High's today of 107°... Send ICE!

This heat is crazy hot for May. Broken high temperature records is not my idea of fun. It is also playing havoc with my basil plant.

basil-flowers-by-bodaciousgirl

It seems like every other day I am pinching the flowers off of this poor plant.

Has anyone ever used basil flowers in a recipe? I know that if you allow it to continue flowering the basil gets a touch bitter, but what about those pinched flowers? I have what feels like buckets full.

LUNAR PHASE