Subject: Re: toxic plants as food?

From: [email-masked] (Cameron Laird)
Date: 25 Oct 1994 13:02:50 -0500

In article <[email-masked]>,
Dan Moerman <[email-masked]> wrote:
>In article <[email-masked]> frazier richard <[email-masked]> writes:
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>>Are there any studies/theories on the origin of 'elaborate' procedures to 
>>detoxify poisonous plant parts for food? Cassava (neo-tropical before 
>>Columbus, but now consumed in Africa and Asia as well) and Macrozamia 
>>(Australian) are a couple of examples I've wondered about.
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>The best recent work on this is Timothy Johns' book "With bitter herbs they 
>shall eat it" (Arizona 1990).  Excellent work, especially on potatoes;  much 
>broad general theorizing.
Indeed.  I re-post, to bring this to the
attention of rec.food.historic, where it
is a FAQ.  Thanks, Professor Moerman.
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