Is the starchy tasted comparable to a Lilium bulb? Rick Rodich Minnesota On Wed, 08 Jul 2015 17:50:54 -0700 Diana Chapman <rarebulbs@suddenlink.net> writes: > Zigadenus blooms much earlier than Camassia, in northern California > it > blooms in March, Camassia a couple of months later. The flowers, of > > course, and also the seed pods are different, so I was told they > could > identify them by the seed heads, and would dig down to get the right > > bulb by only digging those they could identify, and would also > remove > the very toxic Zigadenus. I haven't seen them growing together, I > have > only seen stands of one species but they both like the same moist > growing conditions. I have actually cooked Camassia for a > presentation > to Native American children and they ate them. They tasted like > very, > very starchy potatoes when they were steamed, but were usually > cooked in > pits very slowly where the starch would convert to sugars, then they > > were dried and stored flattened like a cookie or ground into a > meal. > > Diana ____________________________________________________________ Want to place your ad here? Advertise on United Online http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/…