Tuesday, January 29, 2008
petal scoffer
I like to eat flowers.
Nasturtiums (good and peppery), pansies (like lettuce), marigold petals (very slightly sweet), borage flowers floating in drinks, mint flowers, scented geraniums, a scattering of lavender petals (strong, almost minty), strawberry flowers on cupcakes.
This is the perfect vegan sandwich - homemade sunflower seed and sundried tomato tapenade, hummus, marigold petals and lemon basil.
But really, it isn’t much about the flavour and more about
a) being obsessed with eating of much of the stuff I grow as I can, and
b) because it’s kind of witchy and pleasing.
Posted by on 29 January, 2008 at 7:17am
Posted by on 29 January, 2008 at 08:37 AM
Oh yum! I’m with you, flowers in food make eating such a glorious experience. There’s almost something childlike about it, you know, mud pies with petals on top and all that good stuff. I’m sure your cupcakes taste WAY better than mud pies!!!
Posted by alisonmc on 29 January, 2008 at 11:52 PM
yes- witchy is a perfect description! that’s why i like eating them too.
sigh. those cupcakes look delicious! i need to do some late-night baking.
Posted by melissa on 30 January, 2008 at 09:37 AM
Holy Moly those look delicious! There’s a great vegan chocolate cake recipe on the blog below that I’ve used before and that is super delicious. Thanks for the blog break (I was writing an editorial on cash flow before this).
http://everybodylikessandwiches.blogspot.com/2006/05/everybody-likes-cupcakes.html
Posted by Emma on 30 January, 2008 at 02:10 PM
that sandwich looks heavenly! must try flowers on bread, never crossed my mind, d’oh! i lurve nasturtiums also! So pretty on a salad...i also like ot bake with orange blossoms and jasmine...can’t wait until spring!
Posted by jek on 31 January, 2008 at 02:30 PM
Yum… I buy salad mix from the organics shop and it’s got flowers in it.
Posted by Kate on 31 January, 2008 at 03:51 PM
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