Violet and pansy flowers can frequently be found in salad sections at large grocery stores. They make a visually delightful presentation addition to a leafy salad.
Just looked up wild violet, this was the first result (after an Enya music vid). I think this was the first wild edible i learned, we took a field trip to hungry mother state park when i was in the 1st grade, the guide pointed one out and practically forced our reluctant teacher to eat it, when her grimace turned into a smile, and you could tell she liked it, every kid wanted to try one. The guide expected only a few, adventurous kids to try it, when she realized the whole group wanted one, she said noone could have one. Naturally this was frustrating to fat lil 1st grade me. And it just so happened my grandmother had planted some johnny jump-ups or hearts-ease when i came home from school. They are notorious for coming up all over the place, year after year, in places you'd never expect seed to blow. But johnny never jumped up, johnny got eaten, and granny was pissed 😅. ""But granny, the field guide guy said "EVERY" violet was edible!""" Liked.subscribed.
Depending on where you live they should be coming in between March and April, you can walk around and gather up a root nodule from somewhere and plant it in your yard. They also really help to enrich the soil as the nodules collect and store nitrogen.
sure can....what you do is heat up a small amount of water and fill it full of sugar. desolve as much sugar in the water as the water can hold. then let the water cool and dip the flowers in it. set the flowers on a baking sheet and dehydrate them. dont cook them tho..
