American Honey Locust--unlocking the food

Discovering how very delicious North American Honey Locust pods are when still green and juicy. So very sweet and yummy. I've had my trees for a couple of decades, and didn't think much of the dried pods. I didn't ever eat them green, because I feared they might be toxic, that way. But now, having eaten them green and pulpy, I realise what a wonderful delicacy I've had in my own back yard for all these many years. Live and learn! The green pulp could be scooped out with a spoon and used in smoothies, or else mixed in yoghurt or used as an icecream topping. I read about the Honey Locust--Gleditsia triacanthos--from Bill Mollison and David Holmgren's "Permaculture One". I also read from Stirling Macoboy's "Trees for Fruit and Foliage". I make mention of the thornless variety "inermis". The North American Honey Locust is available from forestry departments in Australia and in the USA. It is a very frost and drought-hardy tree. Pods have ripened in London. So it can stand quite a cold climate. .....