Did I eat strychnine????

[Heidi3]

I am at goal for a while now ..so I do delve into some starchy foods and I really like to not waste my time with boring potatoes or rice I like going for the exotic and unusual yams, taro all kinds of things like that...
when I lived in Panama we ate Cassava chips ..and I thought what the heck I should make some..so I sliced and fried them...then I read that the yucca or cassava has strychnine in it and you are supposed to either boil it out or grate and squeeze it our or something...they stressed it was important to do this!!
I just skinned it ...sliced it fried it and ate it ....should I have boiled it you think? am I full of strychnine now ..if so how much longer do you think I have ..because I have some stuff I want to say to people that is for sure!

does anyone know about this stuff? ..it is good poison or not ...

[changing]

Re: Did I eat strychnine????

I sure hope not.


Though technically, alcohol is poison and I love me some wine. Sweet, sweet poison.......

[Heidi3]

Re: Did I eat strychnine????

yum wine would have been good with those chips oh well moderation with all poison is good

[Barbde]

Re: Did I eat strychnine????

Where is the option for
"Heidi is such a dork!"

[Heidi3]

Re: Did I eat strychnine????

hey there were not any instructions on the damnn thing so how was I supposed to know what if I did not have a computer I still would not know there was the potentional for me to need to expidite my will!!!!

[Heidi3]

Re: Did I eat strychnine????

ok it has been about 45 min now and I am not twitching this is all a good sign I am a nurse after all I could call poison control but this is embarassing

[higgies]

Re: Did I eat strychnine????

LOL! I'm sure you're fine. Nice to see you back!

[not2late]

Re: Did I eat strychnine????

Please don't tell me this! Pre-Atkins my favorite ethnic dessert was a Filipino cassava cake. It's delicious when made correctly (as heavy as a brick when not made properly!) So I've eaten many a slice of cassava cake, and I'm still alive.

This link says that some varieties of cassava need to be boiled to remove the poison.
http://dessertcomesfirst.blogspot.co...in-baguio.html


This link agrees:
http://www.nari.org.pg/info/press_re...r_20050414.htm

And another one:

http://www.bath.ac.uk/bio-sci/cassav...ses/uses.shtml

Cassava cake I love you and one day I will be able to enjoy a nice little gooey, delicious square of you.

[Heidi3]

Re: Did I eat strychnine????

LOL! I'm sure you're fine. Nice to see you back!

there is no way on earth anyone is really sure that I am fine Higgies you know that

thanks babycakes!

[Heidi3]

Re: Did I eat strychnine????

Thanks ..I never boiled the cassava when I used to make the cake (and me too I ate a lot of it ..it is very very fattening!!! I am not even going to try to make it with sweeteners that food is resting nicely in my memories) ..but I did buy it pregrated and sqeezed the starch out...

oh well it is over an hour and aside from some slirred speech and minor hallucinations (those could be my norm you know) I am fine

at least I did not trigger cravings with this food right?

Please don't tell me this! Pre-Atkins my favorite ethnic dessert was a Filipino cassava cake. It's delicious when made correctly (as heavy as a brick when not made properly!) So I've eaten many a slice of cassava cake, and I'm still alive.

This link says that some varieties of cassava need to be boiled to remove the poison.
http://dessertcomesfirst.blogspot.co...in-baguio.html


This link agrees:
http://www.nari.org.pg/info/press_re...r_20050414.htm

And another one:

http://www.bath.ac.uk/bio-sci/cassav...ses/uses.shtml

[Heidi3]

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cassava cake is one of the worlds greatest cakes I agree with you 100% Megs

[Miss Phode]

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Heidi, just take some Motrin. It fixes everything

[not2late]

Re: Did I eat strychnine????

Phode, I thought Robitussin cured everything?

Heidi, I was thinking about low(er) carbing the cassava cake...you could probably get away with using artificial sweeteners in the cake itself, but there's no way to fake the condensed milk topping.... So it's probably not worth the effort and time.

Oh well, it'll be one of those special once a year things you can "splurge" on during Maintenance.

[Heidi3]

Re: Did I eat strychnine????

I lived but that stuff made me hungry all night so forget ever making it again ...besides the fear of death it is just a big starch bomb waiting to go off....plantains are so much better ...not deadly and do not make me feel hungry when I eat them so they are still my preferred starchy veggie

lets check cassava off the list of foods I will eat from now on ...it was good but not that good!

[Miss Phode]

Re: Did I eat strychnine????

I'm glad you're here to tell the tale