Cooking in Water Lily leaves?

[Roibeard]

Would water lily leaves be safe to cook food in?

They can be very large and real thick and could be ideal to replace thin foil as a natural wrapping when roasting food in the ashes the a fire. Ive already tried this with dock leaves with moderate success. But water lilies are far larger and might resist burning somewhat longer.
Has anyone used water lilies leaves for this purpose?

 

[chickenofthewoods]

Have you looked at the pfaf database* for references about the plants your experimenting with? It's a good place to look for info about toxicity etc.

* http://www.pfaf.org/index.php

 

[chickenofthewoods]

Another good database although it's American is the Cornell one: http://www.ansci.cornell.edu/plants/

 

[Lush]

Would water lily leaves be safe to cook food in?

They can be very large and real thick and could be ideal to replace thin foil as a natural wrapping when roasting food in the ashes the a fire. Ive already tried this with dock leaves with moderate success. But water lilies are far larger and might resist burning somewhat longer.
Has anyone used water lilies leaves for this purpose?

I think (not sure!) some parts of the water lily can be eaten (the unopened flowers or seeds)

 

[h2o]

i think its the seeds but they need soaking or boiling first,not sure though

 

[crazydave]

well as the roots are listed as edible then the leaves although indigestable should prove safe. you could use them as an outer wrap for smaller leaves just in case maybe

 

[HERBz]

Yellow water lilly leaves should be allright, I don't know about white water lily though.

 

[HERBz]

Here you go

http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Nymphaea+alba
white water lily

http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Nuphar+lutea
yellow water lily

 

[crazydave]

so one will help your bowels the other a hyperactive sex drive then?

so from what I understand going by those links it would be okay to use the leaves for cooking as the bulk of any toxins are in the roots and flowers so anything which did leech out would be minimal and on the outside.

 

[Roibeard]

Thanks for the advice and links.
much appreciated.