They persuade to try, I studied everything - I can't!

Try to guess which dish will be discussed. They call it differently.

Friends, to inspire me to try, showed the whole cooking process.

It starts with scissors removing the bitters ...:

And first you need to collect in the morning (!) ...:

Have you guessed?

I read everything I can about the benefits of pumpkin flower dishes. There are no contraindications. I can’t eat! Associations either with a pate from nightingale tongues, or with the fact that this dish was invented out of poverty.

I would like to know your opinion about this dish. They call it differently. I liked: "Elixir of Youth". Maybe friends came up with this name for me? Let it be so!

Ready pumpkin flowers in light batter looked like this:

Preparation

• Flowers without my stamens
• Removing the sepals

• Cut off the peduncle

• Before cooking, we once again inspect for the presence of insects, they could have time to go in to eat

• We dry the finished flowers a little so that they wither, lose their fragility.

Recipe

1. Drive an egg into a bowl
2. Pour in a little water (1: 1 with an egg by volume)
3. Add your favorite spices, salt
4. Whisk a little
5. Dip each flower
6. Letting the liquid drain a little
7. Roll well in flour, shake off excess flour
8. Put in a well-heated frying pan with a lot of sunflower oil
9. We fry on the smallest fire

How useful is it

Pumpkin flowers contain all the nutrients, as well as pulp. Here is a list of diseases for which doctors recommend pumpkin flowers. In different forms, it can be tinctures or decoctions, but still they are recommended.

• With hypotension
• Cholecystitis
• Gout
• Neuroses
• To reduce the risk of developing cardiovascular disease
• As a choleretic
• For the treatment of purulent wounds
• To lower the temperature
• As an expectorant

I also learned that in supermarkets in Italy, semi-finished pumpkin flowers are sold in boxes, next to zucchini and cucumbers. It's a regular dinner there!

There is only one question left: to eat or not to eat? What do you think?

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