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beware parsnips
Christina Websell wrote:
"Rusty Hinge 2" wrote in message k... The message from "Kate Morgan" contains these words: My daughter let some of her last years parsnips go to seed and they were in her opinion very attractive plants. Yesterday she decided she needed the room and so pulled them up. A passer by told her that in that state they were very dangerous and could cause health problems, She donned gloves and continued to remove the plants, she left them on the ground and intends to burn them. She did however feel unwell last night so is it true. ? Another parsnip fact she was told is that the long root of the parsnip should not be eaten because that is toxic too. You should always peel parsnips because the skin is toxic - at least to insects. Whether it is to us, I've no idea. I've not heard that parsnips can be dangerous otherwise, and I'm sure it would be common knowledge if it were so. I've made wine by boiling up unpeeled parsnips - and very good it was too! Not only did I enjoy the wine, I froze the resulting parsnips (you just need the water they're boiled in for parsnip wine) and ate them later. Must be 5 years ago now and I'm still up and running We are another family that never peel, only scrub parsnips, the taste is far superior. We seem fit and well, though sadly only three of mine germinated this year so will be a famine this Winter! :-( |
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