I got them from my mother If allowed I can send you this summer bulbs Just help me remember My memory seems to getting old Roland 2013/4/5 Colleen <silkie@frontiernet.net>: > Roland, > > Where did you get your starts? > > Colleen > NE Calif. > > -----Original Message----- > From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] > On Behalf Of Bulborum Botanicum > Sent: Friday, April 05, 2013 10:18 AM > To: Pacific Bulb Society > Subject: Re: [pbs] Species Alliums being edible? > > Allium cernuum was eaten by the Indians in America and Canada > > I grow loads of A. ursinum for eating > they taste much better as A, schoenoprasum the sad thing is that it's just a > short period that you can eat them > > How do you make your pesto Mark > maybe better to PM me > > Roland > > 2013/4/5 Mark BROWN <brown.mark@wanadoo.fr>: >> 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" >>> Copie à : >>> 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. >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ >>> pbs mailing list >>> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >>> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >>> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > > -- > R de Boer > La Maugardiere 1 > F 27260 EPAIGNES > FRANCE > > Phone./Fax 0033-232-576-204 > Email: bulborum@gmail.com > Facebook: https://facebook.com/pages/Bulborum/… > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ -- R de Boer La Maugardiere 1 F 27260 EPAIGNES FRANCE Phone./Fax 0033-232-576-204 Email: bulborum@gmail.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/pages/Bulborum/…