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Question about the weed Pampas Lily-of-the-Valley
I have a question about the edibility of the fruit of Pampas
Lily-of-the-Valley (Salpichroa origanifolia). For general illustrations and description see: http://www.dpi.vic.gov.au/DPI/Vro/vr...as_lily_valley Understandably most of the entries produced by Googling have the Exterminate! Exterminate! theme of the Daleks. I want to know whether I can eat the berries before exterminating. W.T. Parsons and E.G. Cuthbertson in their Noxious Weeds of Austgralia (2001) state that: ""The fruit is sometimes used in preserves and is sold in the markets of Argentina and Paraguay for this purpose." Unfortunately I have an earlier edition of this book (by Parsons alone), which does not describe Salpichroa. I have looked at the Google scan of the 2001 edition. 'Further Reading' for this entry is on page 609, which is not included in the Google scan. Can somebody tell me whether the further reading on p.609 points to an entry on edibility? |
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Question about the weed Pampas Lily-of-the-Valley
On Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:40:04 +1100, Richard Wright wrote:
I want to know whether I can eat the berries before exterminating. W.T. Parsons and E.G. Cuthbertson in their Noxious Weeds of Austgralia (2001) state that: ""The fruit is sometimes used in preserves and is sold in the markets of Argentina and Paraguay for this purpose." Which isn't instructions on preparation. As someone explained about certain palm fruit, "they are all 'edible', the catch is in the preparation", e.g. some can be just roasted in a fire, but others required months of soaking/leeching. If you want to understand, try "lupini" beans. {:-). They AFAIK will not kill you, but unless they are prepared properly......... they are definitely NOT the taste sensation you are led to believe. |
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Question about the weed Pampas Lily-of-the-Valley
On Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:27:41 +1000, terryc
wrote: On Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:40:04 +1100, Richard Wright wrote: I want to know whether I can eat the berries before exterminating. W.T. Parsons and E.G. Cuthbertson in their Noxious Weeds of Austgralia (2001) state that: ""The fruit is sometimes used in preserves and is sold in the markets of Argentina and Paraguay for this purpose." Which isn't instructions on preparation. As someone explained about certain palm fruit, "they are all 'edible', the catch is in the preparation", e.g. some can be just roasted in a fire, but others required months of soaking/leeching. If you want to understand, try "lupini" beans. {:-). They AFAIK will not kill you, but unless they are prepared properly......... they are definitely NOT the taste sensation you are led to believe. Thanks, but that's exactly my point in asking!!! |
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