Just ran across this thread. Arum palestinum is mentioned frequently as a food in Israel in the Mishnah written about 200 CE. I was evidently a cultivated crop as well as wild gathered. Both the bulb and leaves were eaten. Boiling 7 times is mentioned, presumably to get the toxins out. Don't know if it was the leaves, bulbs or both that needed boiling, but I ran into a fellow once in Jerusalem's Old City with a big bag of Arum leaves. He said he was going to a person who knew how to prepare them. _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>