We ate the deceased for breakfast this morning, they were delicious.

Confused? So were the deceased……..

Friday began as usual, the sun rose and started its daily arc across the sky. Birds flew back and forth to the feeder, reward in beak, to the nearest branch. The flowers were awakening for the new day. First a lot of human commotion, then noise, then darkness set in. But it was daytime!! It was their day!! Where was the sun? More noise, then one flower fell , then several, screams could be heard everywhere. When the sun returned there were bodies everywhere, the survivors looked in horror at the carnage. Some were crushed, others had their heads removed, It was their worst day ever.


Hemerocallis Helen Bohem peers around the edge of the tarp as crushing old shingles slide to the ground.

The tarp is on the ground and the shingles from the front side of the house are being removed. Platinum Plus, Towhee, Stella D'Oro and Going bananas lie crushed beneath the tarp.

Explanation: Friday we had our roof replaced. While removing the old shingles is no easy task, time was of the essence. In two hours all the shingles were removed and slid down large tarps to the ground below.
As the house is ringed with 8 of the 23 flower beds some were in the way. Run was not an option for the daylilies. Some tall bushes protected some but others were not so fortunate.



The morning after the carnage was apparent. 5 of the 8 beds had damage or partial damage. This morning I collected the bodies and as daylilies are edible, into the frying pan with butter they went.


As KK would say “yummy”.



Other scapes were put into a glass of water to spend the day on the table.

Jerry

 

Chuckle. Very creative.
When life gives you lemons....etc.

I hope your daylily beds recover; I bet they will! They are a very hardy lot!

 

Yes it is yummy Jerry I can imagine it. I used to love eating until the last time I had them was more than 5 years ago and I found out my resistance to it had dropped drastically. I had food poisoning

 

Bummer KK, I have never heard of someone getting food poisoning from daylilies. I have a listing of poisonous plants of North America(the oldest file on my computer) and Hemerocallis is not listed. I normally don't eat the flowers, I prefer to watch them open up for 'their day'

Jerry

 

My family used to saute "golden needles" (unopened daylily buds) in stir fries. They were very good.

 

According to this site about 1 out of 50 people cannot tolerate daylily.

Now I'm wandering weather my condition was true or not because no analysis was done to the daylily that we had. All of us had the same problems after eating it at that time and we bought it from a reputable supermarket too! I had been eating them since I was a kid both dried and fresh. Fresh was very rare because they cannot be cultivated in the lowlands.

Yes "Golden Needles" are yummy Cayuga Morning and they are from China.

I think I should try the dry stuff and see anything will happen.

 

Interesting KK. I did not know this. I googled 'golden needles' and the article stated they are the buds of daylilies, but that they are toxic if eaten raw....see the last sentence.
June 1, 2010
Ingredient: Golden Needle Vegetable


Although it has the word vegetable in its name, it is not vegetable but is the edible species of a flower’s bud. In Hong Kong, we call it gum jum choi (written as ??? in Chinese), literally golden needle vegetable. In mainland China, it is more commonly known as yellow flower vegetable (pronounces as huang hua cai ??? in mandarin). On Wikipedia, I notice that this yellow flower is called daylily.

Although not mentioned in Wikipedia, it has got another remarkable name in Chinese, that is ???, meaning forget-the-sadness vegetable. An interesting name though, I have not found an authoritative source that proved it would help depress unhappiness.

But it has been said that dried golden needle vegetable contains rich lecithin, a phospholipid, which is good for cerebrum cells. Thus it is also said to be a ‘good brain food’.

Whichever is the name, this vegetable is usually available in dried form than fresh, and it has been said that fresh ones are toxic if not well-cooked.

 

This is interesting information. The ratio of 1 in 50 can not be taken lightly. The flower hemerocallis has its origins in the far east and as such has a longer history than Europe or North America. From the flowers introduction to the western part of the world over 80,000 varieties have been developed. The original 19 species must also have their own history. When it is difficult to determine ones vulnerability, everybody who eats them needs to apply caution apparently.

Jerry

 

Thanks Cayuga Morning, I just asked Becky how about getting some golden needles when we go to the Chinese ingredients shop the next time. "NO" was a reply, I guess she does not want to take any risk after the terrible experience long ago.

Jerry I guess whenever daylilies bud is on the menu, please make sure you have a phone nearby just in case .

 

We never had anyone use a tarp when they removed the shingles, a very good idea. I moved everything I didn't want destroyed. then when it was time to put them back in the ground they were planted right away. A lot of work but yours should come back just fine unless they were really damaged. Then it might take a few years to flower again.