Cassava is also bitter as hell to start. Most things that reduce that bitterness also reduce the toxicity.
As long as it doesn't become a primary foodstuff such that it will build up in your system, you don't need to get all the hydrogen cyanide.
However, any group that can get all the HCN out, will also be much better off when the famine comes. They will survive; the other groups will not. That's a powerful force.
As long as it doesn't become a primary foodstuff such that it will build up in your system, you don't need to get all the hydrogen cyanide.
However, any group that can get all the HCN out, will also be much better off when the famine comes. They will survive; the other groups will not. That's a powerful force.