We use the flower and the bud as vegetable (delicous) but don't know its name. Is it a sort of Lily? ( photo / image / picture from Bam's Garden ) ( photo / image / picture from Bam's Garden ) ( photo / image / picture from Bam's Garden ) ( photo / image / picture from Bam's Garden )
Hemerocallis have been eaten in the Far East for a very very long time. I tried them, but to me they have no distinguishing taste. The pictures are of one of the species I think.
Well, gosh, if I could eat my tiger lillies, I wouldn't have to go to the grocery for weeks! Very pretty pics of the buds and an interesting idea to look into.
Tiger lilies are NOT edible and NOT related to Hemerocallis. There are some species of true lilies which have edible bulbs though. I would like to try Camassia esculenta bulbs (Quamash).
Thanks Palustris! I wouldn't eat anything unfamiliar without doing lots of research -- probably an important point to make often, right?!
Yes, Hemerocallis, or "daylily." Where I grew up we had a hillside of them. My mother and grandmother would dip the buds in a flour or cornstarch batter and fry them like tempura vegetables. They were a little sweet. Very rarely we might tear the flower into a salad. I am from the southern part of the USA, Bam. Interesting to see that I have this in common with someone from Vietnam, but not necessarily with others from my own country. Palustris, isn't Camassia called the "death lily?" I always took that to mean it was deadly poisonous.
What a nice surprice to know that you have the same recipes, Joan People often use daylily as vegetable in my country. It's very common. As dooley said, many stores sell lily buds. To dooley: It exactly is "stir-dry". I could not find out the words. Thank you
