There was a guy a few years back who was a wild food celebrity and I believe he died from eating a poison mushroom.
This time of year is fiddlehead season. For those of you who don't know, you must harvest these tasty little devils just as they break through the ground, usually right about now. They are about the size of your curled up pinky finger and a nice bright green . The smaller ferns you don't eat. If they start to open up, it's too late. You clean off the flakely flakes of brown stuff, parboil them and saute' in a nice virgin olive oil. Don't go overboard with the garlic. Eat them while they are, still screaming, fresh.
With the mushrooms, go with an expert and even then, beware. If you think you ate some psylicyibin and you hallucinate yourself talking to Euell Gibbons, remember he's dead and you probaly are too.
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