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  • From: Melissa Kacalanos <mijwiz@yahoo.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Beech Trees
  • Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2008 12:25:54 -0800 (PST)

I don't know why this article calls beech nuts bitter.
Maybe there's a lot of variability. On the rare
occasions when I've found a tree with a lot of nuts,
I've pigged out on them. They're at least as mild and
tasty as almonds, and easy to shell.

Melissa


--- "Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com> wrote:

> On a few occasions members have discussed beech
> trees as having edible
> nuts (mast). I thought this article might be of
> interest on that
> account. One surprise was reading that the trees
> only have a heavy
> crop about every five years. Good way to keep the
> squirrel population
> down, at least.
> -Lon Rombough
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> Wild and Wonderful Mayo Advertiser, November 07,
> 2008.
> Mayo Advertiser - Mayo,Ireland
> While beech trees do not occupy anything like the
> place in our
> mythology and traditions as do, for example, the oak
> and the hawthorn,
> it still has a ...
>  http://www.advertiser.ie/mayo/article/4260>
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