| Show Flowers GoodEnough Good GoodEnough I Enough To Eat PARK CITY CITY- The next time you see a lovely iC i bouquet of flowers and make the C off-hand off remark It looks looka good goodenough goodenough goodenough c enough to eat pause u a moment and take a good look at the flow flow- e ers More than likely some ome of or i ithem t them really are edible The nasturtium with its brilliantly brilliantly bril bril- colored flowers has been used In foo foods s for tor centuries Actu Actually Actually Actually ally you can eat the flowers leaves and stem of the l Nasturtium seeds can be eaten raw or pickled and sometimes sometimes some some- times they are areu u used ed as as a substitute substitute tute for capers capera capers in sauces and Is salads FINE FLAVOR We usually think of at the rose ros rose geranium as a house howe 1 plant lant but I Ithe t the leaves of the therose roee geranium l I dried or fresh wi will l g give r a fine afine 1 f flowery flavor to fruit Cruit compotes compotes i puddings and ice cre creams ms Another r more common use of at rose rose- geran geranium geran I ium him i leaves is la in j jelly uy Instead of f fusing using mint leaves leave In apple jelly I try rose rooe geranium leaves for tor a l pleasant change hange Dandelions can be plucked from your lawn but they are far better betters I when cooked In your pressure j cooker and seasoned and nd buttered butter butter- ed they make an unusual and delicious delicious de de- licious a addition to any meal The Tho leaves and the stem of the i marigold American Cowslip can be cooked the same way as spin ach In m medieval e d die I e v val a I times when Knighthood I was In flower and the I and jongleurs all over over I Europe were singing their romantic roman roman- roman 1 tic ballads about ladies fair fall and enchanted princesses and I I was to a romantic heroines heroine's s 's gentleness j by telling how sh slip lived on such I delicate fare as rose p petals and i drank only crystal dew from tiny flower cups Well nowadays nowadays' were we're much too sophisticated to believe in fairy tales any more But did Xon know that rose pet als can 4 WONDERFUL FUL TO TASTE TASTE TASTEr r i Roses are re not ot only pretty ret to see they can be used to sweeten your palate CrY Crystallized roae rose petals pet alti als aware are easy to make and won I to taste Simply dip them lil iu a mixture of ot sugar water water and beaten egg whites and let and let them dry They can be eaten l immedi immediately or kept crisp for lor a time in inI I a tightly covered jar Borage Dorage flowers and mint leaves leaven can be rte beI I cr crystallized in the same way I If It youve you've never tasted tea teaI I flavored with rose petals youve you've a treat in store for you Rose Rase petals are easy to use with mint leaves Rosea Roses can be used to flavor candy and jellies as well For For an on unusually tasty butter use rose petals as flavoring This I makes makes a good canape spread to toI I use use at tea time I This in only the beginning Search through your own cook cookbooks books and visit the he he Antique Floral Shop in P Park rk City for Isome some good old fashioned recipes that use uee flowers When you discover dis- dis cover rover a few tew that sound good food to toI I you try them They'll soon beI be- be I come standbys in your recipe repertoire repertoire re- re and you and you family IY t nAtt t to 0 eat t I t f |
