In a message dated 9/9/2009 11:46:09 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, owen@owendell.com writes:

This is from a friend of mine who lives in Thailand part of each year
and is married to a Thai woman:

B. says she has never eaten them herself and never heard of anyone
eating them. Me neither but who knows? Odd, because they grow
everywhere in Thailand and the Thais eat most everything else. I doubt
they're toxic but can't imagine they'd be particularly nutritious.

On Sep 9, 2009, at 11:08 AM, LBUZZELL@aol.com wrote:

> Yesterday a Thai couple visited our garden and remarked that in
> Thailand bougainvillea petals are used in stir fries. Is this
> accurate? And could this be another source of locally abundant food
> we're not using because we didn't know it was edible?
>
> Linda
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