Flowers for Eating

I like flowers and I like food and sometimes the flowers are food, too.

This time of year lilacs are out, filling the air with their special scent and coloring the world purple (or lilac).  You may know it's one of our favorite colors - after all, we had a purple wedding!

And because spring came on slowly this year, the blooms have stayed longer - and profusely!  Here they are in all their glory in the front of the house.

Inside, they fill the room with their wonderful aroma.

 

And then I wondered, Can we eat them??   We've eaten nasturtiums (peppery) and pansies (sweet/herb-like) and scented geraniums (lemony or depending on the variety).  Oh, and lavender, but it's potent and just a little goes a long way.

Answer:  Yes!

Dinner was fish, with pan-roasted asparagus and boiled potatoes.  Since the lilac blossoms have a lemony flavor, I thought the fish would like them. And the fish did!  And so did we, though I must confess that Werner was a skeptic and is still not totally convinced.

Silly man. The next day he got blossoms on his salad! Pretty and tasty!