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bootboy:
i just made some arrows from rose hip shoots and its retaaaaardly good stuff

Jude:
Anyone know if the cyanide content of the seeds is like that of apples?  Don't worry though, i think you would need to steep for an awful long time to leach any out of the seeds; they need to be crushed for it to be a problem.

jturner:
Must have to crush alot of them to be poison. I knew they were close relatives with apples and heard bout apple seeds bein bad but i have always ate rose hips seeds and all. I am still alive  im sure with all the chemicals in our food now days you probally couldnt eat enuff in a day to be as bad for you as a meal from a fast food place

Jude:
It's been a long time since I ate a rose hip, so I can't recall, but if the crushed seeds smell like amaretto, they aren't to good for you, but I think you need about a cupfull of apple seeds to have enough to kill you.

Diligence:
rose hip seeds have been linked to....um....rectal discomfort.  The little hairs do not digest well and can cause irritation when ingested in large volumes.

As for rose hip jelly, it's great as a toast spread and I have mixed the meat from rose hips and labrador tea leaves together to make a nice sweet "chewing tobacco"...

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