Not exactly traditional foraging but I have a lot of these that grow without care in untended parts of my garden and I’ve heard they are edible. The tubers are decent size for something that isn’t a crop and I could harvest a good number pretty easily if I wanted.
However, the sources I find online that talk about their edibility don’t seem too reputable, so I’m curious if anyone has first-hand experience. Are they safe to eat in quantity? Any preparation tips?
Please share any knowledge you have!
I believe the article you are mentioning is coming with enough warning for us to understand not to use this as a foraging technic.
Test like this may be useful when starving lost in nature but certainly not as a hobbiest or even a amateur forrager.
A plant tested this way may look fine but then be undigestably in combinaison with other every-day ingredient, it can react badly with a medecine you take or be just toxic enough to poison you when you eat a full portion.
As foragers we should be extremly carefull. If we are not 100 % sure what plant this is or not 100 % it is eatable, we should NOT eat it at all.
This is a really good point, biochemical reactions can be unpredictable.