- EATING
flowers is
nothing new.

During the

Second World

War in Holland,
tulip bulbs were cooked and
caten.

Today, it’s the tulip’s petals
which are the most often caten
part of the flower. Some vari-
ctics taste mildly of beans or
peas, others have little or no fla-
vor at all.

To make the best use of
tulips in your kitchen, use this
edible bloom as you would
salad greens — better fresh
than cooked. To prepare a vulip
for afilling, or as a container for
a dip, cut off the stem at the
bottom of the “cup” of petals.
Remove the pistil and stamen
trom inside the tulip, then gen-

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Tulips make a tasty treat

uy rinse the flower and pat dry
without crushing the petals.
One caution, however —~
not alf tulips are edible. Some
may have been grown with
herbicides, or — pesticides.
Therefore, you should only
consume flowers thar have
been home grown or organical-
ly produced.
Salmon Chive Canapes
% c. chopped fresh chives
4 oz. plain, whipped cream
cheese
X tsp. Worcestershire sauce
6 large, yellow tulips such as
Fringed Elegance, rinsed and
drained.

6 oz. thinly sliced smoked
salmon
additional chives or, better
yet, chive blossoms.
3 additional tulips, as above.
Using the chopping blade
in a food processor, process
chives until minced. Add cream
cheese and Worcestershire
sauce. Process mixture until
pale green, stopping several
times to scrape down side of
container. To prepare cach
tulip, with a sharp knife, cur
across petals about 4 inch from
base or stem. Discard stocs
and insides of tulips. Arrange
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salmon crosswise into 2”x1”
pieces and told each piece to fit
the centre of a tulip petal. Place
folded salmon on tulip petals.
Top with a dollop of chive
cream cheese. Sprinkle with
additional chives, or chive dlos-
soms, Cover and refrigerate
canapes up to 2 hours before
serving.

‘Fo serve, sparsely arrange
canapes on a serving platter,
decorated with remaining three
tulips, the stems of which have
been tied together with chive
strands. Replenish platter as
necessary.

Makes about 3 dozen.

Sunday, March 8, 1998 — North Shore News — 33

Olymp

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WHEN watching the
Olympic games and
other sports competi-
tions I find myself in
awe of the athletes ...
their skill, technique
and dedication.

A beautiful lawn can cre-
ate the same look of wonder-
ment in the eyes of people
who admire the dedication of
a gardener. That’s because
most people don’t know how
really casy it can be to create
a beautiful, healthy lawn.

Now that spring is fast
approaching, here are a few
simple tips to keep in mind
so you can amaze your
neighbors with vour garden-
ing prowess.

@ Follow the one-third rule
or use a mulching mower —
this is also referred to as
“Grasscycling.” By cutting
only one-third of the grass
blade at each mowing, you
return short clippings to the
lawn that contain important
nutrients. Some folks scalp
their lawns, letting their grass
grow too high and then cur-

ting it too low. This spells -

trouble for the root zone.
Think of vour lawn as a mir-
ror of sorts. The higher the
grass grows above = the
ground, the deeper the roots
spread below. So it’s impor-
tant not te cut your grass too

short.

@ Mow in a different direc-
tion each time to prevent a
fean, and overlap your mow-
ing paths two to four inches.
Also turn the mower on the
driveway. walkway or any
other hard surface, if possi-
ble, to prevent “scuffing”
vour grass.

@ Keep the cutting blade
sharp to avoid shredding
grass tips. Adull blade can
shred your grass, providing
entry ways for disease organ-
isms that can turn your grass
brown.

@ Learn the recommended
cutting height for your vari-
ety of grass and try to mow
on the high side of that level.
For cool-season grasses, mow
at 3% inches and 2 inches for
warm scason grasses.

Bi Never mow when the fawn
is wet. This can cause soil
compaction, spread discase
and pull out grass plants.

You don’t have to. b .

dedicated perfectionist in the
Olympic tradition to create a
beautiful, healthy | fawn.
Follow these simple tech-
niques to create a lawn that’s
not only a nice place for you
to relax, but also a great place
for the kids to act out their
own Olympic fantasies.

Elten Henke is a botanist
and garden writer and the
Joln Deere lawn and garden
expert.

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