As a stone fruit, the blood plum belongs to the rose family. The sweet pulp of the plums prepares a true taste experience. As with other species of this family, the seeds of the kernels are poisonous. Pay attention to the following things when eating.
Delicious fruit for in between
After flowering between April and May, the fruits follow. These mature into small delicacies by September. When harvesting, you should make sure that you only eat the soft flesh of the cultivated and ornamental plant. Fruits that are still unripe have a negative effect on the human body. Diarrhea is often the result. This applies to adults and children.
The seeds must also be routinely removed before consumption. However, there is a catch, because the cores cannot be easily separated. In this case, a manual fruit stoner can help. Raw or cooked, blood plums enrich the local fruit offering.
They are ideal for fruit cake with crumble or various jam variations.
Preparation of jam
After pitting, you process the digestible and juicy fruits to jam using the tried and tested method. First, they are boiled together with other ingredients. If necessary, puree the mass additionally. Then pour into screw-top jars and boil down again to be on the safe side. In this way, the digestible jam can be kept for a long time.
Basic recipe with preserving sugar:
- 1 kilogram of blood plums
- 0.5 kilograms of jam sugar
- Preservatives (see description on jam sugar)
Basic recipe without jam sugar:
- 1 kilogram of blood plums
- 1 kilogram of sugar
Alternative: agar-agar
- 1 kilogram of blood plums
- 3 teaspoons agar agar
- 3 tablespoons of water
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- possibly honey, cinnamon or vanilla sugar
Children eat poisonous seeds
Like almonds, blood plum seeds contain a certain amount of amygdalin. In this sense, the following also applies here: the amount consumed makes the poison. If children have swallowed the seeds of blood plums while playing in the garden, immediate action is recommended.
- Step 1: Give plenty of water to drink
- Step 2: Contact the poison control center (24h) and follow the instructions
tips and tricks
The kernels of this plum are used to make plum kernel liqueur. Undamaged cores are used for this. With these, the substances contained do not penetrate to the outside.
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