Adey Baker
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I used to have a dog that could hoover-up rabbit poo on the move, without breaking her stride pattern!
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Hawthorn berries - poisonous or not? (1 Viewer)
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I used to have a dog that could hoover-up rabbit poo on the move, without breaking her stride pattern!
Hi to all, my very first post on BF. Was intersested to read about hawthorn berries,I too saw ray Mears, so I tried his recipe- squeeze out juice, filter & dry in sun; I had no sun & I made it a bit too wet by adding water- the top layer went rubbery in fridge. Tasted OK & I didn`t die- so, yes it`s ok to eat !
Twite
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stuart C smith
swansong
we used them as ammo in our pea shooters as kids we often swallowed them, and i am still here, mmm well, maybe only just. :smoke:
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christineredgate
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Yes when I was a child we used to eat Hawthorn berries and the leaves from the Hawthorn.Bread and cheese it was called.Still around ,so they are not fatal to humans.Dogs have an extremely diverse digestive system.This morning Alfie was found to be eating a dead sheep,which had been washed up on the beach.Needless to say he reguritated the contents of his stomach on the carpet,and is now enjoying his dental chew!!!.
Ghostly Vision
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Well thanks again everybody. Looks like Razzle is going to get away with it once again then.
Was going to try the berries this morning, but it appears the Fieldfares that have spent the last few weeks in the hedges round here have visturally stripped the bushes bare.
Raz is of course picking up the dropped, and now fermenting ones - probably the reason he is having them. He does seem to be staggering around a bit.
It's nice that my thread has evoked a first post on BF - well done Splinter1, it gets much easier form this point onwards.
Thanks again all.
Sean
Was going to try the berries this morning, but it appears the Fieldfares that have spent the last few weeks in the hedges round here have visturally stripped the bushes bare.
Raz is of course picking up the dropped, and now fermenting ones - probably the reason he is having them. He does seem to be staggering around a bit.
It's nice that my thread has evoked a first post on BF - well done Splinter1, it gets much easier form this point onwards.
Thanks again all.
Sean
Stevie babe
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According to my 'herbal' hawthorn is quite beneficial to the bloodstream and heart - not in the way that foxglove (digitalis) is though. Wine from hawthorn berries and leaves also supposed to have those health benefits. Can't be bad then unless you O.D on them.
Yew is the one that sticks out in my mind in that the berry itself is only iffy to eat but the seed in side is - uh oh - oh no. leave well alone But then most parts of the yew are poisonous.
Steve
Yew is the one that sticks out in my mind in that the berry itself is only iffy to eat but the seed in side is - uh oh - oh no. leave well alone But then most parts of the yew are poisonous.
Steve
Isurus
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Just to be very clear in case anyone should dangerously misinterpret Steviebabe's (entirely accurate) comment above:
foxgloves are potentially very dangerous and should not be consumed
digitalis is a very useful heart drug when prepared properly (as are other things like rattlesnake venom) but not one to play around with in the least bit without mad chemistry skillz.
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/poison/foxglove.htm
apologies for the melodrama but didn't want an interested reader with a homeopathic mindset to do themselves a tragedy.
foxgloves are potentially very dangerous and should not be consumed
digitalis is a very useful heart drug when prepared properly (as are other things like rattlesnake venom) but not one to play around with in the least bit without mad chemistry skillz.
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/poison/foxglove.htm
apologies for the melodrama but didn't want an interested reader with a homeopathic mindset to do themselves a tragedy.
Stevie babe
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Karmakitty69
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Sean,
Hawthorn berries are not poisonous, but the seeds are if eaten in large quantities (I wouldn't eat the seeds at all
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