# Are Holly Berries Edible?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-holly-berries-edible/493007>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 13, 2009, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-holly-berries-edible/493007 "2009-04-13T23:10:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-holly-berries-edible/493007/1 "2009-04-13T23:10:23Z")

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I ask because I remember seeing an obscure French (Alsatian)liquere (Eau de Vie de Houx), which is made from holly berries. So I would assume the berries are edible…what do they taste like?

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-holly-berries-edible/493007/2 "2009-04-13T23:15:15Z")

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[Poisonous?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holly) [Yes!!!](http://www.wisconsinpoison.org/index.asp?pageID=page_202.htm)

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**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2009, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-holly-berries-edible/493007/3 "2009-04-14T00:28:08Z")

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For some reason upon first glance I parsed your thread title as “Is Halle Berry edible?” 😃

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2009, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-holly-berries-edible/493007/4 "2009-04-14T00:52:39Z")

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> For some reason upon first glance I parsed your thread title as “Is Halle Berry edible?”

I’d like to find out.

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**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2009, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-holly-berries-edible/493007/5 "2009-04-14T02:40:44Z")

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> [@RikWriter](#):
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> For some reason upon first glance I parsed your thread title as “Is Halle Berry edible?” 😃

Of course she is! Everything in this room is eatable, even _Halle Berry’s_ eatable! But that is called “cannibalism,” my dear children, and is in fact frowned upon in most societies.