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Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :

I have a bad habit of buying foods that sound really interesting, and then realising I don't know what I can make out of them.

Does anyone have any suggestions for candied rose petals?

They aren't single petals - they came in a can, shredded and syrupy.

Posted by ReikoDemosthenes (Member # 6218) on :

Eat them?

Posted by Stray (Member # 4056) on :

Hrm...cake decorations, perhaps?

Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :

Generally they are used as a garnish. Have someone over for dessert and sprinkle them on top of ice cream or a flourless chocolate cake. You can also make cookies, dip the top or one half in melted chocolate, and press a candied rose petal into the wet chocolate, so it sticks when the chocolate dries. Elegant.

Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :

Oops, didn't see your edit. My suggestions would still work, but not as well.

Posted by festivus (Member # 9963) on :

we candied rosepetals and violets for our mothers for mothers day in kindergarten. I think we just sat them on a plate with the mints.

Posted by Eduardo St. Elmo (Member # 9566) on :

I'm not much of a gourmet chef, but perhaps you could use them as ingredients for Turkish delight.

Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :

ICe cream topping.

Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :

In the end, I made a sorbet of sorts with them. It's not terribly great, but it could be worse.

Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :

Eaquae, I didn't mention this before, and I should have.

quote:
I have a bad habit of buying foods that sound really interesting, and then realising I don't know what I can make out of them.

This is a really really really cool thing you do. [Big Grin]

I used to do that, too, back in Canada, and it was a lot of fun. I love hearing other people doing the same thing. [Smile]

Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :

Oh man, curse of my life.

Ooooh, look, persimmons! (How the heck do you eat a persimmon?)
Egg roll skins! (How do you make egg rolls, anyway?)
Kofta! Gota! (Pretty pictures... what are they?)

And it just goes on. It's especially bad where I am now (downtown TO), with all the ethnic shops around. Eventually most things get eaten one way or another.

Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :

Yeah, I hear ya! [Big Grin]

I've bought some pretty strange fruits & vegetables and had no idea if the fruit was ripe or what to do with any of it. [Big Grin]

At least now we have the internet so we can look things up afterwards. [Big Grin]

Back in the late 1980s... [Big Grin]

My roommates all thought I was nuts. Well, not that they were wrong...

Posted by Stan the man (Member # 6249) on :

You buy food like I buy music. Hmmm, never heard of this band...cover looks neat. Ok, I buy. It usually turns out really well for me.

Posted by Dr Strangelove (Member # 8331) on :

I say eat some. You don't know what you can do with them until you know how they taste? I think maybe they'd be good with heavily greasy fried foods. But then, I am very strange ...

(quid, I think you took my advice on smileys a bit too serious! No one's doubting your seniority in this thread [Wink]

)

Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :

Am I losing my mind? I mean, more than usual? Where did you give me advice on smiley usage?

And no, I'm not mocking you. My head is wobbling around unattached in my brain and bits are falling out...

Posted by Dr Strangelove (Member # 8331) on :

Hehe. As soon as I posted that I wondered whether or not you would get it. Here is where. [Razz]

. Sorry I wasn't more clear.

Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :

OH THAT!

Yeah, okay. [Smile]