Hi,
The croziers of Cyathea spp treeferns are edible, usually roasted. Other
ferns such as Marattia ( potato fern) have edible stipe bases while Blechnum
and others have edible rhizomes.All are cooked as far as I know.
Cycadales are treated with heat and leaching before consumption.
Katrina wrote:-
Just the fact that some indigenous people used to eat a plant does not
necessarily mean that the plant is safe!
The inverse is also true as I have been warned off eating bush foods in some
parts of this country; foods which I have consumed elsewhere and, in one
case, a spice used widely in Asian cooking.
> Umeå, north Sweden
> where it is supposed to be summer, +13 celsius, sunshine and swifts in the
air.
It is about that cold here now in the evening and the Swiftlets have
returned to Mt Bartle Frere ( at 1 622m Queensland highest peak!!! ) for the
night. Katarina, I missed Umeå when I was in your lovely country, just ran
out of time so headed back south.
Regards,
Alan Gillanders
Alan's Wildlife Tours
On the beautiful Atherton Tablelands
145* 33' 25"E 17* 16' 40"S
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