Chicoree
is just going to flower in the ditches along the roadsides that have yet
escaped the town’s cutting. There are only a few blossoms here and there, but
this mini heat wave we’ve experienced will hasten their development. Soon there
will be a dozen or so on the each plant, opening in the morning light to reveal
their beautiful blue purple coloring and aster pattern, set within the corded
array of its green stalks and leaves.
The
chicoree is a true summer flower, whose color is nearly unmatched in its clean
resemblance of a summer sky.
The root
is evidently edible, at least dried and ground, it makes a coffee substitute.
I’ve not tried it directly, but I have sampled the New Orleans version, which
is derived in part from chicoree root. It is a unique and somewhat acidic
substitute.
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