To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Gingko Seeds?
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 07:45:35 -0700
The Chinese have varieties of Gingko selected specifically for the seeds, which they boil, or boil and roast. Boiling seems to be a part of making them fit for human consumption. There is a huge old female gingko in Salem, Oregon, thought to be one of the first trees started from seed brought out of China after the species was discovered to still be alive in China, and though the fruit smells like dog do, the local Asians collect it all for the seeds every fall.
-Lon Rombough
Grapes, writing, consulting, my book, The Grape Grower, at http://www.bunchgrapes.com Winner of the Garden Writers Association "Best Talent in Writing" award for 2003.
On Sep 18, 2006, at 7:33 AM, Spidra Webster wrote:
The person in this Craig's List ad says their family uses gingko seeds
for soup. Does anyone know whether this would be for medicinal
purposes or would it actually taste good?