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A teaspoon of concentrated syrup is enough, you aren't likely to get any additional benefit from eating more than that. But if you did you wouldn't experience a
by Alex3917 8y ago
A teaspoon of concentrated syrup is enough, you aren't likely to get any additional benefit from eating more than that. But if you did you wouldn't experience any negative side effects, people eat elderberry pies all the time. You just never see them sold commercially because they're such a pain to make that it would be like $200 for a pie, and they don't really taste any better than blueberries. And because of where they grow (edge of streams and ponds) there is a very good chance of falling and hurting yourself while trying to forage them.
- pbhjpbhj 8y agoHmm, we used to collect it to make wine -- I wonder if we were unknowingly taking a tonic.
- jnurmine 8y agoHey, the berries of some species like Sambucus Nigra are poisonous so don't go foraging them just like that. The flowers of S.N. are OK and can be made into elderberry juice. Your local Ikea probably even carries it ("flädersaft") if you want to taste. I don't know if the juice from the flowers has antiviral properties but certainly the taste is better than Tamiflu. It actually tastes (subjectively) delicious.
- Alex3917 8y ago> the berries of some species like Sambucus Nigra are poisonous so don't go foraging them just like that. Well sure you obviously need a field guide to edible plants, otherwise you'd likely poison yourself regardless. And yeah you can't just eat them because the seeds have arsenic, but since that boils off at just over room temperature all you need to do is put them through a food mill to remove the seeds and then sautee the juice for a few min with the exhaust fan on.