Guest guest Posted July 19, 2003 Report Share Posted July 19, 2003 Hello Anecdotal knowledge...a good friend who had made mulberry jam tried eating some fresh and found out they have powerful effects...like you will dump all the contents of your stomach RIGHT NOW. Apparently its the stems that contain the poison, and its probably detoxed by cooking, and it wont kill you (just make you uncomfortable). But I thot it might be good to know. I bet they are full of things that are good for you. Mulberries Hello Group, Does anyone here eat/use mulberries? I don't hear much about them, but my Mom says they used to make jam when she was little. I have a tree out front - and there seems to be a lot on this year - I might go pick a bunch. Does anyone know if they have good nutritional value like raspberries & blueberries? I did a google and found out that they're not even really berries though, but no real info on health benefits. Thanks, - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 19, 2003 Report Share Posted July 19, 2003 , we probably have about .5 a dozen mulberry trees growing here on the farm. I froze about 5 quarts for use over winter. I probably used just about that many fresh too make yogurt smoothies. I also lacto-fermented 2 quarts as mulberry preserves . I use them to sweeten oatmeal or as an addition to fruit smoothies. Like you I have no idea of the nutritional value but they taste good. They are great to just eat a handful off the tree when you are hungry. danny Creek Bend Dairy Farm Harry & Peggy Strite 11917 Snug Harbor Lane port, MD 21795 301-582-4135 cbdfarm@... > Hello Group, > > Does anyone here eat/use mulberries? I don't hear much about them, but my > Mom says they used to make jam when she was little. I have a tree out > front - and there seems to be a lot on this year - I might go pick a bunch. > > Does anyone know if they have good nutritional value like raspberries & > blueberries? > > I did a google and found out that they're not even really berries though, > but no real info on health benefits. > > Thanks, > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 19, 2003 Report Share Posted July 19, 2003 Only thing I know about mulberries is they're a great tree to plant if you have other fruit trees you don't want birds to eat. They're a bird's choice. Field Guide of Medicinal Plants lists the red mulberry as poisonous in quantity like the vomiting mentioned. There is a white too (Asian import) that doesn't have poison symbol beside it. Native Americans drank root tea for weakness, difficult urination, dysentery, tapeworms, panacea, externally, sap used for ringworm. Fruits used for lowering fever. Edible Wild Plants says red usable as fruit , jelly (pectin needed), cold drink. Tender new leading shoots, collect when leaves just unfolding, cooked vegetable by boiling 20 minutes. Warning: Unripe fruit and raw shoots contain hallucinogens. Personally, wouldn't bother with it myself after seeing Native Americans only used it medicinally. Wanita Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 19, 2003 Report Share Posted July 19, 2003 We've been known to eat them off a tree in our church's parking lot. No bad symptoms resulted. --- In , " Braun " <paul@a...> wrote: > Hello Group, > > Does anyone here eat/use mulberries? I don't hear much about them, but my > Mom says they used to make jam when she was little. I have a tree out > front - and there seems to be a lot on this year - I might go pick a bunch. > > Does anyone know if they have good nutritional value like raspberries & > blueberries? > > I did a google and found out that they're not even really berries though, > but no real info on health benefits. > > Thanks, > > > > - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 21, 2003 Report Share Posted July 21, 2003 All right - Thanks everyone for your mulberry info. Sounds interesting... anywhere from benign to stomach-dumping hallucinogens... I'll start out with just a few (ripe, minus the stems) I'll report back if anything unusual occurs. - - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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