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MercTech -> Edible or not? (9/5/2013 1:07:22 PM)

Another thread started me thinking on food items that may well be toxic.

On apple seeds.... apple seeds are not usually considered edible by humans as they can cause some serious gastric upset. And most varieties have seeds that are exceptionally bitter.

Now, every hear the term "bitter almonds"? Those are roasted peach pits and are very toxic in quantity. Natural source of cyanogen (cyanide). Oddly enough, almonds are a relative of the peach but the seed is edible not the fruit.

Never, ever, let tomato greens get into your cooking. Tomatoes are a relative of belladonna and the greens are poisonous.

Oleander is highly poisonous. Tropical and sub tropical areas have several cases of poisonings a year due to young children trying to eat the colorful sweet smelling blossoms.

Rutabaga is toxic if eaten raw. It must be thoroughly cooked. (Luther Burbank was once charged with poisoning a man after recommending rutabaga.)

Anyone else have any gems of knowledge on edibles or not so edibles?




Hillwilliam -> RE: Edible or not? (9/5/2013 1:39:04 PM)

Pokeweed. In the spring, the shoots and greens are delicious, kind of like asparagus.

Roots, toxic
Berries, toxic
Older stalks and greens, you guessed it...toxic.



mnottertail -> RE: Edible or not? (9/5/2013 1:48:29 PM)

Tansy, dried is a wonderful herb for fish or stews, the oil is toxic, it must evaporate.

Potato eyes and leaves are also nightshade as is belladonna (I hope I remember that correctly)
Rhubarb leaves are heavy oxalic acid (used to remove rust and blue gun parts, or bleach wood)





TNDommeK -> RE: Edible or not? (9/5/2013 1:54:34 PM)

Oh goodness hilly, you just said poke...I got one:
Poke salad berries.

Look like blue berries but aren't. Nothing salad about it! I had to get my stomach pumped when I was a kid for eating those.



Hillwilliam -> RE: Edible or not? (9/5/2013 1:58:14 PM)


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ORIGINAL: TNDommeK

Oh goodness hilly, you just said poke...I got one:
Poke salad berries.

Look like blue berries but aren't. Nothing salad about it! I had to get my stomach pumped when I was a kid for eating those.

That's the stuff



DomKen -> RE: Edible or not? (9/5/2013 2:20:27 PM)

Rhubarb leaves are toxic and even the edible stalks should be cooked rather than eaten raw.



Hillwilliam -> RE: Edible or not? (9/5/2013 2:23:53 PM)

Here's 10 including a few already mentioned.

http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/news-10-poisonous-fruits-and-vegetables



MasterCaneman -> RE: Edible or not? (9/5/2013 10:40:07 PM)

This may sound odd, but all I got out of this was seven ways to kill a vegetarian.



ivone57 -> RE: Edible or not? (9/5/2013 11:09:56 PM)

damn i was going to make some orelander tea for a guest...wahahaha... ask me if i care... nope



ante -> RE: Edible or not? (9/6/2013 11:47:08 AM)

hey.. rhubabarb stalks were great when we were kids.. we used to eat them raw, dipped in sugar, never liked cooked rhubarb.. maybe that's why I'm a bit weird...



MercTech -> RE: Edible or not? (9/6/2013 12:37:41 PM)


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ORIGINAL: mnottertail

Tansy, dried is a wonderful herb for fish or stews, the oil is toxic, it must evaporate.



Um, you do know that tansy can be used to stimulate abortions? And, it should be eradicated from pastures where you are grazing cattle if you want to assure calving. Wherever the pioneer women went, they planted tansy. I've suspected for a while that 19th century women did take control of their reproductive systems more that literature would have you believe.



Hillwilliam -> RE: Edible or not? (9/6/2013 12:39:45 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: MasterCaneman

This may sound odd, but all I got out of this was seven ways to kill a vegetarian.

shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh



punisher440 -> RE: Edible or not? (9/6/2013 5:50:35 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: Hillwilliam

Pokeweed. In the spring, the shoots and greens are delicious, kind of like asparagus.

Roots, toxic
Berries, toxic
Older stalks and greens, you guessed it...toxic.

Hill.the leaves off an older poke salad plant can be eaten safely...but only if you boil them,drain off and rinse the leaves and re-boil the leaves a second time. I've ate them several times like this, first in the Boy Scouts and at local wild game dinners.



jlf1961 -> RE: Edible or not? (9/6/2013 6:29:32 PM)

prickly pear fruit is edible and quite good, the challenge is getting the fruit without getting stuck.



slavekate80 -> RE: Edible or not? (9/6/2013 6:48:12 PM)

Potatoes can accumulate toxic levels of solanine. If you avoid green potatoes and potatoes that taste bitter or are otherwise gross, though, the dose is too low to do any harm. The occasional oops green potato chip is probably fine too, since it's a small piece and some of the solanine leaves the chip into the frying oil. But if you get a bag full of green ones and it's not from sour cream and onion flavor powder, don't eat them.



tommonymous -> RE: Edible or not? (9/6/2013 8:23:57 PM)


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ORIGINAL: MercTech
Oddly enough, almonds are a relative of the peach but the seed is edible not the fruit.



Domesticated almonds are not poisonous, wild almonds are poisonous.

And chalk up another one for rhubarb sticks dipped in sugar. We used to run (run!) out to the plants with knives (knives!) and a cup full of sugar, then cut a stalk or two, and go to town on 'em.

I only speak Spanish and English, so I'm not certain, but I've heard it said that "vegetarian" is an old Algonquin word for "bad hunter." [;)]



DomKen -> RE: Edible or not? (9/6/2013 10:04:21 PM)


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ORIGINAL: jlf1961

prickly pear fruit is edible and quite good, the challenge is getting the fruit without getting stuck.

A good Kevlar glove, quite handy for using a mandolin/slicer as well, is a good solution. Just scrape the spines off while holding it in the glove hand.

But at least around here the Mexican markets tend to have it already cleaned. The same for the nopales.



MercTech -> RE: Edible or not? (9/7/2013 12:45:34 PM)

I don't know if anyone else has done this but I used a pocket butane torch for gathering prickly pears. Just blast the needles down then grab the fruit.



LafayetteLady -> RE: Edible or not? (9/7/2013 1:03:44 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: MasterCaneman

This may sound odd, but all I got out of this was seven ways to kill a vegetarian.


Sounds like a great idea to me. Just think of the fun next time some loony vegan wants to lecture you about your juicy steak!



playfulotter -> RE: Edible or not? (9/7/2013 7:18:30 PM)

I would like to add...not for people.. but for dogs and cats...grapes and raisins are very toxic.....who would have thought they were!



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