Are the wild eggplants in my yard eatable?!
Are the wild eggplants in my yard eatable?
I have a lot of wild eggplants growing in my yard. The plants themselves very healthy and green with a lot of thorns. The fruits are green with white strives. They look like very small marbles. They look so healthy to eat. I love eggplants and vegetables. They are not Oriental eggplants, but look something like it.
Additional Details20 hours ago
Yes, it look just like oriental eggplants, but very tiny round and green with white strives.
Answers:
are you sure they're eggplants? make sure you properly identify anything wild before eating it. even wild edibles can cause stomach upset sometimes, because they are not refined and farmed like most of the foods we eat. and at worse the fruit/veg could be a poisonous even deadly look-alike.
a lot of wild edibles guides for identifying also have recipe ideas, common ones are parboiling, double or even triple boiliing, nettles and dandelion are edible for example, but many must be boiled at least twice with the water replenished before they're palatable and not bitter, or indigestible.... butter is another common one, at least for wild fungi. but enough butter will make anything taste good, lol.