. I had to close windows!It's my understanding that they must be cooked. However, a friend has some growing on his property, and he says that he eats a few handfuls from the bush when they are ripe. He describes them as "yummy". So, I'll harvest some from him when they ripen, then return and take cuttings this winter. The deer and mice keep eating my 2 named cultivars to the point that they never have become established. I once had a wild elderberry bush, but destroyed it, not knowing what it was. A couple of years ago, an other one popped up, but it was destroyed when a friend was bush hogging.Interesting hearing you all talk about elderberries.
We have a bunch here... and they always throw out a huge crop, they love our weather.
There are several different kinds of elderberry.
The one we have you have to cook, or it gives a belly ache. There is some acid or some such in it that is destroyed by cooking.
Not sure if all elderberries are like that.
We used to have even more elderberries around the house than we do now... but the goats loved them. Yum, yum. Yum.
There ya go!
