when you've eaten a peach and then break the stone, is that thing that is inside that looks like a nut ok to eat or is it poisonus?
2006-07-06 06:13:49 · 14 answers · asked by Ivan R Don 4 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
That "seed" is actually the testicle of a sewer goat.
Sewer goats feed on peaches and the males bury their testicles near peach trees until mating season. Mating season begins when the peaches begin to fall from the trees. Sewer goats eat the peaches and their testicles are restored.
Be careful eating them.
2006-07-06 06:19:56 · answer #1 · answered by TKO 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
Don't eat it.
"Q: I ate a peach yesterday and the pit was partially opened. For the first time I noticed there were seeds inside and so I bit one to see what it tasted like. It tasted very almondy to me and have a nice soft nut like texture. Are these seeds edible and if so, why can't I find any commercial reference to them? (E-mail reference)
A: Not a good idea! You are fortunate to be alive. All parts of the peach, plum, and cherry are poisonous, with the stone kernels containing the highest concentration of cyanide, at 164 mg/100 grams. While no human deaths have been reported, hogs and cattle have succumbed to eating fallen peaches pit and all. Now you know why they are not for sale on the market."
"Poisonous Part
Wilted leaves, twigs (stems), seeds.
Symptoms
Gasping, weakness, excitement, pupil dilation, spasms, convulsions, coma, respiratory failure."
2006-07-06 06:26:32 · answer #2 · answered by Ricardo A 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is poisonous. It contains cyanide, 164 mg/100 grams. This amount has not proven fatal to human beings, but small animals have died from eating peach pits. Of course, if you eat the pits in large quantity, the cyanide will kill you.
2006-07-06 06:19:07 · answer #3 · answered by Gestalt 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have heard that peach pits, and apple seed, and some other types of seeds contain strychnine, in small amounts
2006-07-06 06:21:13 · answer #4 · answered by Big hands Big feet 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it's just the peach pit, but I'm sure it won't feel good going the other way.
2006-07-06 06:17:57 · answer #5 · answered by Elle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is the seed and I have eatens hundreds of them. they have a nut like taste. let it dry though and not be green before you break it open.
2006-07-06 06:20:39 · answer #6 · answered by pinelake302 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats the Pit. Don't eat it. I do not think it is poisonous but it is very hard and not easy to chew.
2006-07-06 06:16:57 · answer #7 · answered by Kamunyak 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try apricots. Good for B-17.
2006-07-06 06:17:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dangerous poison . . stay away from it . . better yet call hazmat.
2006-07-06 06:16:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would you want to eat it?.............why don't you try get someone to let us know.
2006-07-06 06:15:44 · answer #10 · answered by lollipoppett2005 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋