Possible Clues:

• If I bleed like this, that may be taken orally
• This may be taken as a matter of course (6)
• Safe to eat? Only 75% convincing
• Good to ingest
• Stay over with the French in order to eat
• Like English fish taken by the French, hopefully
• Like taro root or service berries
• The Spanish stay up, hoping dinner will be this?
• Like some garnishes
• I bleed this to be able to swallow it