news pieces about folks who, oops, pick and eat colchicums, autumn crocuses, mistaking them for siberian onions (called gyoja “garlic” in japanese), are a regular feature hereabouts during spring when harvesting edible weeds is a popular pastime among mostly old folks. we’re always perplexed how people can be confused about plants that don’t smell at all oniony and joke that it was a shame they were too old to improve the gene pool with their demise…
news pieces about folks who, oops, pick and eat colchicums, autumn crocuses, mistaking them for siberian onions (called gyoja “garlic” in japanese), are a regular feature hereabouts during spring when harvesting edible weeds is a popular pastime among mostly old folks. we’re always perplexed how people can be confused about plants that don’t smell at all oniony and joke that it was a shame they were too old to improve the gene pool with their demise…