Cleaning aroid seed (was glassines)
Steve Marak via pbs (Mon, 20 Sep 2021 19:40:54 PDT)
I'm curious now how prevalent this effect is. I've heard about it from
other aroiders, but I've always cleaned aroid seed with bare hands, just
squishing the seeds out of the berries and washing them off in a
strainer, and never had any issues. I'm cleaning some Dracunculus
vulgaris seeds tonight, in fact. Is this something that affects just
some people, most people, almost everyone?
Of course, I rarely do more than a few hundred berries at a time, so
maybe I've just never had enough exposure.
Steve
On 9/20/2021 8:43 PM, Robert Lauf via pbs wrote:
The blender ploy works great for lots of things. I took the scraps from trimming tomatillos, put in a bunch of water and let 'er rip. All the seeds were completely intact on the bottom after pouring off the water.
Bob Lauf
On Monday, September 20, 2021, 08:33:27 PM EDT, Roy Herold via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote:
Robert,
Have you ever tried cleaning your aroid seeds in a blender? Fill it half
full of water, toss in the seeds, and give it a few pulses. Pour it out
through a strainer, and spread the remaining seeds and skins on a towel.
Let dry, and the seeds are easily separated from the 'chaff'.
Works like a charm, with no damage whatsoever to the seeds. I've only
tried it with arisaemas, but it should work with most aroids.
I have memories of trying to clean arisaema seeds in a backwater hotel
in Yunnan many years ago. My hands were painful for days afterwards.
Something to do with the oxalate crystals. Tony A was there...
--Roy
NW of Boston
On 9/20/2021 3:24 PM, Robert Parks via pbs wrote:
Cleaning seeds indeed! Up until midnight last night cleaning aroid seeds.
Ended up with a bucket of nasty looking oily shredded tomato water...and a
bunch of seeds.
Robert
in sunny warm San Francisco.
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