Typo in recipe poisons several

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There was a similar one recently in England where someone was supposed to say hen's foot, which is the same as lamb's quarters (as recently discussed by moi at The Local Beet), but said henbane, which is-- as the name might suggest-- bad for you.

Ironically, the magazine it appeared in is called Healthy And Organic Living...

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I blame Bridgestone.

Damn delicious authentic Swedish cooking with beautiful whole organic farm-fresh ingredients, grumble, grumble...

Heh. That happened to one of my friends several years ago. He somehow ended up putting several tablespoons of nutmeg into a dish instead of a dash or two, ate it, and ended up in some weird, drugged-out state with a high fever and a trip to the ER.

Mr Maki is a nutmegphile and his mom, who is a biology & chemistry teacher, and told me once that nutmeg is chemically very close to chemicals in heroin and that people who really like nutmeg would become even more easily addicted to heroin than other people.

Hi,

Some years ago, Gourmet magazine featured a wedding cake decorated with fresh Lilies of the Valley. While very lovely, Lilies of the Valley are not edible flowers and are considered poisonous. This wee fact evaded the fact checkers at Gourmet. Once learned though, Gourmet not only sent out press releases, they sent stickers to paste over the recipe with corrections.

I never did paste the sticker over the recipe and I still have that issue. Beware!

Regards,

Santander wrote:

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I blame Bridgestone.

Damn delicious authentic Swedish cooking with beautiful whole organic farm-fresh ingredients, grumble, grumble...

Curses! Foiled again...

(I'd been wanting to post about this myself but hadn't had time to find the story in English...)

From Sunday's edition of one of Sweden's largest newspapers:



Rough translation (clockwise):

Frame one:
"Survival".
Our outdoor skills are disappearing. It's as if certain signs don't mean anything anymore.
Son: "Look, Dad.. What are those birds doing?"
Dad: "Swedish schools! Again!"

Frame two:
In the jungle, one second's hesitation can be the difference between life and death.
Loudspeaker: "Benita to lane three, Benita..."
Person in line: "What the heck.. Is he psychic? He moved before they even made the announcement!"

Frame three:
Sometimes it's all about making things really unappetizing.
Theif 1: "You got the screwdriver, Micke?"
Theif 2: "Are you crazy? Empty drink bottles, banana peels, garbage bags.. a nasty blanket. This must be an addict's car - we going to get hepatitis right away!
Arrow: "The author's car"

Frame four:
There are a few simple rules: don't eat the yellow snow, leave brightly colored insects alone and don't follow the recipe religiously.
Husband: "20 nutmeg nuts!! This is going to be expensive..."
Wife: "But good!"