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  • From: Jay Cutts <orders@cuttsreviews.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] elderberries stem toxicity
  • Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2011 20:56:20 -0600

I once got violently ill after eating elderberries right off the bush. Days later, when I had finally recovered, I did some research and found that the elderberry stems contain a toxin. I had stripped the berries right off the clusters with my teeth (Ok, it was really hot out and I was really parched and I didn't have the patience to pick one berry at a time.)

Any run into this? When you mentioned bits of stem being included I thought of this.

Regards,

Jay

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On 8/27/2011 7:52 PM, mIEKAL aND wrote:
A search on the net pulled up this. I'll try it next.

http://elderberries.ning.com/forum/topics/elderberry-goo-how-to-clean

~mIEKAL



On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 7:50 PM, mIEKAL aND<qazingulaza@gmail.com> wrote:
Compared to cherry trees on standard elderberries would be a breeze to
net& then you could leave them until they are perfectly ripe, rather
than trying to outwit the birds& pick the berries before the birds
get them. The robins here have been harvesting them earlier& earlier
over the last ten years, I'm thinking their survival mechanisms are a
lot sharper than mine.

~mIEKAL


On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 6:39 PM, Evan<kodama@riseup.net> wrote:
I have no idea about the goo, but boy the birds have really gone for the
Elderberries this year. The wild patch I collected from last year is almost
eaten bare. The few wild bushes on my property are bare. Another patch I
found earlier in the year that I looked in on a few days ago: bare. I haven't
seen the dark clusters on the roadside elders either, which leads me to
suspect they've been eaten up too. I really hope I can scrounge enough this
week to make medicine for the winter! Otherwise I don't know what I'll do
come flu season.

Evan
Southern Appalachia, Zone 6, 2800'

On Aug 27, 2011, at 7:27 PM, mIEKAL aND wrote:

The birds got all my elderberries this year so I'm making elderberry
wine on shares with berries from another local grower. However, he
borrowed the county grape destemmer to destem the elderberries&
because little bits of stem got into the mix I have an incredible
amount of green goo in my primary that for the life of me I can't
clean up. Citrus cleaner has no effect on it. Anyone have a product
they use successfully to remove it?

~mIEKAL
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