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Just randomly surfing, came across a page with this gem:

_{Poisonous Sumac...
A deeply troubled American wrote to me earlier with the following:

Is your "recipe" just an evil trick? A way to poision the Americans? That could be inferred. Sumac is highly posionous!

You said: "Sumac is a deep reddish spice that is tangy and grainy." From the page you linked: English=Shumac, Sicilian sumac "The closely related New-World genus Toxicodendron contains only plants that (as can be inferred by the genus name "poisonous tree") are highly toxic."

In Iraq YOU may be eating a safe spice, but in the "New World" (North America, USA, etc), the variation of that plant that grows there is posionous!

Signed,
disgusted}

No, dear, paranoid friend- I'm not trying to POISON *you* or anyone else... I had no idea sumac was deadly in your part of the world and even provided a link to better inform you of the plant. I assume that if you purchase it at a supermarket, it will not be poisonous... but what do I know?

Note: If I give you the recipe to a mushroom soup, I assume you won't use the poisonous mushrooms. Give me a break people.

*giggles* Seriously... she doesn't expect you to harvest the sumac yourself, ditz!

Anyway, here's the linky!

Have fun browsing the few recipes there.