Immigrant worker feeds deathcaps to grandma.

Immigrant worker feeds deathcaps to grandma.
Barbara Lopes, 86, and Teresa Olesniewicz, 73,  died needlessly in a nursing home where they lived.  Their caretaker poisoned them in a mushroom mix up.  The immigrant worker made the mistake of picking what she thought was an edible mushroom and then made a soup which she also ate.  "Deathcaps" look similar to an edible wild mushroom popular in Asian countries. The worker and a few others went to the hospital after eating her soup.  It is reported that she was unaware of the danger.

Get ready for some knowledge.  Many mushroom varieties found in the wild are in fact deadly!  Many people who get mushrooms for food do their homework and are extremely careful when picking them.  As these videos show, they are knowledgeable about their product.  Please  don't poison yourself or others because you get an idea that you want to make some mushroom soup.

Here is a guide on mushrooms for your kitchen.

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/11/13/4983510/deadly-california-mushrooms-came.html#storylink=cpy

Winter beer heart of Darkness + pie recipe

Found a seasonal beer called heart of Darkness by Magic Hat.  I gotta say it has a very unique taste.  

It has a bitter/creamy chocolate taste. Not sludgy at all.  

Pairs well with a chocolate cupcake.

I have been a huge fan of Magic Hat, especially their #9. 

Defiantly worth a try  for a seasonal/non pumpkin flavored beer.

More info here:  heart_darkness

Recipe provided by magic hat:  HEART OF DARKNESS MOCHA PIE

A Farm For The Future (BBC Documentary)

Full length bbc documentary "A farm for the future" 

You leave your drink around me... + 50 elephants

50 out of a herd of 120 elephants tore up a small town to get a local beverage called Mahua.  They drank over 100 gallons in just a few minutes while destroying the shop that made the drink.

Apparently these elephants are no strangers when it comes to getting crunk from this drink.  The police called on the locals to help contain the elephants and escort them out of the town.

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Stock up on those Twinkies! Dark Days Ahead

  Many preppers and survivalists out there know the value of a food that lasts long and can survive terrible conditions. Twinkies are that food.  Start stocking up on those little yellow creme filled cakes.  Soon they will no longer be on the shelves at your local store. Twinkies is going under. Twinkies-Maker-Hostess-Going-Out-of-Business  They are going under due to strikes and union workers.

The end is near, as the last Twinkies make their way to shelves now.  

Don't cry, there is hope.Here is a recipe on how to make twinkies at home.

100 easy recipes in jars

I have been waiting for this 1 to go free, here it is.

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A few fools to spoil it for the rest of us

I would like to state that I am sorry for the loss of life where ever it takes place.  
Now with that being said
I would mention that people should always exercise good judgement and try to live responsibly.  If you are a parent this should go double for yourself, by being involved in your child's life and passing these things to them.  





Last year a young girl died from "cardiac arrhythmia due to caffeine toxicity" after drinking two 24 oz cans of Monster Energy drink.  The cans held a total of 475 mg caffeine. 
This chart shows that she drank 6 servings back to back.
I would ask, where were her parents at?  Did they warn her not to drink caffeine drinks?  
Did she intentionally not pay attention to the label?   

The young girl had a preexisting heart condition, as well as Ehlers–Danlos syndrome.  Why on earth would any parent let their child even think about caffeine drinks if this was the case? Last month her parents sued Monster. The Food and Drug Administration received 5 apparent deaths that possibly linked Monster.

I repeat it is sad.  I think if better judgement were used by adults and children there would be much less of these accidents.  Lets pay attention to labels and make wise choices.  I will continue to drink monster and other caffeine drinks. I am an adult and will use my best judgement when consuming them.  Lets not go on a witch hunt when its lack of personal responsibility to blame.  Please lets not ban products because a few people want to abuse them. Live responsibly, educate yourselves and use some common sense.