Question of the Day

[minoanmiss]

If I make Cherry Blossom Bonbons (with real cherry blossom powder!) should I decorate them with

1) candied rose petals
2) edible paper cherry blossoms
3) candied hibiscus flowers, which look like baby tentacle monsters.

Comments

[sonia]

Whichever makes you smile the most! Some of each?

[minoanmiss]

well, budgeting. *wry smile*

[sonia]

Oh, right. :-/

[acelightning73]

I think the tentacle monsters would be amusing.

[annonynous]

I'm not sure what paper cherry blossoms are, but I'd find the baby tentacle monsters irresistible just on general principles.

Ann O. (:-/

[anna_wing]

(1) and (3), which are edible.

[gwydion]

Candied hibiscus

[dine]

edible is awesome, but I like the idea of topping them with cherry blossoms, even if not edible

[baranduin]

Hibiscus

[cmcmck]

If you were around ours when our cherry tree blossoms you could use real blossoms! :o)

[lunabee34]

Baby tentacle monsters!

[goss]

I vote baby tentacle monsters! \o/

[julian]

Oh, man. Yum.

Uh. 1 or 2, but 3 sounds really fun, sooo who knows, basically.

[sabotabby]

omg do you even need to ask? 3.

[amaebi]

(3), for the hentai kick.

[minoanmiss]

giggle giggle giggle

[asakiyume]

EDIBLE PAPER CHERRY BLOSSOMS

(I'm yelling this before reading the other comments...)

[lb_lee]

Candied hibiscus is sooooo yummy! I vote that!

Sneak

[cjsmith]

TENTACLES JUST BECAUSE
*giggle*

[buggery]

If the obvious answer isn't "some of each" that's because doing all three would be too much work, presumably?

I can't vote for (1) because even though I love rose-flavored things, Te can rarely stand to be in the same room with them (an exception is jallab, and she always wants jallab syrup in our middle-eastern-inspired bbq sauce for when I make lamb ribs -- which, yes, can be made kosher provided you have access to a kosher butcher shop that either sells 'lamb breast' regularly or takes custom orders; hmu if you want the recipe).

I love the purism of (2) but my experience with edible papers has been that while they are edible, they are not necessarily tasty.

I guess that leaves (3) OH NOES NOT THE TENTACLES, WHO WILL SAVE ME?? (Also Te and I are both very fond of hibiscus-flavored anything.) I don't know how strongly-flavored either the candied hibiscus or the sakura powder are, so it might be tricky balancing the proportions so neither dominates, unless you want one to do so...

[corvidology]

I'd go for the baby tentacle monsters but edible paper cherry blossoms sound beautiful!

[hitchhiker]

edible paper cherry blossoms!

[med_cat]

Edible paper cherry blossoms! ;)