Re(2): Eating Aesculus californica seeds?
- To: j*@shastalink.k12.ca.us
- Subject: Re(2): Eating Aesculus californica seeds?
- From: B*@monterey.edu (Barry Garcia)
- Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 19:31:13 -0700
jaknelson@shastalink.k12.ca.us writes:
>Several books on hand say that roasting, steaming in a pit, and/or boiling
>and leaching will produce edible pulp from Aesculus nuts. Seems like only
>those who plan to be starving or who have time on their hands would want
>to
>go to the trouble...
Personally i wouldn't eat the flour made from the seeds (Acorn meal is
much safer since you just need to remove the tannic acid). I also think
its not really worth the trouble if you are not starving :). I hear the
natives here used to use the seeds to stupefy fish (Which is illegal to do
I hear), and Aesculus californica is toxic to bees (the fragrance from the
flowers is nice, however).
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