Directions: Unopened buds are delicious when cooked but must be treated first to remove
bitterness. Put them in a pot, pour on boiling water, boil one minute,
drain, and pour on more boiling water. Repeat this process three times or
until no bitterness remains when you taste them. Cook them a little longer
until just tender and serve with butter.
Reader Jean McLain of Peoria, IL wrote "The Herb Companion" and asked: "Any
ideas what can be done to use milkweed blossoms? The fragrance is musky but
not unpleasant. Could they be used in moth-repellant bags?" HC responded
with the above recipe and said they could find no mention of any use of the
blossoms as a moth repellent.
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Cheese stuffed zucchini blossoms w/fresh toma Preheat oven to 325 F.
Mix filling ingredients, adding tomato last. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Stuff squash blossoms carefully with about 1 tb. of filling each; don't
overfill. Drizzle olive oil over blossoms. Place in a well-oiled sha Peanut blossoms Heat oven to 375F degrees. In large bowl, combine flour, 1/2 cup sugar,
brown sugar, baking soda, salt, shortening, peanut butter, milk, vanilla
and egg; mix at low speed until stiff dough forms. Shape dough into 1-inch
balls; roll in sugar. Place Batter-fried squash blossoms from loren martin In a shaker jar, combine milk, flour, salt and pepper. Place squash
blossoms in large pie tin and gently pour the milk-flour mixture over
them. Heat the oil in a large heavy skillet until a drop of water
will sizzle. Fry the batter-coated blossom Zucchini blossoms, cretan style Soak the stems in cold water overnight, without soaking the blossoms. The
following day, wash and drain on a towel. Cut off and discard the stems
without breaking the blossoms, and set the blossoms aside while you make
the filling. Heat the oil |