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Thread: Have you eaten daylillies?

  1. 07-12-2005, 07:42 AM #1
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    Have you eaten daylillies?

    We have some daylillies and I read that they are an edible flower. Anyone have any experience eating them? A website on edible flowers said that they may act as a laxative . We are going back to the daylily farm tomorrow for more but I thought it might be fun to try them tonight. Anyone?
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    I've eaten them. My grandmother always grew scads of them, and we'd often put them into salads for color.

    Only the petals are edible -- so don't just pop the entire flower in your mouth They taste a bit sweet -- and slightly "watery" (if that makes sense).

    They probably DO have a laxative effect -- but I've never experienced it. Probably means you'd need to eat way more than the average person WOULD before you're affected.
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    I've eaten the whole flower in salads. My favourite eatin' flower is nasturtiums (peppery) but daylilies are really good -- more succulent than the typical flower. Pansies/violets are good, too, as are calendula petals.
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    SUCCULENT... that's the word.

    Can you really eat the stamen and all??
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    The stamen was my biggest fear, afraid of inducing allergies. Thanks for all the other flower suggestions. DH says not to put them in his salad .
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  6. 07-12-2005, 09:36 AM #6
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    I've eaten squash blossems at a fancy resturant but never day lillies. Since we just planted a whole bunch of them, maybe next year we'll give it a try. I don't think DH would be too happy with me taking the few blooms we have for eating.
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    borage flowers are good salad additions (color really stands out) as are roses and squash blossoms
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    I've eaten squash blossoms, pansies and nasturtiums, but not daylilies. I like the peppery flavor of the nasturtiums in salads best.
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  9. 07-12-2005, 10:44 AM #9
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    They look so pretty in salads but I have never been able to get myself to eat them. I don't know why - I'm pretty adventurous when trying foods.
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    I haven't had them but a toddler I know had a whole mouthfull the other day. She was watering the flowers with a watering can at school and apparently decided she was hungry.


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    I love squash blossoms, yum! And nasturiums are very good.

    I've never had a full-grown lily, but aren't lily buds routinely part of Moo Shu? It's the same flower, right?
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