Ooh this is fun, cooking with dahlias! If you can eat the whole plant then the flowers would look so pretty on cakes or pretty breakfasts like açai bowls. 🌸
I baked mine in a foil parcel with salt and lemon thyme - I felt that the lemon herbyness of the lemon thyme would go well with the greenness of the tubers. I actually really liked it, but I found it really hard to put my finger on the flavour. The texture is a little bit odd. Not bad, just... I guess my brain was expecting either potato softness or parsnip or something and when it wasn't that, it landed on "this is odd". The problem is that they can be hard to digest for some people so I don't think I would make it a staple but it might be something I do with culled seedlings or excess tubers as a small seasonal side dish. But it's absolutely something I would experiment with again. I haven't tried the bread yet but I'd like to.
That's neat that the bread worked out. I can just imagine dahlia growers when they are dividing the tubers, saying 'one for me, one for next year, one for me ...'
What a fun and informative video...I had heard about the edible dahlia tubers but never researched recipes etc. You did some great legwork - and saved some of us some time (and effort). A small cuisinart would probably help in the grating process, but now I'm encouraged to experiment. Thank you
Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope just can’t bring myself to do it. Maybe if someone served the cake on a plate with some butter and didn’t tell me what it was……maybe……nah nope my brain says don’t do it lol If I handed that to my husband I think his response would be to put it straight in the bin so I give your hubby 100 points for tasting it.
Very interesting.
Ooh this is fun, cooking with dahlias!
If you can eat the whole plant then the flowers would look so pretty on cakes or pretty breakfasts like açai bowls. 🌸
Yes they look so pretty!!! I put them on things when I need to take a plate somewhere:)
I baked mine in a foil parcel with salt and lemon thyme - I felt that the lemon herbyness of the lemon thyme would go well with the greenness of the tubers. I actually really liked it, but I found it really hard to put my finger on the flavour. The texture is a little bit odd. Not bad, just... I guess my brain was expecting either potato softness or parsnip or something and when it wasn't that, it landed on "this is odd". The problem is that they can be hard to digest for some people so I don't think I would make it a staple but it might be something I do with culled seedlings or excess tubers as a small seasonal side dish. But it's absolutely something I would experiment with again. I haven't tried the bread yet but I'd like to.
Oh wrapping in foil would solve the hard outer issue! I think the texture would still be odd!
Yes - it's this weird level of firmness that makes it seem undercooked when it's not.
Hi Phaedra, your husband was so cute, I love when he said he only tasted that it’s food😂
If I didn’t tell him it was Dahlia bread he would have noticed anything…
That's neat that the bread worked out.
I can just imagine dahlia growers when they are dividing the tubers, saying 'one for me, one for next year, one for me ...'
😂 🍂💯
Haha 😜
Love that your experimenting, great video, thank you 🪶🤍🪶
How interesting! Thank you!
What a fun and informative video...I had heard about the edible dahlia tubers but never researched recipes etc.
You did some great legwork - and saved some of us some time (and effort). A small cuisinart would probably help in the grating process, but now I'm encouraged to experiment. Thank you
They were easy to grate… I just need a larger grater!
That was interesting thanks Phaedra 😊
That’s an apostle spoon!
My Mum called me to tell me too! Well.. he lives in my baking powder!
Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope just can’t bring myself to do it. Maybe if someone served the cake on a plate with some butter and didn’t tell me what it was……maybe……nah nope my brain says don’t do it lol If I handed that to my husband I think his response would be to put it straight in the bin so I give your hubby 100 points for tasting it.
I did have to fight my brain a bit 😆
@@phaedragardeness lol for me that’s like trying to be convinced that a bogon moth tastes like peanut butter…. Nah