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Re:How do people learn to cook a poisonous plant safely? by lsferreira42 on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @11:28AM (#20878073)
I think the information about cassava is wrong, i eat it since i was a child only boiling and deep frying. Also here in Brazil we have a plant called Maniçoba that has to be cooked for at least 4 days to release all hydrogen cyanide that it contais:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mani%C3%A7oba

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Re:How do people learn to cook a poisonous plant safely? by EinsDueTresFour on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @11:36AM (#20878167)
AFAIK, there are two different types of cassava: the one we eat, and the one that's poisonous (which I think they called mandioca braba) and is only used to make farinha.
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