SC - Borage (was Saxon Violets)

[Robin Carroll-Mann]

And it came to pass on 6 Mar 00,, that lilinah at earthlink.net wrote:

> Borage flowers are sooo beautiful (ok, so the hairy plants aren't 
> real pretty but i hear the leaves are good in beverages) and i like 
> to toss flowers into salads. Besides using the flower to flavor 
> sugar, were borage leaves used in "sallats" or other dishes? Or does it
> just fall into the general term of worts?

Borage (borraja) appears in a fair number of Spanish recipes.  It seems 
to be mostly included with the cooking greens: spinach, beets, bugloss, 
chard, etc.


Lady Brighid ni Chiarain
Settmour Swamp, East (NJ)
mka Robin Carroll-Mann
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