yucca in bloom

You can eat the yuccas! I have read that the flower and the fruit are edible, fresh or cooked. You can put the flowers in omelettes, soups, salads. I have tried to cook the yucca root as potatoes, they are really good steamed or roasted. The Yucca was a very important plant for Indians. The fiber was used to make ropes, nets, hats, shoes. Soap was made from the roots. Some species of birds and animals are dependant on the yucca and cannot survive without it.