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A Spice You Can Find In Your Backyard Or City Park

First Posted: 03/18/10 06:12 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 03:20 PM ET

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The Atlantic Food Channel:

"Spicebush" sounds like something dreamed up by Dr. Seuss. In fact, the plant is a striking shrub that grows about ten feet tall, with glossy emerald leaves that begin to turn golden around the time its resinous berries ripen. A member of the laurel family--which also includes cinnamon, sassafras, and the bay laurel, from which bay leaves are harvested--it thrives from Maine to Michigan and south to Texas, and even in New York's Central Park.

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"Spicebush" sounds like something dreamed up by Dr. Seuss. In fact, the plant is a striking shrub that grows about ten feet tall, with glossy emerald leaves that begin to turn golden around the time i...
"Spicebush" sounds like something dreamed up by Dr. Seuss. In fact, the plant is a striking shrub that grows about ten feet tall, with glossy emerald leaves that begin to turn golden around the time i...
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klbrz
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08:15 PM on 10/18/2009
That is a wonderful idea, except that you can't trust what has been used on the plant.

In the middish 90s, I answered an ad for a rock shop for sale in Roseland (burg?), Oregon. I asked why it was for sale and the realtor said that the owner was essentially deathly ill - from eating berries (blue, black, can't remember) found on hikes in the nearby national forest. These berries themselves were not poisonous. The agent orange sprayed on them because for some reason they were bothersome was what was killing this person. Supposedly they were trying to sue the government, but were being denied permission....

This story cured me of trusting what I might find out in "nature."
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mamacat
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06:53 PM on 10/21/2009
Good point. A lot of people, governments included, do not realise the potential harm from the indiscriminate use of various chemicals. Nowadays, very few places can be said to be completely free from accidental or intentional poisoning.
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spikeykitten
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01:39 PM on 10/18/2009
Signs for sale: No Foraging.
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