Daylily Deliciousness
June 30, 2012
Yesterday I was talking with some folks about how tasty a daylily is. I’ve always called them tiger lilies, and last summer I learned that you can eat them so we stuffed the flowers and baked them!!
It’s important to note that these are NOT the poisonous easter lilies, and as with all wild food, know what you’re eating is of supreme importance. This article about harvesting and eating daylilies has some excellent tips and you might also enjoy dining on day lilies by Hank Shaw.
Check this photo out background bigtacular and in Joel’s massive Flowers slideshow.
June 30, 2012 at 9:58 am
I had no idea these were edible. Neat! My grandpa used to call these “railroad lilies” – because of their tendency to grow in ditches and embankments, I’d guess.