On 31 Oct 05 at 19:51, Diane Whitehead wrote: > OK, back to bulbs, but following the current theme, more > edible ones. I've just been repotting bulb seedlings, > starting with the A's. I have lots of different alliums, > most of which haven't flowered yet. > > I sprinkle chives and nodding onion flowers (Allium > schoenprasum and A. cernuum) on food, as the varied colours > of the flowers are pretty on a salad or scrambled eggs. > > I am expecting some of my other species to increase enough to > use. Are they all edible? How about some of the blue-flowered > ones? Mark McDonough (who, I hope, will speak up for himself) once commented in a talk on one of the beauties of specializing in alliums: if you don't like the plant, you can always fry it and eat it with steak. -- Rodger Whitlock Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate on beautiful Vancouver Island