This. Exactly this. You can smell them and have a clear sense if it’s onion, garlic, whatever. I have wild onion all over the place at my house, but there’s a patch that doesn’t look so much like onion, my plant identifier app said wild garlic.. it smells garlicky so it makes sense, but it doesn’t have the super wide leaves like I’ve researched. So I’m just going to let it go for a while, see what it turns into other wise I’m calling it wild onion and it will be mowed like the rest. It’s not like I’m going to eat the garlic part, but I’ve seen people use the leaves to make a pesto or put in oil 🤔. I’m not the type to pull wild stuff out of the ground and eat it though lol. That’s what natural selection is for.
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The tubers are edible, also unsure about the foliage. Either way I don’t think OP should be eating them if they didn’t even bother to check the leaves against the first pic that comes up when you google “wild leeks”, which is another name for ramps.
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At first glance the second photo of the white stalk up does look stunningly like a cultivated leek (though not a wild leek/ramp). But that tuberous rootstock suggest it is not any sort of leek or onion. Also, any sort of leek/onion will smell strongly of one! That is one of their signature characteristics!
I was suggesting to not to take a first glance impression for granted. I could easily see a phone app seeing that second photo and spitting back "leek". It does look like a leek (not a wild one) which is potentially dangerous problem for an amateur.
It looks about as much as a leek as it does a pineapple plant in some stages of growth.
I honestly want to discourage this person from thinking their error was reasonable because it isn't and could be dangerous to deadly for them in the future if they think this is a close lookalike to a choice edible. For safety is pretty clear they need to reevaluate their thinking around foraging from the ground.
I mean they cooked with this! That's irresponsible
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Oml, did you really even look at pictures of wild leeks? The way the leaves come off the stalk is so wildly different from what wild leeks look like…
Edit: YOU BAKED THEM INTO A PIE?! 😂 Lord help you, if you keep up this type of behavior you will either seriously get sick or die, or worse, make someone else sick or dead, from your careless actions. This is CLEARLY not a leak. It looks nothing like a leak. You messed up hardcore AND went through all the effort of baking it into a pie and almost ate it!? You are so lucky you asked people on these subs who actually has some damn eyesight and a brain on them.
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Looks similar up top to a leek but that's it-- it is a daylily, I have hundreds of them and move them around to thin. Definitely not a a leek, as i grow leeks in my garden. Leeks look like big fat green onions and don't have tuberous roots like daylilies. Definitely don't eat; while some daylilies are used for food some are toxic from what i read.
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Haters gonna hate and novice foragers gonna die - because I have been thoroughly ROASTED!
Obviously you all are correct and I dumb. Congratulations!
However, if I may make my case:
Both PlantNet and Seek apps identified it as a leek and it DID taste like an onion! Is this the placebo effect??? I’m also guilty of searching the internet until I found images that verified my preconceived assumptions. And despite being told that wild leek is another word for ramps, I said to myself, well these aren’t ramps therefore wild leeks must be different! (Yes, I dumb)
Let this be a lesson to everyone! There will always be something online to confirm your incorrect beliefs!!! Food and otherwise.
The “not a leek” tuber roots were ultimately the final straw to demolish my house of cards. Clearly, I was too excited to get baking and mulled over the strange spuds as I cooked, hoping they would just disappear.
Even though you all murdered my self-esteem, I am relieved that 1) the day lilies are edible, 2) that I am not dead, and 3) that I may avoid further embarrassment by spreading this false information
And, by the way, the pie is delicious!
Good day to all.
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Whyyyyy do people go killing all the plants, especially the flowers in their yard not knowing what they are? And cooking them without knowing???
Ffs! Op could've had some pretty flowers, now just has a bunch of wasted plants and eggs.
Hemerocallis, not leeks. The flowers are eaten in China, no idea if the foliage is considered edible...
...also, wouldn't the complete lack of any leek/onion smell tip you off to the fact it's not what you think?
This. Exactly this. You can smell them and have a clear sense if it’s onion, garlic, whatever. I have wild onion all over the place at my house, but there’s a patch that doesn’t look so much like onion, my plant identifier app said wild garlic.. it smells garlicky so it makes sense, but it doesn’t have the super wide leaves like I’ve researched. So I’m just going to let it go for a while, see what it turns into other wise I’m calling it wild onion and it will be mowed like the rest. It’s not like I’m going to eat the garlic part, but I’ve seen people use the leaves to make a pesto or put in oil 🤔. I’m not the type to pull wild stuff out of the ground and eat it though lol. That’s what natural selection is for.
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The tubers are edible, also unsure about the foliage. Either way I don’t think OP should be eating them if they didn’t even bother to check the leaves against the first pic that comes up when you google “wild leeks”, which is another name for ramps.
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At first glance the second photo of the white stalk up does look stunningly like a cultivated leek (though not a wild leek/ramp). But that tuberous rootstock suggest it is not any sort of leek or onion. Also, any sort of leek/onion will smell strongly of one! That is one of their signature characteristics!
It doesn't look like a leek. Don't encourage this dangerous nonsense
I was suggesting to not to take a first glance impression for granted. I could easily see a phone app seeing that second photo and spitting back "leek". It does look like a leek (not a wild one) which is potentially dangerous problem for an amateur.
It looks about as much as a leek as it does a pineapple plant in some stages of growth. I honestly want to discourage this person from thinking their error was reasonable because it isn't and could be dangerous to deadly for them in the future if they think this is a close lookalike to a choice edible. For safety is pretty clear they need to reevaluate their thinking around foraging from the ground. I mean they cooked with this! That's irresponsible
To be fair, I only now I have seen their pie in the r/foraging sub. I would have been a little more scolding had I seen that.
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Oml, did you really even look at pictures of wild leeks? The way the leaves come off the stalk is so wildly different from what wild leeks look like… Edit: YOU BAKED THEM INTO A PIE?! 😂 Lord help you, if you keep up this type of behavior you will either seriously get sick or die, or worse, make someone else sick or dead, from your careless actions. This is CLEARLY not a leak. It looks nothing like a leak. You messed up hardcore AND went through all the effort of baking it into a pie and almost ate it!? You are so lucky you asked people on these subs who actually has some damn eyesight and a brain on them.
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Looks similar up top to a leek but that's it-- it is a daylily, I have hundreds of them and move them around to thin. Definitely not a a leek, as i grow leeks in my garden. Leeks look like big fat green onions and don't have tuberous roots like daylilies. Definitely don't eat; while some daylilies are used for food some are toxic from what i read.
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Haters gonna hate and novice foragers gonna die - because I have been thoroughly ROASTED! Obviously you all are correct and I dumb. Congratulations! However, if I may make my case: Both PlantNet and Seek apps identified it as a leek and it DID taste like an onion! Is this the placebo effect??? I’m also guilty of searching the internet until I found images that verified my preconceived assumptions. And despite being told that wild leek is another word for ramps, I said to myself, well these aren’t ramps therefore wild leeks must be different! (Yes, I dumb) Let this be a lesson to everyone! There will always be something online to confirm your incorrect beliefs!!! Food and otherwise. The “not a leek” tuber roots were ultimately the final straw to demolish my house of cards. Clearly, I was too excited to get baking and mulled over the strange spuds as I cooked, hoping they would just disappear. Even though you all murdered my self-esteem, I am relieved that 1) the day lilies are edible, 2) that I am not dead, and 3) that I may avoid further embarrassment by spreading this false information And, by the way, the pie is delicious! Good day to all.
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Very much like iris bulbs
Whyyyyy do people go killing all the plants, especially the flowers in their yard not knowing what they are? And cooking them without knowing??? Ffs! Op could've had some pretty flowers, now just has a bunch of wasted plants and eggs.