I have no idea who taught me this practice originally, but as a young child we would look for Purple Clover (Trifolium pratense), aka Red Clover and pull off individual flower petals and suck their sweet, honey like, juice. Obviously, there was only a minute amount of sweetness, yet it was sweet enough to entice us to taste more petals. Among many other uses, it turns out it was used by some for coughs, which seems logical. Read more here. Copyright 2023 Pamela Breitberg
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