Thread: NZ Forest Service Cook Book

Great read. Thanks for posting.

First time I came across "ptomaine poisoning" and had to look it up, just called food poisoning nowadays.

ptomaine [to´mān, to-mān´]
any of several toxic bases formed by decarboxylation of an amino acid, often by bacterial action, such as cadaverine, muscarine, and putrescine.
ptomaine poisoning a term commonly misapplied to food poisoning. Contrary to popular belief, ptomaines are not injurious to the human digestive system, which is quite capable of reducing them to harmless substances.