Orange Blossom time!

I was making my way to my compost this afternoon and noticed that my citrus trees have buds all over them. In my opinion this is the best reason to have citrus trees...for this short period of time when you don't want to exhale b/c the Orange Blossom scents are too good to miss. So I thought I would look online to see what we could do with these little flowers to keep them around longer.

This is what I found.

Orange Blossom Sugar
http://mattbites.typepad.com/mattbites/2007/03/sometimes_its_t.html

Orange Blossom Perfume
http://www.ehow.com/how_2122942_make-orange-blossom-perfume.html

Orange Blossom Essential Oil
http://www.ehow.com/how_2105457_distill-orange-blossom-oil.html

Orange Blossom Water
http://www.marigoldlane.com/kitchen/orangeblossom.html

Eat them as they are
http://www.foodsubs.com/Flowers.html

Drink this while making the above
http://www.esquire.com/drinks/orange-blossom-drink-recipe

Enjoy this time in phoenix. It's intoxicating. Let me know if you decide to make one of these! At the very least pull some off the tree and put it on top of pancakes or your dinner salad!

lauren