tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post8138960411934161768..comments2024-03-28T20:53:49.167-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: I Am Now Protected From Nerve GasRoberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-4812996397415496562011-01-24T17:16:33.990-05:002011-01-24T17:16:33.990-05:00A friend told me I need to add to this comment thr...A friend told me I need to add to this comment thread the fact that on a relatively regular basis I eat things that could under no circumstances be classified as food, or even edible. So I'm utterly unqualified to tell anyone what can or cannot be eaten. Or so my friend says. Make of it what you may.oghttp://www.neanderpundit.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-47648685376104712622011-01-23T15:14:32.599-05:002011-01-23T15:14:32.599-05:00chinese lanternberries, cape gooseberries and toma...chinese lanternberries, cape gooseberries and tomatillos are very similar- you cannot eat unripe fruit, and even ripe fruit will give certain people a bad case of intestinal ickiness. The husk has to be papery and the plant almost dead looking. The fruit of the gooseberry, for instance, is sweeter than a tomato and has a bunch of Vit. C in it. <br /><br />if you cut the ripe fruit off the vine and store it still encased in the protective husk, it will store a long time in a cool basement. <br /><br />Most sources, even Petersons Guide to Edible wild plants call the berry toxic, but we ate them without much incident when I was a kid. These days I grow tomatillos and cape gooseberries, because I haven't had any success growing lanternberries.<br /><br />The effects are gastrointestinal distress, and I spent a LOT of time as a kid in gastrointestinal distress, so I may not be the correct person to ask if something's edible!! LOL!oghttp://www.neanderpundit.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-12958759343020016132011-01-23T14:44:47.440-05:002011-01-23T14:44:47.440-05:00Atropine comes from nightshade, and scopalomine is...Atropine comes from nightshade, and scopalomine is found in datura, which is why it is useful to the local shaman.BobGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405172215849046373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-1138948039217630162011-01-23T12:45:29.734-05:002011-01-23T12:45:29.734-05:00Chinese Lanternberries are edible??? I knew about...Chinese Lanternberries are <i>edible???</i> I knew about the others being nightshade-kin, yum.Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-12239150235036462842011-01-23T12:21:49.264-05:002011-01-23T12:21:49.264-05:00I was given datura-scop and transderm scop patches...I was given datura-scop and transderm scop patches for my vertigo, but it never did anything meaningful for me, turns out my issues are more labyrinthitis and otoconia related. <br /><br />On the other hand, I eat gobs and gobs of stuff in the nightshade family* to begin with, wonder if that makes me immune to the effects of scop?<br /><br />Hope this continues to help and you feel bestest soonest. <br /><br />*tomatoes, tomatillos, and chinese lanternberries are all members of the nightshade family, and all are extra yummy!oghttp://www.neasnderpundit.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-82916862954617021822011-01-23T11:44:46.397-05:002011-01-23T11:44:46.397-05:00Used to have Deadly Nightshade growing around the ...Used to have Deadly Nightshade growing around the phone pole in the alley behind my old place -- pretty leaves, beautiful flowers. No kids running loose so I left it. My Mom was scandalized but hey -- free flowers!Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-73717101715964659082011-01-23T11:14:16.739-05:002011-01-23T11:14:16.739-05:00Henbane is really easy to grow, you know. Be your ...Henbane is really easy to grow, you know. Be your own pharmacist/witch.Chas S. Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-46105496887395963272011-01-23T00:35:10.288-05:002011-01-23T00:35:10.288-05:00Pyridostigmine bromine in your breakfast?
JimPyridostigmine bromine in your breakfast?<br /><br />JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-85456099781840609882011-01-22T23:20:05.656-05:002011-01-22T23:20:05.656-05:00That's pretty drastic. Most I've ever had...That's pretty drastic. Most I've ever had is a cortizone shot.DaddyBearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07508543148426098384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-80723741314965964802011-01-22T22:16:20.583-05:002011-01-22T22:16:20.583-05:00or thiopental, I'm guessing. Hope whatever it ...or thiopental, I'm guessing. Hope whatever it was for is over soon.oghttp://www.neanderpundit.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-10919156777413690572011-01-22T22:13:09.759-05:002011-01-22T22:13:09.759-05:00Got an atropine injection?Got an atropine injection?Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18382683082580500698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-90546200692356751512011-01-22T22:09:20.879-05:002011-01-22T22:09:20.879-05:00Glad you're back!Glad you're back!Jeffrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06873138122305060834noreply@blogger.com