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  • whats safe to eat ,whats poisonous

    I was watching a Youtube videos showing
    A head gardener going around sampling
    Veg and leaves as he went around his veg plot

    He never grown Oca before and started to
    Eat the leaves the other gardener said jokingly
    That the leaves are poisonous just to wind him up
    Then said it ok to eat the leaves.

    Its got me thinking whats safe to eat uncooked
    And parts of the plant you should not eat.

    I was reading last week its ok to eat nettles
    For use in nettle soup before they seed but not after

    On the radio last week someone said they use to eat
    Rhubarb raw with crushed ice?

    The father in law said they use to eat potato raw when he was
    A child in germany ?

  • #2
    We'll I've been eating raw spuds for years whilst preparing them as has my mum and gran. Also used to east raw rhubarb dipped in sugar as a child. Still here 45 years later and mums 74 so I think we've got away with it!

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    • #3
      Nettles aren't poisonous after they flower - just tough and fibrous.

      I've never tried rhubarb raw but I've heard of plenty of people who do eat it - its the leaves that are poisonous.

      Its foolish to assume that everything is edible - or poisonous!! You just need to know whether it is or not, before putting it in your mouth.

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      • #4
        Used to love a stick of rhubarb and a cup of sugar to dip it in ....
        S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
        a batch of jam is always an act of creation ..Christine Ferber

        You can't beat a bit of garden porn

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        • #5
          My Gran said not to eat raw potatoes because it would give me 'worms' but I think it was because we needed them for dinner.
          Location....East Midlands.

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          • #6
            You needed the worms for dinner, Bren?
            I'm sure I remember that you can treat stomach ulcers with raw potato juice................or has my memory gone AWOL again?

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            • #7
              VC I think you can only eat worms in that rhyme :-

              Long, thin, slimy ones; Short, fat, juicy ones
              Location....East Midlands.

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              • #8
                I didn't think nettles would cause any problems until
                last week but apparently according to this book
                they produce a chemical that can cause kidney and urinary tract problems
                after its gone to seed (cystoliths) didn't say if cooking removes it

                As for the rhubarb and potatoes I can remember always being told when I was a child you must always cook them to remove the poisons
                my nan always boiled everything until it went to mush.

                According to wikipedia you need to eat 5kg of rhubarb leaves to receive a fatal dose!
                And compounds in the leaves and root could be extract and used as a laxative .
                Rhubarb leaves were recommended as a food source
                During world war 1 which caused poisonings

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                • #9
                  I think you are only supposed to eat nettles in the spring and only pick the top four leaves, that's what I read anyway. I make nettle quiche this time of year and it's absolutely yummy!
                  The best things in life are not things.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Verinda View Post
                    I think you are only supposed to eat nettles in the spring and only pick the top four leaves, that's what I read anyway. I make nettle quiche this time of year and it's absolutely yummy!
                    Will be giving that a go

                    Bought a bottle of juice today from a polish shop
                    Hawthorn and pear
                    It had a bit of a kick
                    Has anyone ever cooked with hawthorn berries made jam or wine?

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                    • #11
                      Here's one that was prepared earlier
                      http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ury_60904.html

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by green thing View Post
                        Will be giving that a go

                        Bought a bottle of juice today from a polish shop
                        Hawthorn and pear
                        It had a bit of a kick
                        Has anyone ever cooked with hawthorn berries made jam or wine?
                        I once made a gallon of hawthorn berry wine a good few years ago.

                        If I remember right it was just about fit to use as drain cleaner. Don't know what I did wrong. I had success with other fruits.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by green thing View Post
                          Will be giving that a go

                          Bought a bottle of juice today from a polish shop
                          Hawthorn and pear
                          It had a bit of a kick
                          Has anyone ever cooked with hawthorn berries made jam or wine?
                          I've made a spicy ketchup with them (River Cottage handbook recipe) as well as various mixed jellies.


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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by binley100 View Post
                            Used to love a stick of rhubarb and a cup of sugar to dip it in ....
                            When we were kids we always nicked the neighbours rhubarb and rushed in doors for a bag of sugar it was great, and as for eating raw tattie that was also on the menu along with sand give which we called the turnip

                            They were the good old days


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                            • #15
                              you need to cook them first


                              Took the kids on to the moors tonight
                              picking these was going to make a pie
                              But I didn't get a chance because
                              They ate almost all of them before
                              putting them in the bags.

                              Quite happy sitting in the bushes
                              eating them.

                              Someone walking past said you should
                              Cook them before eating them.?

                              Would have preferred them in a pie.
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