Prairie fare: Foraging safely

Lessons from the woods

Garden-Robinson, Ph.D., R.D., L.R.D.

“Would you like to try the morel mushrooms?” my mom asked one of our relatives.

“Julie and her dad went mushroom hunting,” she added.

I was young, but I noticed my relative’s skeptical expression.

“No, thank you,” he said politely.

I don’t think he even touched the serving plate. He probably thought we would be rushed to the emergency room shor…