In my home, the recent topic has been about Crab apple tree's!
I know this may sound like an odd topic of interest but it is one that I have found to be kind of interesting.
Recently my husband was given two free crab apple tree's to plant in out back yard. We have a pretty decent sized back yard, so we were excited to take these 2 tree's and make them part of our home's decor. 1st of all, when they are mature enough to bloom, the flowers are absolutely beautiful to look at. I can hardly wait to see them in full bloom. But the 2nd thing, which is the main part of our conversation, is that we can not find a plain and simple solution to our question..."Are crap apple's safe to eat raw"?
I have found several recipes using the tiny fruit for jellies and preserves but that is with the fruit cooked. But no one seems to be able to answer the questions about if they are safe to eat raw. My first thought was that of they're safe for jelly than surely they are ok to eat raw. But then I thought, what if cooking them takes out the potentially harmful part of them.
The reason we are to interested in this, is that we have young children and the last thing I want to do is have their stomach pumped from eating something that comes from their own back yard that might make them sick.
If anyone knows anything about this, I would love to hear what you have to say! It would help ease my mind if I could get a straight forward answer from someone on this! Best Wishes and thanks for reading!
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The first thing you need to do is be sure on the kind of crabapple. Some are slightly toxic. My parents had a crabapple tree in the back yard, after my mother found out it was safe she made jelly from the fruit and it was good. The trees only produce fruit every other year. They will bloom every year but not fruit. Being a fruit tree that is outside you might want to wash before eating, also crabapples are somewhat sour and bitter off the tree( best I can remember).
ReplyDeleteWho wrote this blog? Must be someone who is obviously out of her mind. I mean seriously. HI DEE!!! Can't believe we've been in the same class for a whole semester and just figured it out this week. I wish I had known sooner I would have harrassed you the entire time. Then Mrs. Chism would have had to chastize me in her announcements as well.
ReplyDeleteOh well so much for missed opportunities.
i would tell you what to do if i had any clue my self. my brain doesnt work in that area. sorry..
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