Pheasant berry
Does anyone know if the berries are edible? I tried a couple yesterday
with no ill-effect, and they taste rather pleasant with a nuance of caramel. -- Rusty Emus to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co full-stop uk http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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from Dave Poole contains these words: Rusty wrote: Does anyone know if the berries are edible? I tried a couple yesterday with no ill-effect, and they taste rather pleasant with a nuance of caramel. Well they (berries of Leycesteria formosa) are edible, although I didn't find them palatable in the slightest. Maybe I sampled them too early when they looked ripe, but weren't (did the same once with grapes of Vitis vinifera 'purpurea' and got a nasty shock!). The Leycesteria berries gave me a strong shot of pepper and a rather acrid after-taste that deterred me from repeating the experience. If I go walkabout later, I might give them one more shot - Leycesteria is naturalised here, often growing in walls and rubbly places where only conventional weeds seem to prefer. I tried a couple which were almost black, and soft and squishy like a thin blister. There was no unpleasant (unpheasant?) taste at all - indeed, I found them rather more-ish. Thanks for the guarded go-ahead: I shall pig out on the dozen or so berries I've picked. (lots more coming on though.) To that end, I consider it to be a weed and am surprised to see it offered at nearly 5 quid a shot in the local garden centres. As a 'weed' it is probably reasonable pleasant to look at (note - I can't quite bring myself to describe it as 'attractive' ), but I would never buy it - its just too erm ... dull. Yes. My neighbour has one, so as a result, do I. The seedlings looked a little like lobelia, amongst which they appeared, and I put them in a planter. They soon began to grow in a rather un-lobelialike manner and I now have a four-foot bushy thing under restraint. -- Rusty Emus to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co full-stop uk http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
"Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote The message from Dave Poole contains these words: snip To that end, I consider it to be a weed and am surprised to see it offered at nearly 5 quid a shot in the local garden centres. As a 'weed' it is probably reasonable pleasant to look at (note - I can't quite bring myself to describe it as 'attractive' ), but I would never buy it - its just too erm ... dull. Yes. My neighbour has one, so as a result, do I. The seedlings looked a little like lobelia, amongst which they appeared, and I put them in a planter. They soon began to grow in a rather un-lobelialike manner and I now have a four-foot bushy thing under restraint. I recently saw a large-ish bushy thing in a local garden centre that I thought looked like Leycesteria with yellow foliage, although it had annoyingly lost its label. Apparently there's a variety called 'Golden Lanterns' so that was probably it. |
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from "Sue" contains these words: My neighbour has one, so as a result, do I. The seedlings looked a little like lobelia, amongst which they appeared, and I put them in a planter. They soon began to grow in a rather un-lobelialike manner and I now have a four-foot bushy thing under restraint. I recently saw a large-ish bushy thing in a local garden centre that I thought looked like Leycesteria with yellow foliage, although it had annoyingly lost its label. Apparently there's a variety called 'Golden Lanterns' so that was probably it. Mine's the usual greenish with purply bits on, with rather prawn-in-a-crinoline-like flowers. I've just harvested and scoffed a pile of the berries - FVSVO pile... -- Rusty Emus to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co full-stop uk http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
To that end, I consider it to be a weed and am surprised to see it offered at nearly 5 quid a shot in the local garden centres. As a 'weed' it is probably reasonable pleasant to look at (note - I can't quite bring myself to describe it as 'attractive' ), but I would never buy it - its just too erm ... dull. hey you that`s fighting talk, I think they are brilliant :-) kate |
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from Kate Morgan contains these words: To that end, I consider it to be a weed and am surprised to see it offered at nearly 5 quid a shot in the local garden centres. As a 'weed' it is probably reasonable pleasant to look at (note - I can't quite bring myself to describe it as 'attractive' ), but I would never buy it - its just too erm ... dull. hey you that`s fighting talk, I think they are brilliant :-) How many would you like, already? -- Rusty Emus to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co full-stop uk http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
To that end, I consider it to be a weed and am surprised to see it offered at nearly 5 quid a shot in the local garden centres. As a 'weed' it is probably reasonable pleasant to look at (note - I can't quite bring myself to describe it as 'attractive' ), but I would never buy it - its just too erm ... dull. hey you that`s fighting talk, I think they are brilliant :-) How many would you like, already? I have 6 :-) |
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from Kate Morgan contains these words: To that end, I consider it to be a weed and am surprised to see it offered at nearly 5 quid a shot in the local garden centres. As a 'weed' it is probably reasonable pleasant to look at (note - I can't quite bring myself to describe it as 'attractive' ), but I would never buy it - its just too erm ... dull. hey you that`s fighting talk, I think they are brilliant :-) How many would you like, already? I have 6 :-) aDnm! Mustn't count my pheasants before they're berried... -- Rusty Emus to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co full-stop uk http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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