Can you eat conkers?
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Conkers, unlike the seeds of the sweet chestnut, are not easily edible, as they contain poisonous saponins, along with aescin, which can cause vomiting and paralysis. They can be rendered safe by crushing and leaching with water, or by slow cooking, but the remaining food is largely starch. Experiments in England during the First World War showed that conkers which have been crushed, leached with water, and boiled can be used as fodder for cattle and sheep, though pigs will not eat them. Fluid extracts of the fruit and bark of the plant, and sometimes of its leaf and root, are used in herbal medicine. (Copied from the BBC website)
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can, it's just not recommended...
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