Plant of the Day
Thursday 14 March 2024
In early spring the Magnolia × soulangeana (saucer magnolia, Chinese magnolia) flowers before the leaves emerge. As long as there is little wind or frost these trees will provide a glamorous display.
Jill Raggett
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Magnolia × soulangeana (saucer magnolia)
Pink Floyd
A Saucer full of Secrets (1968).
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Magnolia muffins (needed more syrup and maybe something else, but I was faking it from a recipe intended for lemon zest and lemon syrup) and knotweed muffins (good, if difficult to totally pinpoint the knotweed flavor for folks who aren't familiar with it)
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Forage Recipes: Magnolia Petal Tea
Those entering spring may have noticed the soft pink magnolia flowers beginning to unfurl, less people known that these flowers are edible in quite a few ways. I was happy to see foragers here break into magnolia flowers for recipes, there is a very long history regarding these flowers in chinese medicines. There are a lot of excellent recipes which are more complex (pickled magnolia being a popular one right now) so I'm giving y'all a very easy tea recipe.
As a kid I used to climb our magnolia tree and take a bite of the petals (only to spit them out because my mom would glare me down). Little did I know that fresh magnolia petals are great salad additions, so I could have eaten them straight from the tree (no thanks to mom).
Anyway...there's quite a few native magnolia species in the United States, I will only recommend you use one of the asian cultivars which I have faith in edibility and consistent flavor, so for this I used Saucer Magnolia - Magnolia x soulangeana.
When you take a petal off a Magnolia they tend to bruise easily and wilt, it's best to take an unopened flower and one which is outside of its winter bud (See above). You can use all parts of the flower minus the hairy bud and stem, I gently washed petals as I pulled them. The unopened buds smell faint but lovely, this flavor will transfer into your tea. Just place in hot water for 10ish minutes and remove petals to drink. The flavor is a light ginger-ginseng taste which I would place in the higher tiers of my wild tea journey. So be mindful of where you grab yours from and happy hunting!
Recipe:
Ingredients: 1 unopened undamaged magnolia flower,
1. Pick apart petals lightly washed and bud removed
2. Place in cup of hot water brew for 10 minutes
3. Remove petals and enjoy
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Daily doodle #0017
Saucer Magnolia (Magnolia x soulangeana) line and wash versions.
@onedoodleaday prompt: Draw a flowering tree.
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Didn't manage the whole tree. Eh. Covid continues to improve
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Saucer Magnolia
Photography by David Velez
#davidvelez #david6of7 #photo #originalcontent #flower
#saucermagnolia #flor
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