Setting aside all the kitchen "lilies" (onions, shallots, garlic, et al that are culinary mainstays) there are other bulbs that we think of as ornamentals but which are edible. Dahlias were originally raised for food. Breeding for flower power may have reduced their flavor. I don't know anyone who has sampled them. Camassia were an important food resource in the Pacific Northwest, to the extent that battles were waged by the indigenous people over gathering rights to productive meadows. As an aside, Sacajawea fed camassia to Lewis and Clark on their expedition westward. The Dutch ate tulip bulbs during the Hunger Winter of World War II. In Italy, lampascioni is made with the pickled //bulbs of tassel hyacinth, Muscari comosum//. Judy in New Jersey where winter is returning. Quite windy, and temperatures have dropped below the freezing point. _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…