Oleg Zabluda's blog
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
 
During a recent hike to "Monte Bello" aka "Black Mountain"
During a recent hike to "Monte Bello" aka "Black Mountain"

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we stumbled upon a tree with shiny black berries. Instead of performing a "Universal Edibility Test" [1] from the very beginning (test for contact poisoning), I went straight to to step 11 (swallow a small amount), in my case 2 berries, over the loud moaning and prohibitions by Marianna Dizik and scary warnings by Dmitry Feld, having mostly to do with the final stages of the metabolic process.

I think it was some kind of Huckleberry (of the Huckleberry Finn fame). Maybe Evergreen/Winter/California Huckleberry (Vaccinium ovatum) "Черника яйцевидная" or Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) "Черника обыкновенная" or something.

[1] https://www.google.com/search?q=%22universal+edibility+test%22+%22US+Army+Survival+Manual%22

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huckleberry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilberry
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