Things Mother Never Told Me

[drazuki]

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Anyone eat these as a kid? We called them  "yellow clover" and chewed on the sour stalks like they were candy.

I looked them up today. They are called, according to wiki: Oxalis pes-caprae; Bermuda buttercup, African wood-sorrel, Bermuda sorrel, Buttercup oxalis, Cape sorrel, English weed, Goat's-foot, Sourgrass, Soursob, Soursop

While they are edible in small quantities, what makes them sour, oxalic acid, is actually toxic.

WHY WAS I EATING THIS STUFF.