On 23 Nov 06, at 14:55, Arnold Trachtenberg wrote: > With apologies to Overseas members, which bulbs, corms, rhizomes, > tubers can one enjoy with a traditional Thanksgiving feast? Camassia esculenta. Delicious steamed... if, that is, you like library paste! Comment on eating camas: the local Indians (Coast Salish immediately around Victoria) are always described as roguing Zygadenus venenosus out of their camas fields when it was in flower -- the Zygadenus has poisonous bulbs that are visually indistinguishable from camas bulbs. Most, perhaps all, of the references I've seen imply that Zygadenus looks like a white-flowered camas, but it doesn't. The flowers are a dirty yellowy-greeny color and the arrangement of the inflorescence is very different from camas of any species. Likewise, the seed capsules are completely different. It's time to put to bed the myth and misunderstanding "death camas is just like a regular camas, only with white flowers." -- Rodger Whitlock Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate on beautiful Vancouver Island