Squash Blossom
Hard to herd and hard to wrangle,
growing in a clustered tangle
here beside my kitchen stoop,
good as fritters or in soup.
Squash blooms don’t merely do their duty
as a thing of sun-filled beauty.
Their life as flowers fades in haste.
Best to enjoy them as a taste!
(Or, if at growing things you’re feckless,
just enjoy them as a necklace!)
Lone Mountain Squash Blossom necklace. Image “borrowed” from internet.
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
What a cool post Judy. 😀
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Oh, I’ve grown zucchini for years, only to eat the blossoms! I LOVE them hot and crisp and salty, served just after being picked!
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Do you eat them raw?
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No! We dip them in milk, then flour and salt, then quick fry in olive oil. Eat them hot and crisp!!! You can stuff them, too, but I love them just fried.
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I fudged a bit. Poetic license. These really were not growing next to my stoop.
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