrup, cordials, soda,<br />
wine. They add flavor to muffins, fritters and custard. Caution:<br />
green parts and roots of the elderberry are poisonous. Carefully<br />
remove flowers from stems.<br>
<br>
Soon the native perennial bee balm <i>(Monarda)</i> will be<br />
tantalizing bees and butterflies. Also known as bergamot and Oswego<br />
tea, bee balm has flowers that can taste citrusy, sweet, hot and/or<br />
minty. They flavor fish, ice cream, tea and baked goodies such as<br />
cake, tarts, scones.<br>
<br>
Dwarf signet marigolds <i>(Tagetes signata)</i> have petals the<br />
flavor of spicy tarragon, writes Barash. These are not the popular<br />
African and French bedding marigolds. Signets grow in compact<br />
mounds of fine, lemon-scented foliage. The small single flowers are<br />
lemon ('Lemon Gem') or orange ('Tangerine Gem'). Eat only the<br />
petals. Remove the bitter white ends. I like to use signet petals<br />
to jazz up pasta and chicken dishes. Bon Appetit!