The Mystery Tree
I made this!
There is a tree in my garden. I want to eat it. Help my sanity and help me identify this.
Pictures, captions, and 1998 website design nostalgia. May be followed by an 'eating of the tree' page.
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cupz, Thu 29 Jan 2009, 6:22,
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'Tis some sort of almond-related nut.
Given that almonds are toxic if harvested improperly, I would advise against eating it.
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Digeridude Lord Wellington's Beef Trapeze, Thu 29 Jan 2009, 6:46,
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aww
this saddens me :(
But hope shall not be whisped away!
unanimous identification, harvest training, or drunk taste testing may prevail!
Or I may make another page on tips how to properly cook swan plant fruit without getting toxified. I hear its water soluble :)
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cupz, Thu 29 Jan 2009, 6:53,
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Nah
Durians are big and spiky
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Hampster Squared has stuff at www.tilla.co.uk, Thu 29 Jan 2009, 9:32,
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and cause the Auckland airport to close down when they come in
cos they smell like a gas leak!
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DeSpong currently knitting your suggestions - see profile, Thu 29 Jan 2009, 10:27,
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It's not an almond relation
but it IS toxic
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DeSpong currently knitting your suggestions - see profile, Thu 29 Jan 2009, 8:50,
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It is an almond relation. They're both in the magnolia family.
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Digeridude Lord Wellington's Beef Trapeze, Thu 29 Jan 2009, 16:36,
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Now that looks like something I want to eat
and why is there a very small hat next to those very small fruits?
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cupz, Thu 29 Jan 2009, 7:06,
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no, really, you don't
it's one of those fruits that smell of rotting flesh.
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Durien
I think
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DeSpong currently knitting your suggestions - see profile, Thu 29 Jan 2009, 8:33,
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I accidentally
bought some durien sweets in Vietnam a while ago: worst things I've ever put in my mouth, by a long way.
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This is a jackfruit.
It's like a durian for crybabies who can't take the smell.
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Zuowan, Thu 29 Jan 2009, 11:02,
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clocley followed by
"me and my stomach pump"
or
"why activated charcoal is better than mystery nuts"
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KittyWaste lives at Sleepingplanet.com, Thu 29 Jan 2009, 7:15,
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I wouldn't know where to begin
But would suggest joining a NZ gardeners forum before you do yourself some damage by eating the fruit... Speaking from experience in primary school eating what we thought were damsons. But weren't.
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I'm afraid I have no idea
But I enjoyed reading your description of the tree.
Perhaps you should plant a fruit in the ground and watch it grow, and gain more evidence of what the plant looks like very small. Alternatively, make some food (chutney, pickle, stew, I don't know) out of it, and sit outside a hospital before eating. If it's poisonous, you'll be in the best place
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LemonEntryMyDearWatson This time, Moriarty, the hand is on the other foot, Thu 29 Jan 2009, 8:11,
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Thanks :)
appreciated rambling is always a bonus :)
That may have to be the plan if its not identified soon
It just looks and smells so good!
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cupz, Thu 29 Jan 2009, 8:22,
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Not an almond, I have one (in NZ too)
looks like karaka DON'T EAT IT!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karaka_(tree)
However, if you're desperate to try it, there is a way of preparing them Maori-style. I TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY IF THIS GOES WRONG AND YOU DIE
www.aoteamoana.co.nz/tradition/karaka.htm
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=EP18911229.2.11&e=-------mi--1----0-all
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DeSpong currently knitting your suggestions - see profile, Thu 29 Jan 2009, 8:45,
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EAT IT - EAAAAAAATTTTTT IT
"poisoning would result with symptoms including violent convulsions and severe muscle spasms which could leave the limbs permanently fixed in contorted positions. Death resulted in a few cases.[3] In modern-day New Zealand, no part of the plant or its fruit is eaten."
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Nostrebor can't be everything all the time., Thu 29 Jan 2009, 10:42,
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