At 03:28 PM 1/29/00 +0900, Judith wrote:
>Can you eat the leaves with the celery?
Yes, they are quite good.
>The leafy top of strawberries?
It won't hurt you, but taste lousy.
>Radishes?
Radishes are fine. I never considered eating the leaves.
>I am assuming this is edible...what isn't? Just tomato leaves (I
>dont eat nightshades anyways--they give me a gut ache) and rhubarb leaves?
Rhubarb leaves are poisonous!!! You cannot safely eat rhubarb leaves. And
you would not want to eat the rhubarb stems raw. Far too sour.
I don't think tomato leaves are good to eat, but I've never tried.
>Is there a general guideline?
I'm sorry, but the only general guideline I've found is Ray's "naked with
sharp stick" saying. Don Wiss put together a site on foraging which you
may want to have a look at: http://www.panix.com/~paleodiet/foraging/
James at Penn State
But do stay away from rhubarb leaves.