"Janet Baraclough" > wrote in message
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>> Janet Wilder > wrote in
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>> > Didn't the late Frank Perdue advertise that his chickens
>> > ate marigold petals? I seem to recall that from a previous
>> > life in the North.
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>> yes, but he raised meat birds & the marigold petals make the
>> skin yellow. it's apparently more estheticly pleasing to
>> shoppers than the pale white skinned chickens. it does nothing
>> for flavor.
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> Maybe a cheap way to imitate "corn fed" chicken. Corn-feeding gives
> chickens yellow-tinged skin and flesh and a great flavour, so they sell
> for a higher price.
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> Marigold petals are also used to dye rice yellow in cheap-cheat
> imitation of saffron rice.
>
> Janet


I can't imagine the scent of marigold petals, or even the scent's distant
cousin fitting in a rice dish. Got an example?