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tico.ca" target=3D"_blank">c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca</a></div><div><br></div>= --Apple-Mail-2--717125557 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello, Jane, Sylvia Mangalam who contributed the Solomon's seal item to Marnoon is a friend and a thorough foodie and gardener. So I listened and believed. I tried Solomon's seal stems and so did my neighbour and we had no ill effects. Furthermore, they are delicious like asparagus. I cut mine when the leaves were in a clump 8-9" off the ground but not unfurled. That was a good stage. I don't know whether they are still tender now. Cheers, Nancy Nancy Roberts Design Celebrating 17 years of making you look GOOD Dartmouth, NS B2Y 2X6 902 461-9488 On 15-May-10, at 11:30 AM, david&jane schlosberg wrote: > A friend of mine, who has been eating fiddleheads for years, > recently bought some and tried a new recipe involving marinating-- > but NOT cooking--them. Both she and her husband were quite ill > afterwards. Do any of you know anything about what might have > contributed to their distress? Of course, it might simply have been > contaminating bacteria that got on them from the handling, but could > there be something in them that gets destroyed during cooking? > Also, do any of you know about the recent statement (Radio Noon-CBC) > that Solomon's Seal (convallaria multiflora) is fine to eat when it > first comes up as a new shoot? I have a book on edible wild plants > that says it is reported to be edible but not corroborated. My old > "The Herbalist" by Joseph Meyer says the root is emetic, tonic, and > astringent, but doesn't mention the shoots. > Jane Schlosberg --Apple-Mail-2--717125557 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hello, = Jane,<div><br></div><div>Sylvia Mangalam who contributed the Solomon's = seal item to Marnoon is a friend and a thorough foodie and gardener. So = I listened and believed.</div><div><br></div><div>I tried Solomon's seal = stems and so did my neighbour and we had no ill effects. Furthermore, = they are delicious like asparagus.</div><div><br></div><div>I cut mine = when the leaves were in a clump 8-9" off the ground but not unfurled. = That was a good stage. I don't know whether they are still tender = now.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>Nancy<br><d= iv> <span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; = font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; = letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: = auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline">Nancy Roberts = Design</div><div>Celebrating 17 years of making you look = GOOD</div><div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Dartmouth, NS B2Y = 2X6</div><div>902 461-9488</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"></span><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"></span></div></span></div></span> = </div><br><div><div>On 15-May-10, at 11:30 AM, david&jane schlosberg = wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"> <div style=3D"WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: = space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"> <div><span = class=3D"875171914-15052010"><font color=3D"#0000ff" size=3D"2" = face=3D"Arial">A friend of mine, who has been eating fiddleheads for = years, recently bought some and tried a new recipe involving = marinating--but NOT cooking--them. Both she and her husband were = quite ill afterwards. Do any of you know anything about what might = have contributed to their distress? Of course, it might simply = have been contaminating bacteria that got on them from the handling, = but could there be something in them that gets destroyed = during cooking?</font></span></div> <div><font size=3D"2"><font = face=3D"Arial"><font color=3D"#0000ff"><span = class=3D"875171914-15052010">Also, do any of you know about the recent = statement (Radio Noon-CBC) that Solomon's Seal (convallaria multiflora) = is fine to eat when it first comes up as a new shoot? I have a = book on edible