martin3/5/04 10:05

On Mon, 03 May 2004 09:36:35 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

martin3/5/04 8:37
On Sun, 2 May 2004 23:42:55 +0100, Jaques d'Alltrades
wrote:
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I used to molish a pressed goat cheese using pot marigold petals.
Nasturtium flowers are excellent in salads, as are borage flowers.

and battered marrow flowers? Some Italians grow marrows only for their
flowers.

I think that's one of my favourite Italian dishes - IIRC, they're stuffed
with ricotta cheese and then fried.

like this
http://starchefs.com/RDonna/html/recipe_01.shtml

or unstuffed like this

http://www.cookingwithpatty.com/reci...iniFlowers.php

Those have gone into the recipe file, thank you! Though the second one gave
me a frisson d'horreur in advocating the use of peanut oil instead of olive
oil!
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Sacha
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