Must check earlier
By Fleur
@Fleura (35611)
United Kingdom
July 7, 2026 8:42am CST
‘Our Italians’ as we call them, have talked about cooking with courgette flowers, and they even gave me a packet of special seeds of a strain grown for flowers – I don’t know whether they are particularly tasty or produce more male flowers than usual or what, but I sowed the seed anyway and I now have four of those plants as well as several of my usual variety.
I noticed that they had started flowering so I made a point of remembering to go and look for the flowers, but each time I looked it seemed I was too late and the flowers had closed already.
I guess if they open first thing in the morning then by the time I go to look at around 9:30 am the morning is almost over; it gets light around 4 am this time of year. I’ll have to try earlier!
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@Fleura (35611)
• United Kingdom
8 Jul
Yes, quite a variety. Nasturtium and borage flowers make a nice addition to a salad (the nasturtiums have a peppery taste which is stronger in the darker coloured flowers). Elderflowers can be eaten straight off the tree, or made into fritters. Rose petals of course can be made into sweets or jam. I'm sure other people will be able to suggest others - see what @DaddyEvil said in his comment.
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@Fleura (35611)
• United Kingdom
9 Jul
@thelme55 Of course I was in a big rush last night and totally forgot to take a photo! I also can't remember the details. They were stuffed with Pecorino cheese and herbs mixed with a little egg I think, then dredged in egg and something else - not flour because she's coeliac, but maybe gram flour? Then shallow fried. I will have to ask again for exact details.
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@DaddyEvil (175469)
• United States
7 Jul
I know a lot of flowers are edible but we've only picked dandelions and clover flowers to dredge through a flour batter and fry. (The dandelions have a slightly bitter taste but go well with pork patties. The clover have a sweet taste and go well with chicken or beef.)
I hope your experiments turn out tasty, too.
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@Fleura (35611)
• United Kingdom
8 Jul
@DaddyEvil Yes apparently you can make the leaves into fritters but you shouldn't eat too many. The flowers are pretty and sometimes people use them to decorate summery drinks.
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@DaddyEvil (175469)
• United States
8 Jul
@Fleura Oh, really? I've never heard that but mom usually made flowers into tea after she dried them but she knew a lot more about plants than I do. They also don't look the same after they've been dried, either.
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@LindaOHio (223686)
• United States
8 Jul
Does that type of flower get stuffed with meat, etc.?
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@Ineeddentures (37912)
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8 Jul
Will you open the flowers.and.stiff them with stuff like they did on MasterChef
A fad that did not endure, never saw it once on the last series.
Maybe Greg Wallace made.a.rude joke about stuffing a courgette flower
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@Ineeddentures (37912)
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8 Jul
@Fleura
I tried it once
To brighten up my Rump Steak and Chips
So I filled the flowers with chopped onion and mushroom and deep fried them in batter.
With a deep fried Mars Bar on the side
Well, I had some batter left
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That’s really cool.
