Posted by Johanne on September 13, 2006 at 18:56:28:
In Reply to: Re: Some Major Medicinal Mushrooms posted by Chosen One on September 10, 2006 at 21:41:17:
Cardiotoxins in EDIBLE mushrooms are neutralized by cooking.
Even some potentially deadly mushrooms are eaten in Scandinavia -- the false morel.
By cooking and rinsing twice, the toxins are removed from the false morel and it becomes palatable. Quite a mushroom to go through all the trouble!