The blender ploy works great for lots of things. I took the scraps from trimming tomatillos, put in a bunch of water and let 'er rip. All the seeds were completely intact on the bottom after pouring off the water.
Bob Lauf
On Monday, September 20, 2021, 08:33:27 PM EDT, Roy Herold via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote:
Robert,
Have you ever tried cleaning your aroid seeds in a blender? Fill it half
full of water, toss in the seeds, and give it a few pulses. Pour it out
through a strainer, and spread the remaining seeds and skins on a towel.
Let dry, and the seeds are easily separated from the 'chaff'.
Works like a charm, with no damage whatsoever to the seeds. I've only
tried it with arisaemas, but it should work with most aroids.
I have memories of trying to clean arisaema seeds in a backwater hotel
in Yunnan many years ago. My hands were painful for days afterwards.
Something to do with the oxalate crystals. Tony A was there...
--Roy
NW of Boston
On 9/20/2021 3:24 PM, Robert Parks via pbs wrote:
> Cleaning seeds indeed! Up until midnight last night cleaning aroid seeds.
> Ended up with a bucket of nasty looking oily shredded tomato water...and a
> bunch of seeds.
>
> Robert
> in sunny warm San Francisco.
>
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