[Sca-cooks] Possibly food related. Dogwood trees.

[Peters, Rise J.]

Flowering dogwood berries are apparently great for birds but some sources
indicate that they are either poisonous to people:
http://www.agriculture.com/windstar/profiles/dogwood.html, or simply very
bitter. On the other hand, the Philadelphia Children's Hospital poison
control site, http://poisoncontrol.chop.edu/ppn_berries.shtml, says they are
not toxic to eat but may that the tree cause skin rashes on contact.

Red osier dogwood berries are edible, however.

Of course the exciting problem is finding out what you have!


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tara Sersen [mailto:tsersen at nni.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 5:57 PM
> To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
> Subject: [Sca-cooks] Possibly food related. Dogwood trees.
>
>
> Here's a wierd question.  I've read that a korean variety of
> dogwood tree produces a small fruit that is supposed to be
> quite yummy.  Our new house has three dogwood trees, I do
> not know the exact variety.  Right now, they all have the
> loveliest red berry type fruits on them.  Is this the korean
> dogwood fruit of lore?  I had a dogwood tree at my last
> house, and do not remember it producing any similar berry in
> the autumn.  Nor do I remember ever noticing them on any
> other dogwood.
>
> If they are the edible type, does anybody know what I should
> do with them?  Eat them raw?  Make jelly from them?  Use
> them in cooking?
>
> Thank you!
> -Magdalena
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