what is the simplest, cheapest, most natural recipes you are aware of?

[bezevo]

eat tobacco and you will probably die

 

[new_science]

Oh hooray, a total shit post thread, my absolute favorite.

Sodium bicarbonate and cebil seed paste is a great recipe, FWIW.

 

[Transform]

"Mushrooms (Cantharellus cibarius and Amanita fulva) were blanched (parboiled) and pickled using different treatment conditions with the aim of carrying out the study into effect on removal of toxic mercury (Hg)"

Cooking can decrease mercury contamination of a mushroom meal: Cantharellus cibarius and Amanita fulva - PMC

Mushrooms (Cantharellus cibarius and Amanita fulva) were blanched (parboiled) and pickled using different treatment conditions with the aim of carrying out the study into effect on removal of toxic mercury (Hg) accumulated in flesh. Blanching of ...

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

That relates to environmental contamination, and will not apply to all populations. Bioaccumulation of toxic elements by fungi is both a useful phenomenon for things like biological 'mining' and bioremediation, and is a legitimate concern when collecting otherwise edible fungi. Presumably you also avoid tuna and similar fish species which bioaccumlate mercury?

Do you have a strategy for dealing with the now ubiquitous micro- and nanoplastic contamination we're now seeing? And what do you think of industrially produced mycoprotein foodstuffs like Quorn (does that even still exist?) or the hybrid product tempeh? Is soy sauce off limits to you? And what do you think about alcohol and bread, as yeast products? Where do you draw the line with plant-derived toxins, for that matter?

I've met someone who wouldn't eat mushrooms on grounds of their being a sentient lifeform, as an extended form of veganism so it really does take all sorts.

 

[Transform]

eat tobacco and you will probably die

Not as probably as with something like wolfsbane or jequirity. Tobacco has more wiggle room by comparison but, yeah, nicotine poisoning is not fun and could be used as part of an ordeal process if ones culture demanded it.