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==9. What is the cardinal edibility rule? == | ==9. What is the cardinal edibility rule? == | ||
Never eat any wild plant unless you have positively identified it and ''know'' that it is edible. | Never eat any wild plant unless you have positively identified it and ''know'' that it is edible. | ||
| − | Actually, it's not enough to know that a plant is edible - you also must know what ''part'' of the plant is edible, and at what stage of its growth it is edible. | + | Actually, it's not enough to know that a plant is edible - you also must know what ''part'' of the plant is edible, and at what stage of its growth it is edible. For example, pokeweed (''Phytolacca americana'') leaves are edible when they are young and cooked in 2 or more changes of water, but the older leaves, stems, and seeds in the berries are all toxic. Also Mayapple (''Podophyllum peltatum'') are toxic until they are ripe. |
Latest revision as of 20:15, 9 January 2021
9. What is the cardinal edibility rule?
Never eat any wild plant unless you have positively identified it and know that it is edible. Actually, it's not enough to know that a plant is edible - you also must know what part of the plant is edible, and at what stage of its growth it is edible. For example, pokeweed (Phytolacca americana) leaves are edible when they are young and cooked in 2 or more changes of water, but the older leaves, stems, and seeds in the berries are all toxic. Also Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) are toxic until they are ripe.
