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I saw this on another blog and thought it was interesting. People like to send flowers for Mother's Day, but there are more uses for flowers than just a pretty bunch in a vase waiting to keel over! Yes! You can actually reuse the flowers in your food. Not very far-fetched. Flowers have been used in food for centuries, and gained momentum in the 17th and 18th centuries. Herb flowers, roses, marigolds, thyme flowers, and more *you can check out the properties and tastes at a neat little site called Scotherbs (www.scotherbs.co.uk).* There are even recipes that utilize these awesome delights. You can use them in salads, on fish, in pasta. It's really neat how you don't have to let your bouquet go to waste. A few things you need to know before you use flowers, though. They cannot have been sprayed with any other colors. The white ends of the petals near the center need to be cut. You MUST make sure there are no little bugs or organisms living on your flowers. Gently shaking them and wiping them with a paper towel should work well. It's a really neat deal. I never knew that marigolds were peppery. I hadn't the slightest idea that flowers were so diverse! Check it out, you may be surprised. Let me know if any of you decide to try your hand at flower food