Wednesday, July 22, 2009

The Edible Maple


Maple seeds are edible for humans; some Indians would hull the larger of them and then boil them. So are the sugar-rich young leaves. The inner bark of the maple is one of the more appetizing sap layers and is eaten in times of need, either raw or cooked. But it is for the sap that the tree has been famous since the redskin days.

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