By Bootsgarden
United Kingdom
Are the berries of sambucus nigra edible ?
- 25 Oct, 2015
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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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Yes but cook them first. visit this website for interesting information.
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