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[Evan <kodama@riseup.net>]

Last year when some friends of mine and I were sitting around a pot pulling 
elderberries off the stems from our harvest, lots of small stem pieces ended 
up in the pot. I made mention of the stems to the others, having heard of 
this toxicity, but my fellows all indicated it was no matter and too much 
trouble to try to get every last bit of stem out. However, we cooked the 
elderberries and it made fine syrup & cordial. Perhaps cooking destroys 
whatever toxin is present.

Evan

On Aug 27, 2011, at 10:56 PM, Jay Cutts wrote:

> 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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