I also would appreciate it if I could see a picture of an elderberry bush
2007-10-12 12:13:00 · 7 answers · asked by cheryl p 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Birds can eat elderberries but humans cannot until they are cooked. (Elderberries, not humans, lol.) I make elderberry jelly and wine every year. This year I have special elderberry jelly, It is called Ground Bee Elderberry because I stepped on a ground bee nest while picking elderberries and got stung four times. I don't know how to give you a picture but I can tell you that the elderberry likes damp locations. The elderberry puts up tall tubular canes and the blooms on the top look like huge Queen Anne's lace blooms. They are huge umbrels. I am sure that on Yahoo search you can find a picture. I just have not learned how to insert a picture into an answer but I hope to find out soon. When the elderberries are ripe, the blossom head will be full of tiny purple berries. There is a single seed inside each berry and the seed is surrounded by purple juice.
2007-10-12 12:36:06 · answer #1 · answered by juncogirl3 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Elderberries are delicious in jams and jellies, but must be cooked to eliminate the astringency...a reason they were used for early cough medicines. There are many sites on university extension web pages that show the proper harvesting and preparation methods. Try a favorite of mine:
http://www.hort.cornell.edu/extension/commercial/fruit/mfruit/elderberries.html
2007-10-13 08:07:41 · answer #2 · answered by Roseann B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the kind of elderberry.
Sambucus racemosa or Red berried Elderberry is poisonous unless well cooked. Sambucus nigra (Black Elderberry) is safe. Just to confuse you, Red Berried Elderberry has a black berried form.
Carefully identify your elderberries or cook them well.
2007-10-12 23:39:27 · answer #3 · answered by Judy B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, oh yes, make elderberry wine. There is a winery in east Kansas that makes an excellent elderberry wine.
I wouldn't waste my time eating them.
2007-10-12 21:14:00 · answer #4 · answered by glenn k 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cooked, elderberries make a marvelous jam. but be sure they are prepared properly or they can make you awfully sick.
My Gran used to make elderberry wine.
2007-10-12 21:04:51 · answer #5 · answered by Deborah S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes you can eat them but only cooked..my mom makes elderberry jelly read this http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/04/AR2007040400696.html
2007-10-12 19:19:11 · answer #6 · answered by hermitofnorthdome 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO, There poision
go to google look at trees,
2007-10-12 19:19:00 · answer #7 · answered by William B 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋