Re: Eating Sorrel shoots


In article <oO2dnVYz48CElbfVnZ2dnUVZ8s_inZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Kate Morgan" <katemorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
|> ...
|> >I have several clumps of wild sorrel which is throwing up flower
|> > shoots, they seem to be growing several inches a day.
|> > I am wondering if they are edible whilst they are still in the "Spur"?
|> > Has anyone tried them?
|>
|> I have never tried to eat them but my old horse used to love sorrel, he
|> would eat right down to the roots. It is said to be poisonous to horses but
|> it never did him any harm

Any herbivore that is excessively sensitive to oxalic acid was purged
from the evolutionary tree long ago. It's the quantity that is the
issue - too much is poisonous to humans, too.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
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  • Re: Eating Sorrel shoots
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