Name: Pickled Daylily Buds
Ingredients: 4 cups Unopened Daylily Buds; 1.5 cups White Vinegar; 2 cups Distilled Water; 1 tbsp Wild Ginger Powdered (Asarum Canadense); 1/3 cup Sugar.; 6 Sliced Red Chili; 2 tbsp Kosher Salt

Pickled Daylily Buds

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Daylilies are prolific bloomers, each stalk can produce up to 20 flowers. Because of how fast they grow, I often pick them in the morning and evening. They bloom in late spring/early summer. Try to pick them about 3.5 inches long unopened.

Course Side Dish

Ingredients

4 cups Unopened Daylily Buds
1.5 cups White Vinegar
2 cups Distilled Water
1 tbsp Wild Ginger Powdered Asarum Canadense
1/3 cup Sugar.
6 Sliced Red Chili
2 tbsp Kosher Salt

Instructions

Pack daylily buds in jar facing down.
Combine all ingredients accept flower buds in a small pot and bring to a boil.
Turn off and let sit ten minutes.
Pour over flower buds and seal.
Let sit at least 2 weeks.