Q&A for How to Eat Maple Seeds

Yes you can. The seeds are edible. They will "helicopter" when fresh and still on tree. They are great when boiled and eaten like any other boiled vegetable. Yes, you can bake the seeds in a pie.

Roast maple tree seeds and eat them as a snack, or toss them onto a salad or use as a garnish for soup.

Maple seeds are the seeds contained within the "helicopters" or whirlygigs" growing on the leaves of the maple tree.

Because of various changes in heat and wind. Early summer is usually at least somewhat windier, allowing more seeds to be released.

They are safe, but they are not good. As with the sap, they contain a milky bitter substance that does not go away with multiple rinses. Besides that, they are almost too difficult to get out of the hull to be worth it.

You can, but they may have an unpleasant bitter taste.

Maple seeds raw are bitter, but have good nutrients. Seasoned, they are very yummy. Boiled, they are like edamame.

Yes; as long as they are still green and falling, they are still good. When they are brown, they taste very bad.

As long as they are green and they are falling, they are still good. When they are brown or shriveled, they taste very bitter.