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[Dieter Brand <diebrand@yahoo.com>]

Hi Linda, thanks for the warning.  The Chinese have a lot of imagination when 
it comes to torture.  But I think a cut and cooked bamboo shoot can no longer 
sprout.  Nevertheless, bamboo has a lot of force and has been known to 
destroy walls or even buildings.  But for a person to be killed by a growing 
bamboo you would have to tie up that person on top of the sprouting bamboo.

Many thanks also to Thomas and Liane.  What you say confirms my hunch that 
bamboo is not toxic. Well, if you don't hear from me again, you know that my 
hunch was wrong ;-)

Cheers,
Dieter




--- On Sat, 6/2/12, Linda Ray <lindaray@att.net> wrote:

> From: Linda Ray <lindaray@att.net>
> Subject: Re: [permaculture] Edible bamboo?
> To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Saturday, June 2, 2012, 9:45 PM
> Hey Dieter,
>  
> I'm remembering some kind of old Chinese torture where the
> bamboo sprouted inside a person and was a Very Bad Thing.
> Seems to me it was slivers and not seeds that did it.
>  
> I don't think I'd eat anymore of it until you can check
> that out. That's the only reason I'm posting this. Don't
> laugh :-/.
>  
> Much as I dislike alarmist communications, I couldn't keep
> quiet about this one, sorry.
>  
> JM $.02 .
>  
> Linda
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> --- On Sat, 6/2/12, Dieter Brand <diebrand@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> 
> 
> From: Dieter Brand <diebrand@yahoo.com>
> Subject: [permaculture] Edible bamboo?
> To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Saturday, June 2, 2012, 1:04 PM
> 
> 
> I have a number of edible bamboos which I have been
> harvesting for a few years.  There is one type of bamboo a
> neighbor gave to me and of which I don’t know the name. 
> Since I don’t know the name I can’t check if it is
> edible or not.
> 
> The problem is that I don’t know what it means if a bamboo
> is “not edible”.  Does it mean that it is poisonous or
> does it just mean that it doesn’t taste very good or that
> it is too hard to eat?  I tried a bit raw today and it
> didn’t taste much different from the edible ones I have. 
> Would it be safe to eat?
> 
> Thanks,
> Dieter
> 
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