Re: Eating Aesculus californica seeds?
- To: , <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
- Subject: Re: Eating Aesculus californica seeds?
- From: J*
- Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 17:51:01 -0700
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...
-----Original Message-----
From: Barry Garcia <Barry_Garcia@monterey.edu>
To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Sunday, September 19, 1999 2:54 AM
Subject: Eating Aesculus californica seeds?
>Hey all,
> I was reading a site on different back country plants in
>California, and one of the plants they mentioned is Aesculus
>californica (California Buckeye). While they did say the seeds are
>poisonous if untreated, here is what they say for preparation:
>
>Boil them until they are the consistency of boiled potatoes, cut them
>into pieces or mash and leach for several days. The nut mush can be
>eaten cold or made into cakes.
>
>Now, does the boiling destroy the toxins? I know that they can be
>leached, but I had never heard of boiling them.
>
>The page is here:
>http://www.backcountryrangers.com/edibles/AESCULUS.html
>
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> "Raw to the floor like reservoir dogs" - A.V. Helden
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