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Bugs
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tawny owl
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cab
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selfsufficientish
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Haddock
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Haddock
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cab
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selfsufficientish
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Bugs
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cab wrote: |
I keep dried rue in, I use it for the occasional batch of sack. |
What is sack, please?
tawny owl wrote: |
Yes, it's one to avoid during pregnancy, along with hyssop, juniper and quite a few others, even sage. |
Sage? Hyssop? My word, never heard of them having anything wrong with them
cab wrote: |
What's the rue plant like? I've really only ever used dried. |
I believe it's often grown as an ornamental, and if my identification is right my sister has some in her garden; it has unusual dark greeny/blue leaves, quite finely divided. Not going to be touching it with a bargepole...can't it also cause skin irritation/sensitivity to sunlight (a bit like parsnips..in some people)? |
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cab
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wellington womble
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selfsufficientish
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tawny owl
Joined: 29 Apr 2005 Posts: 563 Location: Hampshire
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selfsufficientish wrote: |
Well to be blunt I read that it can stop you farting, I thought my girlfriend might apprechiate it. Also it is one of the old herbs that the Romans bought over so I thought it would be nice to grow it for something different. |
Well, now we know!
Bugs wrote: |
Sage? Hyssop? My word, never heard of them having anything wrong with them |
Oh yes. Herbs are powerful stuff - people think they're safe because they're 'natural'. Well, so is belladonna, and as cab said, hemlock, but I woudn't go munching on them. And of course the fetus is much more sensitive to them than an adult human would be. A useful site is (https://www.compleatmother.com/articles3/weed/herbal.shtml. It's more sensible than some of the other sites on that topic, which seem designed to scare people.
Bugs wrote: |
Not going to be touching it with a bargepole...can't it also cause skin irritation/sensitivity to sunlight (a bit like parsnips..in some people)? |
Yes, sorry - I went a bit jargon-y there; that's the photodermatis. The juice reacts with the skin under sunlight and causes a rash. Can be quite nasty, even blistering in particularly sensitive people. Lots of other things do as well - I've even read of it happening with lemon juice. Good practice to wash hands after handling any veg or fruit if you're intending to go out in the sun afterwards.
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dougal
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selfsufficientish
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