This flower was on my wife’s Asian pork platter today. What is it?
(I said she should eat it. I would have. But she wanted to bring it home because it’s pretty.)
Orchid blossom. Edible, in the sense that it won’t kill ya, but not tasty. Nicer to look at than to eat.
I always eat at least part of any edible flower garnish .
All I know is that there are only two things that Nero Wolfe loved; food and orchids. And I never remember him eating an orchid.
According to running_coach’s link (from a supplier)
ALL OUR ORCHIDS ARE FUMIGATED AND HEREWITH FREE OF ANY INSECTS.
Heh. We’ve grown zucchini just for the blossoms.
That’s because courgette/zucchini flowers are delicious, especially stuffed with ricotta and fried in tempura.
I grow nasturtiums for use in salads.
I purposefully let chives flower so the flower heads can be broken up and sprinkled on salads
Ooh, good shout
Took up gardening during Covid. Learnt that almost all plants sold in nurseries or commercially available are treated with pesticides/fungicides/… In some states it is mandatory especially for live plants crossing state boundaries.
Satisfactory.
Anyone who has consumed vanilla (as a natural flavor) has consumed orchids.