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hadriel2016-06-27 11:36 am
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video- don't you put it in your mouth
Hello, Hadriel.
We have a garden now, and Sorrow has made comments to the effect that the food in it might disagree with us, so I'm going to talk to you about how to test for poisons in plants.
First of all, to those of you who aren't human, let me apologize, because I won't be able to help much with your physiology. But for those of you who are-
We need to catalogue and name everything we can that's growing in there, and then identify the plant species that no one knows. Once we have the unidentified species, each one needs to be assigned a volunteer. The testing period takes several days, and if you do two at once and get a reaction, you won't know which are poisonous.
The first step is to test for contact toxicity- that is, touch the leaves and stems and fruit juices of the plant to your skin, and see if it poisons you that way. Plants that provoke that kind of reaction aren't generally safe to eat. You take a few days to see if a reaction develops, and then begin by cooking small portions of the plant, and holding it in your mouth for a few minutes- three, and then later fifteen, testing to see if it provokes tingling, swelling, or any kind of reaction.
No one should try to test any plant with milky sap, white berries, or any kind of pod. You never want thorns, spurs, on the plant itself or on grain heads. If you get an almond scent or a bitter taste, stop eating, and just to play it safe, avoid plants with leaves in clusters of threes.
I've got a small supply of activated charcoal in the clinic. Let me know if you can help. Nothing is ripe yet, but we can begin classification and contact testing immediately.
Thank you, everyone.
We have a garden now, and Sorrow has made comments to the effect that the food in it might disagree with us, so I'm going to talk to you about how to test for poisons in plants.
First of all, to those of you who aren't human, let me apologize, because I won't be able to help much with your physiology. But for those of you who are-
We need to catalogue and name everything we can that's growing in there, and then identify the plant species that no one knows. Once we have the unidentified species, each one needs to be assigned a volunteer. The testing period takes several days, and if you do two at once and get a reaction, you won't know which are poisonous.
The first step is to test for contact toxicity- that is, touch the leaves and stems and fruit juices of the plant to your skin, and see if it poisons you that way. Plants that provoke that kind of reaction aren't generally safe to eat. You take a few days to see if a reaction develops, and then begin by cooking small portions of the plant, and holding it in your mouth for a few minutes- three, and then later fifteen, testing to see if it provokes tingling, swelling, or any kind of reaction.
No one should try to test any plant with milky sap, white berries, or any kind of pod. You never want thorns, spurs, on the plant itself or on grain heads. If you get an almond scent or a bitter taste, stop eating, and just to play it safe, avoid plants with leaves in clusters of threes.
I've got a small supply of activated charcoal in the clinic. Let me know if you can help. Nothing is ripe yet, but we can begin classification and contact testing immediately.
Thank you, everyone.
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[Hang on, she's got a visual aid. Lilith reaches for something off-screen and holds up a triangular blue fruit. She tosses it up in the air a couple times: from the sound and the weight of it, it appears to be close to the firmness of an apple or something of the sort.]
I only took these ones back, and I don't remember the other ones I grabbed and tried. There was a yellow triangle kinda fruit, I guess, and I ate these all just the other day. [She shrugs. When there's free stuff, you grab it, right?] I still feel totally fine.
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[Last item on this checklist of his.]
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[Sure, no one knows how being a Siren works, species-wise... but hey, human until proven otherwise, right?]
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