cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 24 days agoWhat dessert or junkfood do you always keep in stock at home?message-squaremessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down11
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minus-squareVaryk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·23 days agocandied hibiscus? like the flower is candied?
minus-squaretitter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·23 days agoHibiscus flowers are full of vitamin c, and taste like cranberries!
minus-squareVaryk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-223 days agoI had no idea. that sounds delicious. the flower petals are so thin, how thick is the candy coating?
minus-squarecazssiew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·21 days agoIt’s actually made with the calyx rather than the petals, same as with hibiscus tea.
minus-squareVaryk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·21 days agoare you sure? a lot of the ones I looked up look like they dehydrate the petals. the recipes call for the flower rather than the calyx.
minus-squarecazssiew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·21 days agoYup, those are calices, it’s the bottom part of the flower, that holds the petals together.
minus-squareVaryk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·21 days agoI thought the calyx was the green part that holds the flower by its base. like this? and the flavor they’re talking about sounds like hibiscus petals, which are supposed to be citrusy.
minus-squarecazssiew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-220 days agoYou can also eat the petals, but the stuff you’ll find commercially are calices. I assume the petals are perhaps too fragile to process ? https://www.tyrantfarms.com/hibiscus-a-tasty-addition-to-your-edible-landscape-or-garden/#edible-parts-hibiscus-sabdariffa
minus-squareVaryk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·20 days agono, apparently the petals are much thicker than I thought they were, which is funny because I grew up with them. but all of these candied snacks and hibiscus tea and everything calls for the petals.
candied hibiscus? like the flower is candied?
Hibiscus flowers are full of vitamin c, and taste like cranberries!
I had no idea. that sounds delicious.
the flower petals are so thin, how thick is the candy coating?
It’s actually made with the calyx rather than the petals, same as with hibiscus tea.
are you sure? a lot of the ones I looked up look like they dehydrate the petals. the recipes call for the flower rather than the calyx.
Yup, those are calices, it’s the bottom part of the flower, that holds the petals together.
I thought the calyx was the green part that holds the flower by its base.
like this?
and the flavor they’re talking about sounds like hibiscus petals, which are supposed to be citrusy.
You can also eat the petals, but the stuff you’ll find commercially are calices. I assume the petals are perhaps too fragile to process ? https://www.tyrantfarms.com/hibiscus-a-tasty-addition-to-your-edible-landscape-or-garden/#edible-parts-hibiscus-sabdariffa
no, apparently the petals are much thicker than I thought they were, which is funny because I grew up with them.
but all of these candied snacks and hibiscus tea and everything calls for the petals.