Edible Flowers of May:
Here are a few of the many violets blooming in my yard and garden. There are lots more, each with its own distinctive flavor, out in the woods. All violets are edible. (African violets are not violets and are not edible.) A hundred years ago, it was all the rage for ladies to wear a violet, until violets became associated with women-who-love-women. Except for Eleanor Roosevelt, who loved women and maintained the custom, violet wearing fell out of fashion. But eating violets – or pansies or jump-ups, their cultivated sisters – is never out of fashion. Try some tonight.
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