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[Robyn Francis <robyn@permaculture.com.au>]

Linda, the torture was achieved by tying people to racks over bamboo in the 
season when shoots emerge, the shoots grow incredibly fast and would grow 
straight through the prisoners living body. The Japanese also did this to 
Ozzie prisoners of war in Asia in WWII.  Nothing to do with eating :)
Robyn



On 03/06/2012, at 6:45 AM, Linda Ray wrote:

> 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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