Deadly mushroom lunch cook tells court she threw up toxic mealMs Patterson told the court she had only eaten a small part of lunch but later consumed two-thirds of a cake, before becoming "over-full" and vomiting. Doctors have previously told the trial Ms Patterson did not have the same intense symptoms as the other people who'd eaten at her house. During the lunch, Ms Patterson recalled that she didn't eat much of her food - "a quarter, a third, somewhere around there" - because she was busy talking. While in hospital for observation overnight, Ms Patterson said her former husband Simon asked her about a dehydrator she owned. Ms Patterson will continue giving evidence on Thursday, before prosecutors will have the opportunity to cross-examine her.