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Neo
03-09-2005, 12:24 PM
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/03/09/mass.poisoning/index.html


The vendor who sold the cassava balls insisted nothing was wrong with them and ate a few to prove the point. Now she, too, is in critical condition...

..Eaten raw, the human digestive system will convert part of it into cyanide. Two cassava roots contain enough to be fatal.
MuGen
03-09-2005, 12:30 PM
next time, the vendor should cook it to a burnt crisp.....

I'm filipino so I mourn for the losses.
GameMaster
03-09-2005, 12:48 PM
It's terrible :distress:
Dark Samurai
03-09-2005, 01:02 PM
I feel sorry for all the kids, that have died, I will pray for them in the evening...

Dont get mad at me but, I think that the vendor owned herself, trying to prove to the people that nothing was wrong with them... just a point...
Jonbo298
03-09-2005, 01:24 PM
Wow, that is sad :(
Dyne
03-09-2005, 01:46 PM
http://www.rikkyo.ne.jp/~z5000002/tanzania/Arusha/cassava-seller-8759C-014.jpg

But they look so delicious.
Canyarion
03-09-2005, 02:24 PM
If that was supposed to be funny, it's not.

Poor kids. :(
Teuthida
03-09-2005, 02:32 PM
"The root of this plant, eaten as a staple food in the tropics only after leaching and drying to remove cyanide. Cassava starch is also the source of tapioca."
Crash
03-09-2005, 02:54 PM
*note to self: dont eat cyanide laced plants, no matter how many carbohydrates they have*
MuGen
03-09-2005, 03:24 PM
Bad joke, Dyne.... I visited the Philippines a couple of times for Family... but believe it or not, the food there doesn't look too appealing but they taste good. Especially to natives of the Philippines. I know a lot of filipino's who'd be offended by your post just now.

*prays for victims*
Happydude
03-09-2005, 03:45 PM
poor children...i wonder what would happen to the vender if she survives...
Blackmane
03-09-2005, 04:03 PM
That is horrible, poor kids.
Dyne
03-09-2005, 05:16 PM
Bad joke, Dyne.... I visited the Philippines a couple of times for Family... but believe it or not, the food there doesn't look too appealing but they taste good. Especially to natives of the Philippines. I know a lot of filipino's who'd be offended by your post just now.

*prays for victims*

That post was in no way made to be offensive. They do look delicious but I from the looks of it, I don't see how they could be deadly. They almost look like Samosas, which are a great indian fingerfood. That is the best picture I could find of this particular dish; otherwise all the pictures are of the actual roots.

Either way, I apologize if you find my post offensive. You're acknowledging implications I did not make in material form.

If you don't find it offensive, then good on you.
MuGen
03-09-2005, 05:19 PM
I wasn't offended by it, but i know a lot of filipino's who would be. Don't worry about it.
Ginkasa
03-09-2005, 11:26 PM
I'm filipino so I mourn for the losses.


'Cause, you know, it would be completely non-tragic if it were a bunch of Chinese kids or African kids or something...

Anyway...

Yeah.. That sucks...


/me shrugs and walks away
Yan
03-10-2005, 03:33 AM
That post was in no way made to be offensive. They do look delicious but I from the looks of it, I don't see how they could be deadly. They almost look like Samosas, which are a great indian fingerfood. That is the best picture I could find of this particular dish; otherwise all the pictures are of the actual roots.

Either way, I apologize if you find my post offensive. You're acknowledging implications I did not make in material form.

If you don't find it offensive, then good on you.


I thought samosas are supposed to be in a triangular, pyramid-ish shape? :confused:

Anyway, that was seriously tragic. I also do agree with Kyuzo about a lot of food in that region do not look as appetising as they should. Actually, those roots remind me of the steamed sweet potatoes that my grandmother used to make albeit in a different colour.

ETA: I think the vendor didn't mean to harm the children. The article said that cassava roots must be cook throughly and she did attempt to do so, maybe just not enough.
Dyne
03-10-2005, 11:14 AM
I thought samosas are supposed to be in a triangular, pyramid-ish shape? :confused:

Anyway, that was seriously tragic. I also do agree with Kyuzo about a lot of food in that region do not look as appetising as they should. Actually, those roots remind me of the steamed sweet potatoes that my grandmother used to make albeit in a different colour.

ETA: I think the vendor didn't mean to harm the children. The article said that cassava roots must be cook throughly and she did attempt to do so, maybe just not enough.

Yeah, they look like square samosas.

Jeez, I really want to try some now. I wonder what they're like?