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Old 08-04-2006, 10:41 PM   #26 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Sonic1954
As a general rule of thumb for edible plants. If it has a white sap or has a bitter taste, spit it out. If it passes the above test. Eat a small portion and wait a while to see if you mouth tingles (that is bad) best to wait 4 hours to see if it give you diarrhea before you eat very much of any un-test food.
That is a good basic approach if it is something that you are not sure of. I do agree with some previous comments that relate to how much is edible, but we wouldn't even consider eating it! I guess that we would have to consider how "The rest of the World eats"...
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