Species Alliums being edible?
Mark BROWN (Fri, 05 Apr 2013 10:02:43 PDT)
Dear All,
I have introduced Allium ursinium in the parts of the garden dedicated to wild food.
I enjoy its' mild flavour of late in salads and a few leaves thrown in with pasta as it is cooking.
You can make a great sort of pesto from its leaves which keeps well.
Allium vineale is wild here and makes a good addition as a wild vegetable.
I have grown A. oleraceum but this becomes too much except in the wildest places.
A. ampeloprasum is quite a delicious alternative to garlic!
A. senecens is grown for its' edibility but I have yet to try it!
A. sativum ophioscorodon is just a curiosity. A. cepa aggregatum is a bit fiddly to use.
Kind regards,
Mark
Message du 05/04/13 18:44
De : "Nhu Nguyen"
A : "Pacific Bulb Society"
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Objet : Re: [pbs] Species Alliums being edible?
I would say that it's not a good thing to eat wild onions, particularly
because like many other geophytes, it takes so long for them regenerate.
The ones in California takes about 4 years to mature from seeds and I would
not expect any less from the ones in Israel. Perhaps they were eaten more
thousands of years ago was because they were much more common. With that
said, if you want to grow some up in your garden to eat, I'd be really
interested in your assessment of the flavors.
Nhu
On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 12:42 AM, Shmuel Silinsky wrote:
There are many species of Allium native here in Israel. Some are endemic. I
am wondering if all are edible, both as leaf or as bulb. Obviously flavor
will vary, even bitterness, but are any poisonous?
I am especially interested in knowing about Allium aschersonium. It has a
large bulb - and I would like to try it as an edible.
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