To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: RE: [NAFEX] Some Red Berries Edible
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 15:23:01 -0500
Elderberries will make you a tad sick if you eat them raw. It can be a
revolting experience. The jelly, however, is out of this world.
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[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of David W Hausmann
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 1:24 PM
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Some Red Berries Edible
Dear Jerry,
How's it going? I just ordered Elderberries from the state and was
looking forward to enjoying them with the blackberries I planted 2 years
ago, but I cannot eat them raw? Do you have to make jam or wine in order
to eat them? It's not that I'm lazy....., well, yes it is! hahaha
Have a Good One! Love, Peace and Perception
Wizard
Saint Louis, Missouri
On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 21:39:54 EST Jwlehman@aol.com writes:
> In a message dated 12/1/2004 9:30:44 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
> bluestem_farm@juno.com writes:
>
> >
> > There is an old saying:
> > Berries red, have no dread
> > berries white, poisons sight.
> >
> > Apparently whoever coined that jingle never ate the red berries
> from
> > Sambucus racemosa. Who would suspect that elderberries might
> contain cyanide?
> > And then, there are white currants which are very edible. There
> are alot more
> > red and white berry exceptions so whomever believes in that "old
> saying"
> > would pass up some good eating but soon die of poisoning.
> >
> >
>
> Opened up some lively discussion, didn't I? I suspect that saying
> is very
> localized and possibly dated before the importation of some species
> such as the
> yew. Of course to almost every rule there are exceptions.
>
> My neighbor this fall told me the red fruited tree in their yard was
>
> poisonous and she was very surprised when I picked a few of the crab
> apples and ate
> them and walked away alive.
>
> Jerry
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