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      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)

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