We've got lots of them on the wood floor at the moment. They look palatable but are they edible? Do you need to cook them? Has anyone got any preferred/recommended recipes?
Many thanks, in anticipation.
Many thanks, in anticipation.
Hart's Tongues - are they edible?
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I've never heard of these being edible - a lot of members of the fern family taste terrible, or have carcinogenic agents.
Plants for a Future lists its edibility as 0:
http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Asplenium+scolopendrium
It also says 'few members of this genus are ever bothered by grazing deer' - implying that if the deer don't eat it, its probably no good for people!
Plants for a Future lists its edibility as 0:
http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Asplenium+scolopendrium
It also says 'few members of this genus are ever bothered by grazing deer' - implying that if the deer don't eat it, its probably no good for people!
Thanks for that. I kind of thought that it was unpopular with your average herbivore - there's so much of it about absolutely untouched - but hoped that it might have some use, edible or otherwise.
