[8doubles]

Funny, I have sampled them many times as a youngster with no ill effect whatsoever, whilst assisting in the picking for Dad's wine making.

Those Hampshire elderberries were the size of blackcurrants sweet and moreish and were all we had to eat , playing Robinson Crusoe or something i seem to recall .
There were four castaways down with the ague later that evening ! 

[arugula]

Funny, I have sampled them many times as a youngster with no ill effect whatsoever, whilst assisting in the picking for Dad's wine making.

Those Hampshire elderberries were the size of blackcurrants sweet and moreish and were all we had to eat , playing Robinson Crusoe or something i seem to recall .
There were four castaways down with the ague later that evening ! 

I think I must have a strong constitution then. Probably came from that pickling vinegar I used to drink.

[DD.]

Thought it was meths. 

[arugula]

Thought it was meths. 

Does that give you a strong stomach? I wouldn't know....

 

[sunshineband]

Well at least the berries and the flowers are OK to consume, even if a surfeit of berries gives you the gripes 

and has anyone else made pea shooters from the sticks 

[Growster...]

Pea shooters?

They came from cow parsley didn't they?

[8doubles]

Cow parsley was easier, with elder you had to poke the pith out.
Never had any peas though, Hawthorn berries were a favourite.