She looked at Jade accusingly, and Jade now felt it was time to respond. “It could have happened with Restaal foods just as easily.”
“We can preserve some of our foods without killing people.”
“You preserve foods in alcohol. Alcohol doesn’t affect Restaals. I’ve seen Furgatos drink a Gurlaf under the table, and believe me that takes some doing. But pickles aren’t preserved in alcohol. Some are preserved in brine, which wouldn’t be a problem for you either. But these particular pickles were preserved in vinegar, acetic acid, which for most humans is just a tangy liquid. No one ever told us acetic acid was a deadly poison for Restaals, or we’d have been careful not to bring it. Even so, we’ve been very careful not to feed our foods to your people, because we didn’t want a repeat of the mas
