Saturday, February 9, 2008

Seeds from Italy


Google searches for various squash seeds led me to the Seeds from Italy website where the seeds are a bit pricier but they have some interesting selections that I have not heard of before. For instance: Scuplit - Silene Inflata.
"Scuplit (Silene Inflata). In Italy used as an ‘aromatic’ to flavor salads, egg dishes, risotto. Flavor a bit like a combination of arugula, tarrogon, chicory & other herbs... Widely used in Italy, but not anywhere else." Barbara Damrosch of the Washington Post was similarly intrigued (An Element of surprise for your salad). So maybe I'll just go pick some bladder campion.
They also have Zucchino da Fiore, a zucchini that produces flowers as the crop rather than the squash for things like squash flower soup and stuffed squash blossoms.

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