She wanted to serve her guests mushroom-smothered steak but she had no mushrooms and no time to buy them. Her husband suggested, “Why don’t you go pick some of the mushrooms thatare growing wild down by the stream? No, some wild mushrooms are poisonous.” “Well, I see squirrels eating them and they’re OK.” So she picked a bunch and washed, sliced and sautéed them for her dinner.