edible wood

[lofthouse31]

this may be a daft question but here goes anyway, are there any types of wood that are edible ? there ive asked it.
I expect a right royal no but in this world you never truely know until you ask the question cheers for any info

 

[xylaria]

Pine cambium, the soft inner layer under the bark can be processed into flour. Tastes quite nice raw off the tree but after chewing it you get spiiting out a very woody remain.

 

[bushman tash]

the inner bark of the silver birch tree, is quite nice ...sweet in spring more woody the rest of the year

 

[JonnyP]

licourice root......mmmmmmm....

 

[janiepopps]

Chocolate log.......?!

 

[xylaria]

cinnimon, sago tree.
There is a host of edible leaves like linden.

 

[lofthouse31]

Chocolate log.......?!

i might go foraging in your local forrest if thats whats growing lol.
thanks for the info guys

 

[RobertRogers]

The inner bark of large white pines (pinus strobus) is thick and edible. The native americans would boil it, I think, and liked it much.

 

[xylaria]

The great OZ says

-Pine cambium layer, take the inner bark of pine, boil it a bit, roast it and pound it into flour.

-Birch cambium, same process as the pine, just boil less than you would the pine.

The cambium is the soft inner bark of trees. With pine you peel of the hard woody outer and the cambium is on the inner wood in a papery sheet. It tastes quite sweet raw.

 

[robtheblacksmith]

Robert Rogers hit on it,

Boiling any of these will result in a starchy meal that resembles pasta. It also helps get rid of the woody residue that was mentioned earlier. In the U.S. we have poplar trees andthe inner bark of it is rather tasty.