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On 7/19/2014 6:09 AM, David Patriquin wrote:
>
> I wouldn't touch our wild lupins here!
* I will succomb to the temptation to paste in here a verse I wrote last
summer in response to a naturopathic e-mail warning that the seeds of
New Brunswick's favourite invasive plant are toxic:
The toxic Lupine bean is found on the New Brunswick shore.
It causes them to retch and scream and more and more and more...
If you should eat a Lupine bean on the New Brunswick shore,
I'd need to call the medics out from Saint John once more...
So please sweep up those Lupine beans from the New Brunswick shore.
I've slipped & twisted both my knees where you spilled them on the floor.
fred.
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>
> The toxicity of the seeds is a well known story, also common for other
> legume seeds e.g., many types of Phaseolus beans in S. America will
> cause you terrible terrible gas if not soaked and washings discarded
> first, again learned from experience (but well known to locals). I think
> there are no alkaloids in the leaves, the problem is in the seeds.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
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> *From:* Dave&Jane Schlosberg <dschlosb-g@ns.sympatico.ca>
> *To:* naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
> *Sent:* Friday, July 18, 2014 9:27:37 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [NatureNS] Lupins
>
> David, are you referring to “Edible Wild Plants” by Oliver Perry
> Medsger? This was my primary reference for this topic for a number of
> years; but I eventually found a number of mistakes in it. What is the
> best reference for edibility today?
> Jane
> *From:* Ronald Arsenault <mailto:rongarsenault@gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 17, 2014 11:53 PM
> *To:* naturens@chebucto.ns.ca <mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
> *Subject:* Re: [NatureNS] Lupins
> Hello David,
>
> A low alkaloid variety of the White Lupin, Lupinus albus, was subjected
> to trials as a forage crop here in Atlantic Canada (Nfld; PEI?) a number
> of years ago (~1995 - 2005 perhaps). I have no idea whether or not
> farmers continued to use it after the trials.
>
> While I have seen lupin flour as a food ingredient,I am not aware of any
> lupins being grown for human consumption in Atlantic Canada. I
> understand that L. angustifolius is the species used to make lupin flour
> and that most of the production is in Australia.
>
> Cheers
>
> Ron
>
> On Thursday, July 17, 2014, David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com
> <mailto:dwebster@glinx.com>> wrote:
> > Dear All, July 17, 2014
> > Having learned ~65 years ago that Lupin seeds were toxic (Edible
> Wild Plants of North America) I was surprised to learn by accident today
> that Lupin seeds have been used by humans in Mediterranean countries for
> thousands of years.
> >
> > Does anyone know if any of these 'sweet' Lupins can be grown here
> and whether they readily cross with our other introduced Lupins ?
> >
> > Yt, Dave Websterm Kentville
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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