Emma’s Food Pet Peeves: Edible Flowers
I eat often, a lot and with great pleasure, and then I regularly notice things. Often these are positive things, but it also frequently happens that something irritates me immensely. Whether that’s justified or not, sometimes I just need to vent. That’s why there’s this feature: Emma’s Food Pet Peeves, this time about: edible flowers.
Edible flowers? No, those things are inedible. They are scattered over all kinds of random dishes, whether appropriate or not. Of course, a dessert with the subtle aroma of elderflower or magnolia is something I can get behind, but don’t you dare serve me this natural beauty whole.
With the stem and all
I have never come across a decorative flower that I liked eating, but pansies and carnations take the cake as far as I’m concerned. And recently I got a calendula on my dessert, or so the chef told me. He also told me that you can safely eat the beautiful flower whole. Lucky me! Fearlessly, I put the orange flower in my mouth, including an extremely hard and bitter piece of stem. I wouldn’t call this edible, dear chef.
Not disgusting, but above all not tasty
Okay, in most cases you don’t eat flowers with the stem and all, but I don’t want them on my plate in any form. A flower usually isn’t disgusting, but it really isn’t tasty either. Since when is it okay for an ingredient that is ‘not disgusting’ to end up on your plate? Shouldn’t all ingredients simply be incredibly delicious? You don’t mix a handful of freshly picked grass into your salad either, do you? Besides, I think it just looks silly. I would much rather look at a runny egg yolk or a perfectly cooked piece of meat than an edible bouquet.
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