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arksnay in food_porn

squash blossom erotica

Jul 17, 2007 21:29

I made these, arranged them artfully on a sage green sushi plate, turned on strategic lights - and realized my camera is locked in a closet at work in preparation for a field trip tomorrow. But...

I'm growing some squash plants that inexplicably keep making male flowers without any female ones to pollinate. Clearly I have no choice but to eat ( Read more... )

herbs, squash, cheese, nutmeg, cinnamon, honey, cayenne

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heartsarts July 18 2007, 02:10:05 UTC

oooo!!! I made some last week!!!

After watching Food TV's Giada goes to Paradise, I decided to use up some of my squash blossoms.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_37054,00.html

That's the recipe I made and it was WONDERFUL!!!!!

atara July 18 2007, 02:55:13 UTC

Just as an aside, most squash varieties do put out male flowers first; female flowers form farther down the vines, so the plant has to wait to grow the vines to produce the female flowers. :)

arksnay July 18 2007, 03:03:24 UTC

I know about that, it's just that by mid-July my plants usually manage to have some female flowers. But I like the flowers somewhat better than the squash, anyway.

yavaniel July 18 2007, 14:38:43 UTC

Never had squash blossoms and now I've just got to try them!