Does anyone eat flowers as part of a regular raw food diet, or does anyone have any words of wisdom about eating flowers?

Would anyone like to share with us what kind of flowers you like best to eat?

Does anyone know of a resource for nutritional information on flowers?

I'm wondering if flowers might be a nice addition to a raw food diet, regardless of whatever nutritional information is available.

Any thoughts on flowers in a raw food vegan diet?



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 01/13/2007 11:39PM by suncloud.

Yeah, I think flowers are great to eat. My basic understanding is that if the rest of the plant is edible then the flowers probably will be.

I like to eat the flowers of the wild greens I collect - chickweed, mallow, thistles, etc.

You've just got to be aware that the flower is how the plant reproduces, so if the plant is rare then you shouldn't eat the flower (in England it is illegal to pick flowers from certain rare wild plants).

Nutrition wise, well, if bee pollen is so nutritious then flowers must be too as that's what the bees feed on (although bee pollen is a concentrated food).

Rob

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My understanding is that 99% of flowers are edible. I don't think they are very sustainable as a food source since they are so lacking in calories....and in most cases, taste.....and also tend to be full of bugs....or other materials that they have filtered from the air....so I avoid them. Just my observation/opinion.

-David Z. Mason

careful to eat the right ones
i've eaten one that i mistook to be another flower and i really paid for it
my tongue was lined with tiny little needle like bristles
wrong flower

oh well

Broccoli (florets), cauliflower, and artichokes!

I love to eat flowers from my garden: nasturtiums, sweet williams, chives, marigolds, borage, roses, chrysantemums, locust blossoms. I scatter the petals in my salads and use them as edible garnishs. Rose petals are wonderful in desserts.

The vitality of the whole plant is in the flower, it's full of life force. Wonderful.

Don't eat flowers unless you grow them yourself or find them wild, far from the road (which picks up pollution from cars). Flowers at the florist are usually sprayed with an assortment of chemicals, and God knows how they're grown.

I used to eat pumpkin flowers when I lived at a place where we grew them. I'd sometimes break the flower apart and taste each part. The very center has the most distinct taste. It's still pretty bland, nothing that's gonna knock your socks off. But it's a nice taste. And the insects, yeah, taking food that they want too. Usually, I only took the flowers that didn't have insects in them at the time I was picking.



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Hmm, interesting subject.

I can share that Dr. Young had measured "energy", expressed in MHz of living as well dying/dead cells, in food/organic matter..

He found out followingexcerpt)
"...A healthy heart vibrates at 72 MHz where a beautiful red rose vibrates at 350 MHz. In contrast, a tumor vibrates at 40 MHz and a hamburger at 5 MHz...."


hat is something to think about. of course taking all under consideration, they(flowers) may be a CURE, much more likely than a food..


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I will add some red roses to my fruit smoothies

I use Flower Essences. I also eat edible flowers
in the summer, they are a great addition to salads.

Mike

This is a test, my first time trying to upload a pic:

I much appreciate the advice and suggestions. The flowers mentioned above sound wonderful. I've enjoyed eating nasturtiums and marigolds from the garden before, but I haven't tried much else. I remember picking and eating the red clovers as a child. I'm hoping to include a good selection of flowers in a new garden soon.

Thanks so much everybody. -Ally



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/16/2007 07:01AM by suncloud.

I used to munch on those white flowers, what do you call them..uh uh..I totally forgot but here are some..lol

oh you need to put the slash inside the brackets..[/img] at the end..







Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/17/2007 11:05AM by coconutcream.

Here's another try at my photo



Bingo!

Thank you coconutcream!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/17/2007 03:27PM by greenie.

Those flower pictures are beautiful, coconutcream and greenie! I think maybe the hardest part of eating flowers will be that after eating them, we can't see them anymore. I guess the solution will be to grow a lot of flowers to look at AND to eat!