🌸 Floral-Flavored Foods

[babyTAP]

I love rose flavour Turkish Delight

 

[JamusActimus]

Dryad sauerkraut

 

[PandaChai]

Poppy liqueur is the most delectable night cap

 

[Red Bird]

I had an osmanthus flavored cake at a Chinese cafe that was really delicious, along with peony iced tea.

 

[The Fair Lady]

I had a lavender macaron a few years ago and remember liking it. Would be willing to try other lavender stuff too.

 

[Dagobert]

I have never met another person who likes these, but I love them so much.

 

[Clout $ Monei]

There is elderflowers which make a good syrup for drinks. Tastes divine with sparkling water or any other form of sparkling wine like champagne.

You can also make mead or lemonade with elderflowers. Lemonade is really easy : 2 flowers, a quarter to a half lemon and 50g to 100g of sugar (most of it is consumed by the fermentation, less means none will be left, more means the final product will still be sweet), per litre. Add a cup of vinegar, wine or beer to help kickstart the fermentation. Open air fermentation with some stirring for 3-5 days, preferably somewhere warm (don't forget to cover the jar with a light cloth, unless you want added protein from the 6 million flies jumping into it). Then bottle it, in champagne bottles preferably (the ones with a curved bottom) as it can get very carbonated, to the point of potentially exploding lower grade bottles. Wait a couple weeks and carefully open it (again, very carbonated). They keep pretty well, but I advise drinking them within the summer because there's a risk of strong bowel reactions if you keep it too long. As always, you should play around with all parameters to find out what works out for you. I've done it with Sambucus Nigra, the European endemic species, I don't know if American species work as well.

Speaking of American species : Robinia Pseudoacacia, or Black Locust, has delicious flowers. Should you be brave enough to face its fearsome spikes (seriously, be careful), you can roll the flowers in oil and flour and throw them in a pan to make some quick and easy beignets. I assume they can be used in other ways, but I've never been able to resist eating them straight from the harvest.

 

[Xarpho's Return]

Cherry Blossom/Sakura is a criminally overlooked flavor here in the West. I made this Cherry Blossom Ice Cream that was positively divine.

I like weird ice cream flavors and can't speak for cherry blossoms specifically since I've never been near cherry blossoms, but I dislike the smell of rose water.

 

[$5.3 Million Dollars]

https://www.japancentre.com/en/recipe/1395-sakura-cherry-blossom-swiss-roll

I found one of these prepackaged at my local Asian food mart and it tasted great, it reminded me of the first time I tried sweet red bean paste. Its sweet but not cloyingly so.

 

[Valstrax]

My mom doesn't like floral-flavored food, and for some reason it extends to certain kinds of fruit punch? It's weird and I can't imagine how, do you guys think tastes change with age or something?

Edit: Fuck, forgot the thread tax. I have some lavender tea that I make on occasion that's great for when I'm sick or a cold day.

 

[Grub]

I don't really like floral tasting stuff, it's like eating perfume. My wife likes these rosewater flavoured Perrier fizzy water things. They taste like drinking liquid flowers or like the way perfume smells. There's some strains of weed that have a rosie, floral taste too I'm not a big fan of. Again, it's like smoking perfume.

I do like violet petals on salads though.

I made nettle tea once, it just tasted like iron and cabbage water. Wouldn't recommend.

Nettle's good sautéed up with garlic and butter. It tastes kind of like fuzzy spinach.

 

[Large Marge]

would matcha count? if so, i highly recommend. it's sweet and savory and gives a caffeine buzz.

 

[OrionBalls]

I had magnolia blossom ice cream in New Orleans. It was a very light, almost ginger flavor.

Also, I put orange blossom water on blueberries. It's better than sugar, and adds a whole new dimension to the fruits. Same goes for rose water on strawberries.

 

[Squanto Airi]

Ver archivo adjunto 6370826I love rose flavour Turkish Delight

Just try not to acquire any from an icy witch.

I had magnolia blossom ice cream in New Orleans. It was a very light, almost ginger flavor.

Magnolia sounds really good. Would love to make some magnolia water.

 

[Helvítis Túristi]

I've done it with Sambucus Nigra, the European endemic species, I don't know if American species work as well.

There are North American species that people use the berries at farmers markets for syrups and jams. I've personally just used the flowers for syrup to add to drinks.

 

[spacko]

elderflower cordial is pretty good imo

 

[CoolFool]

I bought rose flavored pocky on a whim and it was very good, highly addictive, and I say that as someone who hates most floral scents and is not a fan of rose in particular.

 

[Wuhan Wet Market]

I love anything tea flavored. It's almost time for Chuseok so mooncakes are for sale now. Really like the jasmine ones but they are rlly expensive... anything floral is incredible to me. I cook with lavender sometimes as I've learned that it's incredibly floral yet versatile. (try it with lamb it is so good). Sakura is good on occasion . has that cyanide taste that almonds has tho. I suggest lavender and matcha. god tier combo

 

[Character from a movie]

People eat squash blossoms in some countries, they pretty much taste like bland flowers.
I like chamomile tea, it helps you sleep.
And artichokes are flowers. They don't taste floral but they're flowers nonetheless.

 

[invisibult plus+]

Ver archivo adjunto 6371783 would matcha count? if so, i highly recommend. it's sweet and savory and gives a caffeine buzz.

I would think so. Depending on the grade, it can be very mild, or herbal and grassy, in a good way. Either way the contrast makes it great for sweets.

A few days ago, I had lavender honey ice cream from a place that changes its flavors every month. The lavender wasn't soapy or overpowering- with the creaminess and honey it was rather soothing. You could actually see drops of honey, giving it some variety.