cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 days agoWhat dessert or junkfood do you always keep in stock at home?message-squaremessage-square94fedilinkarrow-up180arrow-down13
arrow-up177arrow-down1message-squareWhat dessert or junkfood do you always keep in stock at home?cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square94fedilink
minus-squareVaryk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 hours agono, apparently the petals are much thicker than I thought they were, which is funny because I grew up with them. but all of these candied snacks and hibiscus tea and everything calls for the petals.
minus-squarecazssiew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoSuit yourself I guess, it’s a common misunderstanding.
minus-squareVaryk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 hours ago“it’s a common misunderstanding.” green and pink? every source I could find says the pink calyx with the seeds removed is used as candied snacks, not the green part of the stem holding the flower. you have the name right, but you’re mixing up your plant parts. The green one you’re thinking of is the epicalyx. The calyx is a smaller structure inside the epicalyx and outside of the petals holding the petals by the base.
no, apparently the petals are much thicker than I thought they were, which is funny because I grew up with them.
but all of these candied snacks and hibiscus tea and everything calls for the petals.
Suit yourself I guess, it’s a common misunderstanding.
“it’s a common misunderstanding.”
green and pink?
every source I could find says the pink calyx with the seeds removed is used as candied snacks, not the green part of the stem holding the flower.
you have the name right, but you’re mixing up your plant parts.
The green one you’re thinking of is the epicalyx.
The calyx is a smaller structure inside the epicalyx and outside of the petals holding the petals by the base.