Yes, there are flowers that are poisonous, but plenty are edible. If you’re given a flower on your plate, it’s almost certainly edible (unless the person doesn’t like you, but that’s a different issue entirely.) The only caution I would provide is that if you have pollen allergies, you may want to be cautious eating some flowers, else you end up spending the next twelve hours with a runny nose.

And to be technical, even if they were poisonous, poinsettias don’t actually have flowers as you’d think of them. The red (or whatever color) leaves are called bracts. Their flowers are actually small pitiful things you’d hardly notice.

Regarding the hot dog, may I remind you my brother is a big guy with huge hands. So the hot dog is actually larger than you think it is.

And, my brother’s pretty cool most of the time, too. At least since we grew up! ;-)

And that hotdog looks like it could feed a family of four.

Shawn: poinsettias. ‘Nuff said.

Michelle: brothers are totally awesome. My sister has one who totally rocks. :-P

Hillbilly Hotdogs in Lesage, WV.

There you go!

It’s a hot dog.

A six pound hot dog.

Not the dude, not the flowers, but the sub. MMMmmmmmmm.