Charles Gifford wrote:


> As long as you don't spray them they will be fine. I used to enjoy rose
> petal and mayonnaise sandwiches when I was young. Now I only occasionally
> use them in salads or as decoration.


Uh-oh. You would have thought the rose bushes were safe from my cooking
mania, but they turn out to be a fruit garden afterall. When do I pick
them for cooking? When they're fully ripe, um, er, flowered and falling
off the stem? Or earlier?

--Lia