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Are the berries of sambucus nigra edible ?




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Yes but cook them first. visit this website for interesting information.
http://www.garden.org/ediblelandscaping/?page=july_elderberry

25 Oct, 2015

 

Try a few added to an apple pie, they turn the fruit a gorgeous shade of pink.

25 Oct, 2015

 

The seeds are quite big so you may like to sieve them after cooking. I have eaten them raw many a time but only few at once. Elderberry wine is a good thing to do with them.

25 Oct, 2015

 

Juice and flesh is edible.

The raw seeds are poisonous (cyanide producing glycosides) but are rendered harmless by prolonged cooking.

26 Oct, 2015

 

Lucky I'm stillhere then!

26 Oct, 2015

 

Don't worry, just like apple pips you have to eat quite lot to be ill!

27 Oct, 2015

 

Lol...

27 Oct, 2015

 

Thanks for that info.

21 Jul, 2016

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