palm tree fruit = dates?

Well you’ve got horrible timing because I am stick kicking, albeit puking up some super sour golden yellow bile.

It’s my misfortune that encountering my toddler’s stinky poo causes me to yack all over the neighborhood.

Should be fine in a half hour or so. or dead.

If you really did eat a fried pecan pie, that might explain the vomiting.

Point of clarification required; is fried pecan pie a pie made from fried pecans, or a pie made from pecans that is subsequently fried while in pie format?

pie made from syrup and pecans that is subsequently fried (in a black iron skillet with much much butter) while in pie format!

almost as delicious as the palm fruits, which my mother just swore are deathly poisonous.

I still dont believe it.

If your neighbor says they’re edible, and presumably eats some of them himself, I wouldn’t worry about it.

And have you considered the possibility that your mother did know what they were, and just told you they were yucky so she could have more for herself? Coincidentally, this is exactly what several of my aunts told me about pecan pie (the merely baked variety, however).

Man, if only I had a nickel for every time I was up for 40 hours driking beer with a neighbor while eating strange fruit and pecan pies, running into poo and barfing throughout the neighborhood.

“Ahhh… but… a little research suggests that some palm fruits contain calcium oxalate; this can be harmful - they can cause irritation of the mouth and digestive tract, and in higher doses, poisoning.”

As much oxalate as spinach (0.75% by weight)???

Regarding “sago palms.”

According to Wikipedia, the Sago Palm, “Metroxylon sagu,” is an important food in some Pacific islands. The cydad (not a palm) sometimes referred to as a “sago palm” is poisonous, although it can be eaten after extensive, careful processing.