Macro Flower Saturday
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In many parts of South East Asia, like Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and the Philipines, they use banana flowers in their cooking. I have not used them myself.
I used to grow bananas and I would give the flowers to my friends. There is a lot of work removing the sap. My Thai friend makes a salad, my Sri Lanka friends cooks in curry.
Then my Burmese friend cooks the heart of the stem.
I grew them, but I don't eat them. Other friends ask why I bother, I just like to see the plants grow and make others happy.
These are actually in Auckland. I am surprised because the fruits actually mature to be edible.
2 comments:
Goodness, that is one BIG flower!!! Interesting stuff about the flower, I of course have never tried it, I wonder if it tastes like bananas?
I like to grow things too and sometimes like you I don't eat it.
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