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The best way to remove the bamboo is to eat the sprout.

15 years ago

Dear All,

I want to tell you all, that the bamboo sprout is one of the most DELICIOUS vegetable in the world. It only come out of ground in spring time between April 5 and April 30. You can harvest them when they are about 1 to 2 feet tall. Peel them and cook it with meat. It is the one of the best vegetable in the world.

Chinese food store would sell it for very expensive price of about $4/lb.

If I live close to your house, I would go to your yard during spring time, and harvest them for free! AND I could cook some for you to eat.

I would suggest you, invite some Chinese friend to harvest them for you during spring time, and let them cook some for you to eat.

Or, you could start a business, harvest them in large amount, and sell them to Chinese food store.

Or, you could learn to cook them by yourself. Just harvest them when they are about 1 foot tall. Peel them. Cut into short pieces. Stew them with beef chunks of about 1 inch cubic and 3 to 4 teaspoon of soy sauce. Put some cinnamon and bay leaves. Stew it for 2 hours.

Oh! Yummy!!!!!

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eibren
15 years ago
Are all bamboo varieties edible?
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kentuck_8b
15 years ago
I have several bamboo varieties, some sprout starting in March and some sprout as late as September.

Not all bamboo shoots are considered edilble and some are more delicilous than others. Some are sweet enough to even eat raw.

I don't have any Chinese friends.

Kt
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I've been thinking about this one all day. What you want to do doesn't have an easy answer, so the task won't be simple either. When I deliver large spiny cycads to people, I tie up the leaves so they are more upright. You may need someone else to help, but you may need to tie them up. I am known for always trying something new and have made a sleeve to tie up cycads for delivery so I don't get stuck bad. If you had some thick cloth, or better yet, burlap, if you loosely surrounded the stem and tied the top and bottom of the burlap, you could make a sleeve. You might need a second person but with this sleeve, the two of you could lift it up and it would hold all the leaves in an upright position. then untie it when you are finished.
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divahethr
15 years ago
and some contain cyanide and love you long time
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wantonamara Z8 CenTex
15 years ago
Joke?????
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kudzu9
15 years ago
Not a joke...but not enough to kill you.

Here is a link that might be useful: Cyanide in bamboo shoots
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divahethr
15 years ago
Mara every piece of rhizome you sent me sent up shoots!!!!! =)
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flourboy
15 years ago
I harvested about 40 pounds of nuda shoots this spring and gave them to friends at work. Many of the people who took the shoots are Chinese but not all. The Chinese tell me that the shoots should be cooked with seasoning and meat because they have so little flavor of their own. Some of the people who don't normally eat shoots tried different ways of preparing them that emphasized the delicate flavor of the shoots and didn't overwhelm them with seasoning and meat. One friend did a great job cooking the shoots with asparagus and Portabella mushrooms. She used the interesting shape of the cut shoots to create a beautiful presentation. Some brought me samples of the dishes they made with the shoots. Another person cooked their shoots in olive oil and garlic. I stir fry them with broccolli and carrots and a touch of sesame oil. It was so interesting that next year I think we'll have a bamboo shoot potluck and try each others dishes.
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