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From: Ernie O'Byrne <nargsbs at EFN.ORG>
Subject: cleaning berries
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I have heard before that cleaning arisaema berries can be hard on the
fingers, but had always pooh-poohed it, becasue the worse I had ever
suffered was a 'tingley' feeling that didn't last very long. However, I
recently cleaned some A. taiwanense berries (a couple of nice sized heads=)
and, even though it was a little prickley feeling, I didn't go get the
surgical gloves. Well, my fingers were pretty sore for about three or fou=r
days, on the tips where I was squeezing with the right hand and between t=he
fingers on the left had where I was holding the squished berries and
separating them from the skins. About a week later I actually lost some s=kin
as in a mild sunburn, from both areas.

I do not tend to be very allergic in general and suspect 'spicules' are t=he
culprit. Anyway, people might want to take the precaution of wearing
surgical gloves while doing the cleaning. It is a little more tedious, bu=t
might save some discomfort.

Ernie O'Byrne
86813 Central Road
Eugene, OR 97402-9284
USA
Eugene, Oregon is USDA Zone 8a on the map, but we can only grow Zone 7
plants reliably. Member of NARGS, SRGC, AGS, American Primula Society,
Meconopsis Group, Alpine-L, Arisaema-L, Hellebore Group


-----Original Message-----
From: Arisaema Enthusiast Group (AEG) Discussion List (and other hardy
Aroids) [mailto:ARISAEMA-L at NIC.SURFNET.NL]On Behalf Of George R
Stilwell, Jr.
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 6:45 PM
To: ARISAEMA-L at NIC.SURFNET.NL
Subject: Re: The Nose Knows


Seems like it ought to be red pepper unless the berries were very old.

I don't soak my berries so I can't really comment. I just remove the pulp
by hand and
then clean the seeds in detergent. It's a reasonable practice if you
don't have too
many seedheads to do, but not practical otherwise.

Ray
GRSJr at Juno.com

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