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[hans brinkmann <hans-brinkmann@t-online.de>]

Hallo Ernest,

you are really very tough...
I think the taste has been horrible and of course Stephan is very right:
All green and unripe parts are containing poison (Sambunigrin) - not to 
be eaten by animals.
Not so the ripe fruits - to be eaten from animals...
The seeds are poisonous (many, many other seeds from used fruits or 
vegetables are poisonous too!)
but usually undigested by birds or removed by humans.
Or everything is cooked or boiled or used as e.g. sweet BAKED elderberry 
flowers...
Since many thousands years, elderberries are eaten by humans.
Industrial production of Elderberries is very important and expending at 
EU and probably at Canada and USA too.
Your D. Adams and L. Burbank made already nice selections in 1920.

ciao
hans


Stephen Sadler schrieb:
> All parts of the plant are poisonous.  The seeds may be more toxic than the
> fruit.  The fruit has been eaten historically, with the seeds removed.  I
> don't know if people have different sensitivity to it.
>
> ~ Stephen
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Ernest Plutko
> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 4:26 PM
> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: [NAFEX] red elderberry
>
> Today I ate two flower clusters (spikes) of red elderberry.  They
> were bitter and disagreeable.  I was thinking they would be sweet.
> Didn't think too much about it after I ate them but several hours
> later I got a tingling tongue and mouth and vomited.  Can't really
> say for sure it was the flowers but probably.  
>
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