permaculture

[Cory Brennan <cory8570@yahoo.com>]

Ew. What people dream up to do to one another! With that kind of imagination, 
think of what we could do if it were channeled constructively.....


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 From: Robyn Francis <robyn@permaculture.com.au>
To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org> 
Sent: Saturday, June 2, 2012 8:37 PM
Subject: Re: [permaculture] Edible bamboo?
 
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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Thanks for the balanced response, Dieter :-). It wasn't clear whether you had 
eaten it raw or cooked, lol. I'm glad it was apparently cooked, now I won't 
worry about you :-).
 
Have a great day,
 
Linda :-)
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--- On Sat, 6/2/12, Dieter Brand <diebrand@yahoo.com> wrote:


From: Dieter Brand <diebrand@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [permaculture] Edible bamboo?
To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Saturday, June 2, 2012, 4:00 PM


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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