Squash Flowers

These delicate blossoms make their appearance for a scant couple of days before wilting. Squash flowers bloom for a few hours on one morning, and then start to wilt. When picked, they will keep for, at best, a day.

In Italy, they are considered a delicacy. Sauteed or battered and fried in olive oil with garlic.

I planted a few squash seeds some months ago, and today on my window sill, the larger one has started to send up quite the number of "male" flowers. I read that it will do so for a couple of weeks before it has any "female" flowers for setting fruit. Quite an opportunity!

I headed for the nearest pair of scissors and snipped off three pretty orange colored blossoms. Washed, dried, and sauteed in olive oil with some garlic, salt, and black pepper.

I will admit that on a plate, they basically looked like wilted decoration. But in conclusion: YUM!