Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-07-29
FLOWERS USED FOR FOOD.
.e,o,is KINDS THAT ARE EDIBLE
AND ARE EATEN.

IL.
s,.ved Lilies at Ladies' L""ehe""-L"-
,,s, Flowers Dipped in Batter aud Tried
ON The Thistle Family-A Rose
c.rs--Candied blossoms.
aAnimals feed, man eats, but the man
;ntellect alone knows how to eat.
60 GAYS a man versed in wisdom Ana
- he was wise. for the fate of ma
80 depends upon how they're fed.
. "oal,inr is a science, and the author who
1soIared that the discovery of new
Nm does more for the happiness of man
, u.s. than the discovery of a new planet
was evidently a philosopher tor all men
ore interested in cooking.
Flowers, The very word is the quint-
assence of poetry, fragrance and beauty.
, dinner. novel in the extreme, was
,,;ven by AN eastern girl, a wealthy debut
.opte The dinner was served in great
,aoniticence. and at it ''stewed lilies
was the most favored dish.
II didn't matter at all that the "stewed
lilies resembled inferior greens or cauli-
flowers in appearance, and as to taste
;r,aoination fails to convey its awful
,,,;shv-washiness. if the antipodal terms
no allowed, yet every girl at the table
declared as she dipped her fork into the
stewed novelty that they were perfect
" delicious. you know, and they could
eat them "every day" No pepper, no
salt. no soupcon of butter deiiled TINS
nurity of the lily stew; forbid, god OF
fashion. perish the thought, oh, cuisine
sc aesthetic food! the lilies were stewed
s;mnly intact and eaten simply and with
tact For no muscle of the tortured
fashionable gourmande's face betrayed
tse feeling that she was eating dish
that was similar to washed out sunshine
or the ghost of stale spongecake. They
were stewed lilies all the same, and II
each partaker turns her head away at the
SIGHT of the flower in full bloom for some
time to come, why inquire further Is
the mere fact of the effects of a first
CIGAR tobanish forever the habit of smok-
ing others!
A DINNER OF LoCUSTs.
Not very long since an article in an
eastern paper spoke of "A clever woman
snbterfuge in cooking in following man
per. The latest novelty in the vegetable
line is the introduction of flowers, thai
il edible flowers The two which art
said TO be the most satisfactory belong
absit omen, to the thistle family, anC
rejoice i'm the names calligonum poly
qonordes and basta latiflior. The popu
lar form of both English and Frencl
seems somehow hard to conquer in tn
case of these new dishes, but doubles
all will come in time. Ii is related OF
bright Boston woman that once Wills
she was living in the country abroad, 4
n spot where the markets were extreme
lv unreliable, she was surprised one da
NV the arrival of several guests near tn
Lour of dinner. 1t CHANGED, as it usual
does in similar cases, that her larde
that day was especially bare; so she sc
To work her wits as her only assistant
~ overcome the difficulty. The iocu
tees were in full bloom, so she selecte
the finest clusters, dipped them in batt'
and fried them in boiling oil. The dis
proved not only an ornamental one, u
shape of the ordinary clusters being n
unlike that of grapes, but it proved pa
atable as well, and If not very subSta
tial. went no inconsiderable way in Il
scanty dinner.
When Rome became the center of ric
es she had every luxury of the table, fro
the growing locust in bloom to the {
trich. "St. Johns bread" is said also
be a species of wild locust, and there a
other methods of cooking in which tn
have been used. As for the dandeliol
they are converted by the skillful co
into the most palatable dishes. Tn
are also gathered with care and ma
into ahealthful tea as well as into stew
vegetables, The dandelion is sometin
termed not a flower, but 1t certainly
entitled and Justly SO to floral conside
ton. and belongs to the floral family.
SOME EDIBLE PLANTS.
The nasturtium makes a most delig
full salad. the leaves being selected
the purpose as the most delicious porti
The peppery. peculiar taste tickles
taste of the epicure with its charms, a
the nasturtium salad is a favorte
on the buffet of the fastidious epicu
The seed of this flower makes a m
tempting pickle, and invites by its a.
tiles an appetite to the most jaded pal
and stomach.
The cactus is a plant that has b
used with effect by the Indians. WI
the Sioux so long defied the governm
and were left without food or liq'
they converted the cactus into nour
ing vegetable. Besides this, the liq
coming from them served in the plac
water.
Roses have always played an imp
ant feature in the high art OF cook
Under Charlemagne's reign the dev
for cooking into which flowers were
serted were several. while in the Sc
teenth century the women of the gem
birth, greatest wealth and highest
tion i'm court took the greatest pers