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From: george on 16 Jun 2010 12:34 On Jun 16, 3:33 pm, "Erick T. Barkhuis" <erick.use-...(a)ardane.c.o.m> wrote: > george: > > >Reminds me of my German wife always telling me not to eat any berries > >in the forest in Germany as the foxes pee on them and this carries > >some type of "near fatal (?)" disease!!! > > That must be something local, here. > In the German village where I live, people keep constantly reminding me > to only pick wild berries that grow at least one meter high, otherwise > [the fox story]. I have no clue whether or not there's some truth about > that claim, though. > > -- > Erick I just asked my wife about this. She claims it is the fox tape worm. George
From: Martin on 16 Jun 2010 12:36 On 16/06/10 18:34, george wrote: > On Jun 16, 3:33 pm, "Erick T. Barkhuis" <erick.use-...(a)ardane.c.o.m> > wrote: >> george: >> >>> Reminds me of my German wife always telling me not to eat any berries >>> in the forest in Germany as the foxes pee on them and this carries >>> some type of "near fatal (?)" disease!!! >> >> That must be something local, here. >> In the German village where I live, people keep constantly reminding me >> to only pick wild berries that grow at least one meter high, otherwise >> [the fox story]. I have no clue whether or not there's some truth about >> that claim, though. >> >> -- >> Erick > > I just asked my wife about this. She claims it is the fox tape worm. Also a risk of catching rabies "tolwort"
From: Martin on 16 Jun 2010 12:38 On 16/06/10 16:26, erilar wrote: > In article <87rnrcFn3bU1(a)mid.individual.net>, > Tom P <werotizy(a)freent.dd> wrote: > >> I never understood what the appeal was in >> eating piles of gigantic white asparagus stalks. > > Not even with "raw ham" and drenched in butter? > We eat them wrapped in "raw" ham and with a white sauce here.
From: Martin on 16 Jun 2010 12:39 On 16/06/10 17:26, Tom P wrote: > erilar wrote: >> In article <87rnrcFn3bU1(a)mid.individual.net>, >> Tom P <werotizy(a)freent.dd> wrote: >> >>> I never understood what the appeal was in eating piles of gigantic >>> white asparagus stalks. >> >> Not even with "raw ham" and drenched in butter? >> > Sure, that's pretty good, but I don't need a whole plate full every day. Nobody said eat a whole plate full every day.
From: Erick T. Barkhuis on 16 Jun 2010 12:44
george: >I just asked my wife about this. She claims it is the fox tape worm. She appears to be right. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuchsbandwurm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinococcus_multilocularis ....although it says that it is spread by feces. The fox plays a role, indeed. Now, I wonder how crop in the fields is not affected. What about grasses, corn, etc.? What about potatoes? Is this really just a problem when picking berries? And would it be OK to cook the berries in order to produce marmelade? -- Erick |