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On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 21:23:55 +0000, Sally Thompson
wrote: On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 12:33:02 +0000, Sacha wrote: Hay anyone actually tried eating the berries of these. We have it both flowering and berrying in the garden at the moment and the smell is deliciously like strawberries when you crush the berries. I've found a site that says they're edible and can be used in jellies but I'm very cautious....... ;-) Sacha, I've come rather late into this thread but we bought and ate myrtle jam in Corsica and it was delicious (and we lived to tell the tale). Elizabeth David's 1956 "Italian Cooking" refers to the Sardinians using myrtle for cooking, contrary to Italian law. I can't remember if it was the oil expressed from the seeds or boughs of leaves used a la rosemary to scent roasting meat. -- Rodger Whitlock Victoria, BC, Canada to send email, change atlantic to pacific and invalid to net |
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