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Old 24-04-06, 00:13
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Originally posted by Vets Dottir
I've heard about this eating of tulip bulbs in Holland many times ... wow and thank god for tulip bulbs if they sustained peoples lives. How did your Mom prepare them? Or did she just eat them raw? I wonder what they taste like?
I actually don't know! I do know you can't eat them raw, according to one recipe I found they were easy to prepare: peel like an onion, remove the heart (poisonous) and then boil. It was then made into bread or mixed with the food from the central food kitchens. No doubt many recipes existed...

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