[Sca-cooks] Re Request for info on period poisons

[Betsy Marshall]

That's odd- my camping books say boiling acorns takes the Tannic acid
out and renders them less bitter(more edible)-I don't recall any mention
of potassium, but on the up side you can reduce the boiling water
extract and use it for tanning hides/skins into leather.
Betsy- (outdoorsy info fan)

-----Original Message-----
From: sca-cooks-bounces at ansteorra.org
[mailto:sca-cooks-bounces at ansteorra.org] On Behalf Of Signora Apollonia
Margherita degli Albizzi
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 8:44 AM
To: Cooks within the SCA
Subject: RE: [Sca-cooks] Re Request for info on period poisons

The only one I can think of is acorns.  You have to boil them, and then
drink the water, but it has a killer amount of potassium in it, and it
look
like you ate a banana at the wrong time of the day.

Apollonia

Signora Apollonia Margherita degli Albizzi
Kingdom of Atlantia
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