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  • From: Robyn Francis <robyn@permaculture.com.au>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Edible bamboo?
  • Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2012 10:33:43 +1000

The toxic alkaloid in bamboo shoots is cyanide, which gives a bitter flavour.
Edible bamboos have low levels of cyanide, though still require leaching by
boiling in water with a little salt, some require several changes of water to
leach the cyanide out before being safe to eat.
Robyn



On 03/06/2012, at 6:04 AM, Dieter Brand wrote:

> 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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