gopher said:

I found a red elderberry on my property, it is way higher in toxins then black elderberry, but it seems to be possible.to eat if you are very dedicated, I seen one site that said to simmer for 30 minutes, I seen another say indigenous folk would leave the cooked berries in a running river (like processing acorns), you need to remove the seeds as well, I'm thinking about maybe making a jelly one day when they fruit, since a jelly naturally removes the seeds when you drip it in a jelly bag

I'm not sure the plant ever fruited yet, it was basically just a stick, its also 2 meters from a 100 foot maple tree so its in shade most of the time

But I left it, it was in a area I'm clearing to plant a shade tolerant garden, so my first plant is a red elderberry, even if I don't eat it the berries look nice

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