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01 Jun 10 - 09:49 AM (#2918221) Subject: BS: Cheap eats, anyone? From: frogprince Shopping the fruits and veggies in the local grocery last evening, I noticed a little envelope labeled "Edible Flowers" for 2 bucks. Then I saw the weight: 1/4 oz. Only 8 bucks an ounce. Only one-hundred-forty-eight bucks a pound. What a deal! |
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01 Jun 10 - 10:07 AM (#2918227) Subject: RE: BS: Cheap eats, anyone? From: gnomad Well, not knowing the nutritive properties of these flowers I reckon they are probably for flavour and/or decoration. In that field $8/oz is chickenfeed, try safron at $418.00/oz if you really want to splash out. Sticking to the fruit & veg will doubtless be more economical. |
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01 Jun 10 - 11:04 AM (#2918265) Subject: RE: BS: Cheap eats, anyone? From: MMario HIghly perishable, easily damaged and difficult to grow so that they can both be be eaten and NOT have insect damage, etc. |
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01 Jun 10 - 11:58 AM (#2918299) Subject: RE: BS: Cheap eats, anyone? From: Bert I don't know about difficult to grow. The only ones that I have grown are borage, chives and nasturtiums and they were pretty easy. You'd have to grow a hell of a lot to get a marketable quantity though. Just last week I threw a handful of chives flowers on a potato salad. Very few got eaten, people just don't realize that they are edible. |
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01 Jun 10 - 12:11 PM (#2918303) Subject: RE: BS: Cheap eats, anyone? From: MMario Not so much difficult to grow as difficult to grow to specs... even chives and nasturtiums can get insect damaged - but with flowers it's harder to use any kind of insecticide as there is almost *NO* delay between flowering and when you need to process them for sale... almost all require hand harvest and packageing. I used chive blossoms in my potato salad this weekend. The heat we've been having I may only have them another week. |
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01 Jun 10 - 01:43 PM (#2918353) Subject: RE: BS: Cheap eats, anyone? From: Q (Frank Staplin) We have used chives and nasturtiums. Still early 'spring' here in central Alberta; chives are getting good growth but no flowers yet. Frost and snow strong two nights ago. Had to cover petunias and other annuals. |
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01 Jun 10 - 10:49 PM (#2918786) Subject: RE: BS: Cheap eats, anyone? From: dick greenhaus If you think that's expensive, check out saffron |
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02 Jun 10 - 01:47 AM (#2918831) Subject: RE: BS: Cheap eats, anyone? From: LadyJean The only edible flowers I can think of are naturtiums, which are remarkably easy to grow. Of course there's violets. It takes a lot of those to make an ounce. |
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02 Jun 10 - 01:56 AM (#2918835) Subject: RE: BS: Cheap eats, anyone? From: mousethief Nasturtiums here get oodles of tiny little black bugs. Which is weird because we grew them when I was a kid, not 30 miles from this spot, and they never did. |