Parfait Recipie Includes Edible Flowers

Tonight on the show, one of the things we'll discuss is a different approach to food. Namely.... edible flowers. For real!  People apparently really grow certain flowers and use them just like they would other herbs or vegetables. It sounds a little crazy, but if you think about it, we eat just about everything else that grows.

I saw a recipe that AARP provided on their site for a parfait that includes edible flowers. And yes, it got me thinking..... well, sure.  We eat parsley, we eat rosemary, we eat nuts, fruits, berries, even some recipes want to put vines in there or what have you.  We eat all sorts of different animals and animal products, everything from snake and alligator to bison and elk.  Why not a flower?  I guess I've always just thought of them as purely aesthetic?

What about you?  Do you think you'll try this recipe?  Have you ever heard of someone putting flowers in a dish to actually eat, or have you done it yourself?

Flowerly yours,

Behka