Scatfool,
I had no intention of being offensive, nor did I advise eating any plant without regard. I can't believe that anyone thinks that is what I said. If what you are honestly telling me is that you think I said to go eat any plant regardless of edibility, because it's fun to play "Russian Roulette" as you called it, then I think that what you are trying to tell me is that you are retarded and that you believe that I should take responsibility for the fact you are personal challenged when it comes to reading comprehension.
What I did suggest is another way to proceed with being able to reduce the risk of eating a poisonous plant, if a person is not so interested in learning all the seemingly unrelated poisonous species out there. In mentioning families, I was trying to put things into perspective concerning the otherwise overwhelming number of similar plants, and I believe I did that.
I'm not going to apologize for inadvertantly hurting your feelings or whatever you're crying about me being offensive or insensible or whatever, though; and so if what I wrote has you sharing your negative emotions with me, forget about it. You obviously took my response out of context and did not understand it in many places. I stated quite clearly that my recommended families do include poisonous species; the point is that they are few in number relative to other families.
What I will do, though, is make more of an effort in future posts, to write in a manner more easily understood by the emotionally sensitive who might take insult at the fact that someone else refers to wild edible plants as wild culinaries.
Edited by Troglodyte007 (01/27/09 03:13 AM)