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Fruits
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Non Edible Fruits:
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Non-edible fruits are very fleshy five-valved
red capsules. The fruits and leaves
are poisonous, containing andromedotoxin
which helps lowers blood pressure and
causes breathing problems, dizziness,
cramps, vomiting and diarrhea. Bog Laurel
occurs with and strongly resembles Labrador
Tea at the Odette Prairies.
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Nuts:
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An edible dry fruit and seed enclosed
with a hard shell that protects the
kernel or meat inside. Usually, the
shell is removed and discarded and only
the kernel, known as the nut, inside
is the item to be eaten. Nuts are available
shelled and unshelled as well and the
shelled nuts are available blanched
or unbalanced, whole or chopped, halved,
minced, raw, oil roasted, dry-roasted,
salted, unsalted, and also coated with
a flavoring. Nuts are also available
ground as powders and butters. Some
common varieties of foods referred to
as nuts include: almonds, cashews, chestnuts,
hazelnuts, hickory nuts, macadamias,
peanuts, pecans, pine nuts, soy nuts,
sunflower seeds, and also walnuts.
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