FLOWER POWER

On eating flowers..

Apart from the apparent dangers of eating flowers - fertilisers, sprays, bees etc, there are also many joys in flower eating.

I was reminded of this when I came upon a bag of early nasturtium flowers at the market. 
I fell back in time to the 70's, la belle époque, and my caftan-wearing mother sending me to school with nasturtium, cream cheese and ham sandwiches...everyone alse had peanut better! I was embarrased and teased beyond the average measures of childhood cruelty but I did, and still do, defend the delicious peppery taste of nasturtium flowers.

We left the market, bag of nasturtium flowers in hand and picnicked under the wisteria in our country garden - nasturtium, cream cheese and ham sandwiches washed down with a large glass of chilled rosé. 
A sweet moment.

Nasturtium, Cream Cheese & Ham Sandwich

Good quality sandwich bread
Washed nasturtium flowers plus a few leaves
Lambs lettuce/mache
Cream Cheese/St Moret
Ham

Spread cream cheese on bread, lay over ham and one flower per slice. I add mache lettuce for children as the peppery taste can be a little " surprising."

ps for sore throats in summer, mother used to have me chewing nasturtiums..it worked!


A few basic rules for flower eating :

*Never eat flowers off the roadside
*Wash all flowers well
*Check for allergies:reactions when serving to guests
*Check that your chosen floral munchies are safe for consumption





 






Comments

  1. I love this nasturtiul sandwich idea, truly beautiful! Do you have other flower ideas other than boring pansies in salads??
    Jenny

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  2. That is so amazing! I feel so enlightened by this blog post :-)

    Keep these flower recipes a'comin'

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  3. Dear Emily, Thank you for your comment. I WILL keep the flower recipes coming...
    Susie

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