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Just to add to the super-fresh dialogue kicked off this morning by WhyWeType, I thought I’d post a link to the Los Angeles Times Home section’s feature story today about edible flowers. A Veritable Flower Feast is written by “The Year I Ate My Yard” author Tony Kienitz.

In reporting edible flower ideals Kienitz often employs snack and fast food analogies:

“It isn’t big news that we humans eat flowers. Broccoli, artichoke and cauliflower are the most obvious examples. Pasadena gardener Mae Powell likes to “take squash blossoms, stuff them with cheese, tie a scallion around them and,” she says, lowering her voice conspiratorially, “deep-fry them.”

Ummm…. However Kienitz notes that flowers are more of an additive than a whole meal:

“This may be why you won’t find a long line snaking through your garden at 2 a.m. with hungry customers waiting to nosh on a gladiola. Flowers won’t dethrone a Pink’s chili-cheese dog as ritualistic, late-night masochism. Why? Because edible flowers are not main attractions; they are added attractions.”

Yet they’re so much closer to home than Skooby’s.

Photo credit: Mark Boster, LAT