Post navigation Don't eat the daisies (but go for zucchini flowers) When my daughter was tiny, she asked if she could eat flowers, and I told her that while it wasn't impossible, most of the time you couldn't (probably in clearer language that went something along the lines of "not really").  With the little guys it's good to go with blanket rules of thumb -- in this case, I didn't want to find her in the middle of a rose bush at breakfast one morning. Doris Day had the same rule.  I used to watch this with my mom, who loves the oldie but goodies. It turns out, though, that if I had found my daughter in the middle of a rosebush having a nibble everything probably would have turned out okay, besides the inevitable thorn injuries. This article highlights the many different flower varieties that are edible, and roses are one of them. I didn't read an article and visit the Botanical Gardens in the middle of the night to get this recipe, but don't put it past me.  Finding zucchini flowers was as easy as picking them up at my local organic fruit market/store.  I proudly nabbed them as soon as I saw them, partly hoping to impress my daughter who is now old enough to be selective and cautious about which blooms to consume -- a mother would hope, anyway.  One can never predict how sensible one's own progeny may be, always moving forward only on blind