Did I eat strychnine????

[Heidi3]

Re: Did I eat strychnine????

thanks I am kind of depressed my estranged grandmother just died

[drosa75]

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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 ...

We normally boil yucca first but I have eaten it, even raw.. you will not die..take it easy.

[drosa75]

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thanks I am kind of depressed my estranged grandmother just died

I'm sorry to hear that heidi..(((hugs)))

[Miss Phode]

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I didn't realize that Yucca is the same thing as Cassava. Last year, right before I got on an airplane to Dallas, my friend took me out for Cuban food, and introduced me to Yucca. I liked it so much that I ate all of mine, and some of his. OMG, I was so sick the next day. I mean, really, it could have been anything, but I kept thinking maybe it was the Yucca making me ill, especially since I had eaten so much of it. I won't share the gory details with you all.

[drosa75]

Re: Did I eat strychnine????

I didn't realize that Yucca is the same thing as Cassava. Last year, right before I got on an airplane to Dallas, my friend took me out for Cuban food, and introduced me to Yucca. I liked it so much that I ate all of mine, and some of his. OMG, I was so sick the next day. I mean, really, it could have been anything, but I kept thinking maybe it was the Yucca making me ill, especially since I had eaten so much of it. I won't share the gory details with you all.

Yup same thing,,we call it Yucca.. I don't know why it made you ill, I have eaten loads of it.

Its really good so don't give up on it.

[Miss Phode]

Re: Did I eat strychnine????

thanks I am kind of depressed my estranged grandmother just died

I'm sorry Heidi.

[Heidi3]

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sorry I blurted that out you guys I am still in shock it is surreal about my grandmother trust me ..she was a very mean lady and I spent my entire life to this point working my asss off not to be like her ..but she was always going to be there so I had to be the anti her ...weird but true...

she was kind of like an antimentor to me if that makes any sense?

[Heidi3]

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back to yucca

[Miss Phode]

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Yucca makes me pooh-ca.

[Heidi3]

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oh you don't like it huh?

[Miss Phode]

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No, actually I LOVE it, but like I said earlier, I got sick the first and only time I had it. It probably wasn't the yucca that made me sick, but I associate the two, yanno?

[Heidi3]

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sorry I missed that part ...I am not completely together today!!! obviously!

[MotherOfGizmo]

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I think you guys are talking about "yuca" not "yucca" I've been reading here trying to figure out what part of a yucca plant anyone would want to eat!

[Heidi3]

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it is actually cassava ....it is called yucca (JOOKAH) in the Caribbean but it is actually where tapioca is made from the cassava root

[drosa75]

Re: Did I eat strychnine????

it is actually cassava ....it is called yucca (JOOKAH) in the Caribbean but it is actually where tapioca is made from the cassava root

Boy you are fast. I was just going to post the same thing..