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.
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.
Those still are the protocols for survival foraging!
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 ;)
plus they had lots of kids back then, so you just follow the trail furthest away from the gravestones
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/
Dr Stone vibes, without the caveman weirdness – I like it
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 😅
That’s Gordon Freeman
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
Seriously! Every. time.
now if only people would use this knowledge to avoid figuring it out again forthemselves
Time to dance the Pride of Erin.
