Title: Boiled and Roasted Maple Seeds
Categories: Wild, Info, Vegetables
Yield: 1 info file
Maple seeds
Notes: It's best NOT to soak the seedlings first to remove wings.
Dry is just as easy and doesn't prune up your hands.
Uncooked tastes like raw, past maturity lima beans - not my
favorite taste sensation. A little bitter.
Boiled for a minute with a little butter. Tastes like a cross
between peas and asparagus. Very tasty. Texture is like peas.
Boiled then lightly fried in a little butter, garlic powder and
just a pinch of salt. It was ok but seemed to be missing
something. Boiled was better.
Boiled then roasted in oven until crispy/crunchy. Very good.
Makes a good tasty addition to salad. Seems to store well.
Downside. It takes a LOT of seedlings to make a handful of seeds.
It took two people (me and my 11 year old daughter) about 45-60
minutes to de-wing 1 cup of seeds. We made a race out of it to
see who could de-wing the most and still seemed to take forever.
From: Kim
To: Forageahead (Melana Hiatt's now defunct mail list)
