Post by admin on Oct 4, 2006 23:30:26 GMT -5
Got this from a member on bringbacksimplicity. I can't wait to try it next spring.
Elaine, several times I have made a pickle from the tender little
new whirligigs. You just select the flavor of the pickling solution
that your family likes. If you are having guests, it makes a nice
addition to any buffet as far as expanding choices. But be sure it
is the EARLY stage or you will not be able to chew it when it
becomes stiffer and like plastic...no way, LOL I only make a few
pints each time. Never much more than that.
This spring for the first time I took the newly unfurled maple
leaves and batter dipped them and fried them up. (Read it as a
recipe on the net.) Our family is NOT into these little appetizers,
such as one would order at restaurants like the mushrooms and orkras
and such that are dipped and fried and served. But when we have a
larger number of guests I do that at times to have them nibble. So I
have experimented with different things (used coldsfoot flowers and
stems as well batter fried this spring...quite nice)
Red maple so far is the only poisonous tree of the maple family and
it is poisonous only to female ponies and horses and kills their
unborn, but not the mother. This came from a U of Pa farming
extension site. I phoned our local extension agent to find out if it
would injury a pregnant human. They said no but confirmed that info
about horses and ponies.
During the summer, the maple trees blew down the whirligigs and the
seeds were large like dried peas. I nibbled on some. Interesting
and OK. I added some to porridge and am considering
harvesting them for food next summer. I had no time to collect
anything like that this year.
Just wanted to pass that information on about pickles, leaves, and
the seeds.
Elaine, several times I have made a pickle from the tender little
new whirligigs. You just select the flavor of the pickling solution
that your family likes. If you are having guests, it makes a nice
addition to any buffet as far as expanding choices. But be sure it
is the EARLY stage or you will not be able to chew it when it
becomes stiffer and like plastic...no way, LOL I only make a few
pints each time. Never much more than that.
This spring for the first time I took the newly unfurled maple
leaves and batter dipped them and fried them up. (Read it as a
recipe on the net.) Our family is NOT into these little appetizers,
such as one would order at restaurants like the mushrooms and orkras
and such that are dipped and fried and served. But when we have a
larger number of guests I do that at times to have them nibble. So I
have experimented with different things (used coldsfoot flowers and
stems as well batter fried this spring...quite nice)
Red maple so far is the only poisonous tree of the maple family and
it is poisonous only to female ponies and horses and kills their
unborn, but not the mother. This came from a U of Pa farming
extension site. I phoned our local extension agent to find out if it
would injury a pregnant human. They said no but confirmed that info
about horses and ponies.
During the summer, the maple trees blew down the whirligigs and the
seeds were large like dried peas. I nibbled on some. Interesting
and OK. I added some to porridge and am considering
harvesting them for food next summer. I had no time to collect
anything like that this year.
Just wanted to pass that information on about pickles, leaves, and
the seeds.