To be fair it’s not like you have to actually straight up injest them to try. I’m sure ancient peoples had protocols.
Like first you touch and wait a couple hours. If nothing happens try rubbing on your skin and waiting a couple hours. If nothing happens rub it in your mouth and wait a couple hours. If nothing happens chew a tiny bit and spit it out and wait a couple hours etc.
It’s not foolproof obviously. But its a lot safer than seeing a new shroom and full on eating it.
Huh. Well cool. I guess my intuition would help a little if i ended up in that situation. But at the same time i’m bedridden by disability so I’d be the first to die ;)
I recommend the book "How to invent everything" by Ryan North. It's humor, an instruction manual for stranded time travelers who have to recreate civilization. It includes a section on testing food for edibility. https://www.howtoinventeverything.com/
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Old_Bald_Bloke@feddit.uk · 19 pts · 1y
FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 17 pts · 1y
To be fair it’s not like you have to actually straight up injest them to try. I’m sure ancient peoples had protocols.
Like first you touch and wait a couple hours. If nothing happens try rubbing on your skin and waiting a couple hours. If nothing happens rub it in your mouth and wait a couple hours. If nothing happens chew a tiny bit and spit it out and wait a couple hours etc.
It’s not foolproof obviously. But its a lot safer than seeing a new shroom and full on eating it.
idiomaddict@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
Those still are the protocols for survival foraging!
FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 1y
Huh. Well cool. I guess my intuition would help a little if i ended up in that situation. But at the same time i’m bedridden by disability so I’d be the first to die ;)
shalafi@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Spot on!
Read this is an old mycology book: Take a tiny nibble, wait 45 minutes, rinse and repeat with bigger bites.
Most shrooms are harmless or will just give you a bad stomach ache.
tetris11@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 1y
plus they had lots of kids back then, so you just follow the trail furthest away from the gravestones
LesserAbe@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y
I recommend the book "How to invent everything" by Ryan North. It's humor, an instruction manual for stranded time travelers who have to recreate civilization. It includes a section on testing food for edibility. https://www.howtoinventeverything.com/
tetris11@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 1y
Dr Stone vibes, without the caveman weirdness -- I like it
Cris_Color@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
Am I alone in thinking the pic is Edward snowden like every time he comes up
I have no idea who that guy is... Why does he look so much like snowden to me 😅
Lemminary@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Seriously! Every. time.
glimse@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
If you look at a closeup, they aren't similar. But from a thumbnail, yes absolutely. I'm kind of tired seeing his face lol
tetris11@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 1y
That's Gordon Freeman
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 1y
now if only people would use this knowledge to avoid figuring it out again forthemselves
BagOfHeavyStones@piefed.social · 1 pts · 1y
Time to dance the Pride of Erin.