| After a family member's recent stay in the | | | | might taste good to you may not taste even |
| hospital, you find yourself with a whole houseful | | | | slightly appealing to someone close to you. Also |
| of flowers. You've heard of using flowers to | | | | keep individual allergies in mind before testing out |
| decorate dishes or for use in recipes. However, | | | | a recipe. A little consideration goes a long, long |
| before you go plucking the petals off the flowers | | | | way and could save you a trip to the |
| in those arrangements, there are a few things | | | | hospital.Before cooking with or eating edible |
| that you need to know.Flowers that are said to | | | | flowers, remember to only eat the petals. The |
| be edible are only edible if they are either grown | | | | pistils and stamens of a flower should not be |
| organically or treated with organic pesticides like | | | | consumed. Until you've tested the effects of a |
| those used on fruits or vegetables. Flowers that | | | | single flower, it's best not to ingest large quantities |
| are from florists, nurseries or garden centers are | | | | of any blossom, no matter how safe it may |
| grown for decoration only. They're usually | | | | seem at the time.Some of the most common |
| chemically treated either by fertilizers or | | | | flowers said to be edible are apple blossoms, |
| pesticides. They aren't safe to be eaten unless | | | | carnations, chrysanthemums, dandelions, |
| you know for certain that they've been | | | | geraniums, marigolds, honeysuckle,pansies, tulips - |
| maintained organically. Do not eat flowers growing | | | | even lillies and roses! There are so many more |
| on the side of the road! The chemicals used to | | | | edible flowers out there, and recipes are available |
| maintain roadside conditions are deadly and the | | | | all over the internet. There are also cookbooks |
| emissions from cars contaminate the flowers | | | | devoted solely to using these beautiful blooms.So, |
| growing there. Your safest method is to grow the | | | | the next time you've got some freshly cut |
| flowers yourself, so that you know with a | | | | flowers serving as a centerpiece for your |
| complete certainty what's gone into growing the | | | | company, you might want to reach up and have |
| flowers.Although a flower may be edible, it may | | | | a little snack - as long as no one is watching! |
| not be palatable to some people's tastes. What | | | | |