What are pommes columbine?

Does anyone have a recipe for these? Not sure if the spelling is 100% correct.

What are pommes columbine?
pommes is apples in french..pommes de terre in french is potatoes...pommes frites is french fried potatoes in french..so pommes could refer to potatoes OR apples





....columbine may be a restaurant in new york?


http://www.yelp.com/biz/2R1KAjhs0bpWqLTc...


http://www.columbine229.com/menu.html





I am thinking Columbine is a type of flower...that could be used as a food dye or as an edible garnish... look about 1/2 down the page about columbines, then blue and cornflowers..


http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-SW...





here is a description with pics of columbine flowers..on henry fields..not sure if edible or not...maybe they want him to make up a recipe for blue(?) apples or blue(?)potatoes using essence of flowers or pureed/liquified flowers as a food coloring or apples or potatoes with candied columbine flowers as a garnish?


http://henryfields.com/search.asp?dt=11%26amp;...





then here is a hybrid of columbine called "green apples" for its color..


http://www.paghat.com/columbine9.html





Here is something about crimson columbine flower essence is good for ADD disorder...so probably can buy the flower essence in health food stores and maybe recipes there also..may add a flavor and a coloring to apples (or else it is the candied green apple columbine flowers alone)


http://medicinegarden.com/store/copy/fe_...





here is a web page talking about aquilegia vulgaris , a type of columbine flower and its uses as an edible item..It is sweet flower that can be eaten raw in salads and used in a tea ACCORDING TO THIS ARTICLE (and other uses) THE PLANT PART IS POISONOUS THOUGH!!!


http://www.ibiblio.org/pfaf/cgi-bin/arr_...





here is a map of where in the US it is located and a drawing of the plant


http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symb...





Here is some photos of aquilegia vulgaris (one color of columbine)


http://botany.cs.tamu.edu/FLORA/perdeck/...


http://www.henriettesherbal.com/pictures...


http://botany.cs.tamu.edu/FLORA/perdeck/...


http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_qu...








article mentioning that the other parts used may be poisonous


http://botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/c/co...
Reply:Well...sort of - I found an almost incomprehensible website - good luck with it!





http://columbine-flowers.todimamy.info/
Reply:I think your friend may have the wrong name for the dish.





I have a course book from my Uni days and the potato section has 51 pommes dishes, none being columbine.





If its Pommes:





a la creme, a la neige, amandines, allumettes, Anna, au four, au lard,


bataille, berrichonne, biarritz, brioche, Byron,


champignol, chateau, cocotte, cretan, chips, croquettes,


dauphine, Delmonico, duchesse,


en robe de chambre,


fondantes, frites,


galette, gaufrettes, gratinees,


Lorette, lyonnaise,


Macaire, maitre d'hotel, marquise, mignonettes,


nature, nouvelles, nouvelles rissolees, noisette,


pailles, parisienne, Parmentier, persillees, Pont Neuf, puree, puree au gratin, puree a la creme,


rissolees, roties,


sautees, sautees a cru,


vapeur,





I can help, but if not, sorry. Show list to friend %26amp; see if they recognise the name. I can help you then.





Good Luck %26amp; hope they taste nice!
Reply:Pommes in German means fry. Columbine is a plant . There is a Deli in Manhattan named Columbine that serves


Pommes Frites or homade french fried potatoes. Are you looking for recipe to tell you how to prepare potatoes like they do?