Thanks for commenting on their taste, GoatDriver! Of course, those are DAYlilies (Hemerocallis species), not true lilies (Lilium species). And just to keep the confusion to a minimum, those are daylily buds (unopened flowers), not pods (spent flowers that are producing seed). Some Lilium buds are eaten, too, but not nearly as often. Daylilies produce several times more (and bigger) buds than true lilies. It would be far more economical to eat them.
