29 kids die from food poisoning

Neo · 03-09-2005, 12:24 PM

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapc...ing/index.html

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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

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

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kyuzo

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kyuzo

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