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.