http://FXcuisine.com/default.asp?Display=74Coltsfoot has been used for thousands of years to heal cough. French chef Marc Veyrat uses its flowers to make a delicious sorbet. en-usSat, 25 Apr 2026 11:07:19 GMTFXcuisine.com5 Thanks a lot for your learned contribution, this is indeed fascinating! A very chicken-and-egg mystery this flower.http://FXcuisine.com/default.asp?Display=74Mon, 14 May 2007 14:47:07 GMT I don"t know if you"re interested in a non-food matter, but a Gaelic-speaking computer lecturer in Skye"s college, Sabhal Mor Ostaig, drew my attention to your piece as the words "Filius Antre Patrem" appear in a Gaelic poem made as a small elegy for Rob Donn MacAoidh in the far Northern Highlands. Four lines of the 8-line verse read thus...Tha lusan aig a" ghairneilearnach fas sna h-uile fonnFilius Ante Patremse bharr as fhearr na bhonnThe gardener has a plantwhich does not grow in every soilFilius Ante Patremthe son exceeds the father (or literally "the flower is better than the root/base).Isn"t this fascinating!Niall Gordan. http://FXcuisine.com/default.asp?Display=74Sun, 13 May 2007 06:03:31 GMT