FRIED PUMPKIN BLOSSOMS 
10 pumpkin or squash blossoms
2 eggs, beaten
2 tbsp. water
Salt
Pepper
3/4 c. flavored bread crumbs
1/4 c. Parmesan cheese
Cooking oil for frying

Remove center stem of pumpkin blossoms. Wash blossoms gently in large basin of salted water. Pat dry on paper towel. Beat together egg, water, salt and pepper. Combine bread crumbs and cheese. Dip blossoms into egg mixture, then into bread crumb mixture. Saute in hot oil until golden, turning once. Serve as an hors d'oeuvres or with salad as a light lunch.

I have also done dandelion blossoms. This way it is something different.

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Fried Pumpkin Blossoms
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 Fran (Illinois) says:
I use crushed Ritz crackers, & they are wonderful. now I have a Question. I recieved more then what we can eat, can pumpkin blossoms be frozen in fresh form, or, fried then frozen ? Can anyone answer this ?
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 Bearcreek (Illinois) says:
Hi Fran.. About freezing Pumpkin Blossoms, I have eaten them for 85 years but never frozen them. However, I just read on Pappaw.com where he says the following, I quote -- To freeze, I'll prepare them as if I was going to fry them, then place them on waxed paper (sprinkle on some corn meal) on a cookie sheet, then put them in the freezer until they are frozen. Then I put them (and a little more seasoned flour mixture (to keeping them from sticking) in a bag or container in my freezer.. I've kept them for over a year like this and they are as delicious when fried, as when they were fresh..

 

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