Parts of edible plants you should never eat

[rary]

After viewing the versatile plants thread I thought that a guide to edible plants with parts you cannot eat would be a good guide for new gardeners, as was shown in the versatile thread, you can't eat the stems or leaves of tomato or potato plants.
So what edible plants do you know that have parts that you can not eat, please add any plants that must not be eaten raw.

[veggiechicken]

Parsnip leaves; rhubarb leaves................
Green potatoes and potato "berries" that look like tomatoes.

[MyWifesBrassicas]

Rary, is it possible if we can also suggest what's edible that we normally throw away?

[MyWifesBrassicas]

can you eat carrot leaves?

[veggiechicken]

Yes, you can. Chop them small and use in pesto, or burgers, or stews. Lots of recipes on goggle.

[veggiechicken]

Turnip, beetroot and radish leaves are also edible - though some radish can be a bit prickly to eat raw.
If you want a hint of onion. snip a couple of leaves off the ones that are growing. Same with garlic and leeks.

[MyWifesBrassicas]

I once made a curry from Cauli leaves, gave me awful indigestion

[veggiechicken]

That was probably the curry.

[Scarlet]

I once made a curry from Cauli leaves, gave me awful indigestion

I always shred the younger cauliflower leaves and cook with my cauliflower florets. I've never had a problem.

[rary]

Rary, is it possible if we can also suggest what's edible that we normally throw away?

I don't see a problem with that, as I said it's a guide for new gardeners and the not so new, as we all may learn from the thread

[ameno]

Basically all parts which aren't normally eaten of all vegetables in the nightshade family are poisonous. So that's everything except the tubers of potatoes, and everything except the fruit of tomato, aubergine, peppers, tomatillo, cape gooseberry.
French and runner bean leaves are mildly toxic.

As for edible parts not usually eaten, squash, pumpkin and courgette leaves are edible. Best cooked, as they are a bit prickly raw. All part of the sweet potato plant are edible. The leaves are tasty raw or cooked, and the young, tender stems can be steamed and eaten.
Pea and broad bean shoots are tasty in salads and stir-fries.

[rary]

Can you eat parsnip leaves?

[MyWifesBrassicas]

Can you eat parsnip leaves?

VC mentions not.
Are they not similar to carrot?

[MyWifesBrassicas]

Anyone eaten comfrey?
Supposedly edible and i've seen them sold as fritters, although i think they contain oxalic acid, the same stuff as in rhubarb leaves, probably less concentrated though.

[MyWifesBrassicas]

A Comfrey fritter recipe

https://www.wildfooduk.com/wild-food...frey-fritters/