DEAR READERS: I have heard from scores of readers extremely concerned about my response to “Avoiding Amanita” ...
DEAR READERS: I have heard from scores of readers extremely concerned about my response to “Avoiding Amanita,” the question written by a man who spends a few days each month with a group of buddies in a cabin in the woods.
Avoiding was rightfully horrified when he learned that the entire group had ingested foraged mushrooms, which had been cooked into the sauce.Avoiding was now refusing to eat food cooked by them, and was asking me if he’d overreacted. Additionally, I assumed that it is common knowledge that mushrooms can be poisonous and even deadly - and the large reader response reflecting how dangerous this was seems to confirm my faith in this common knowledge.
There’s so much more to say that would be helpful for donor conceived people and the parents of donor conceived people who might or might not have shared this information with their children.DEAR CHANNING: Thank you. I have heard from many people responding to this letter, where “Open Minded Daughter,” an adult, had recently learned through DNA testing that she was conceived through donor sperm.
I was responding to the writer’s own attitude toward her folks, which was extremely understanding and careful. Somewhat ironically, she had now assumed the reverse burden of disclosing her DNA heritage to them.
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