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One of the first things the chemistry master taught us all at secondary
school was
"Assume everything is poisonous / dangerous unless you are absolutely
certain that it is safe."
A good rule that should be applied to everything including plants, and
taught to every child at the earliest possible age.


A rule which has served me well since around 1951, when I first started
eating wild fungi (other than horse mushrooms/field mushrooms).

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OT.. I pulled a shoulder yesterday and John very kindly bought me
the latest heat-rub cream, which carries a warning "wash hands after
application". I didn't bother since it occurred to me that what won't
hurt a shoulder won't hurt a hand. That'll teach me.

Well, they don't advertise it as "amazin' " for nothing. Within 5 mins
the shoulder felt very warm, relaxed and painfree and the delicate skin
between my fingers was burning summat horrible ....

And even if it didn't hurt the skin of the hands material on the hands
could get transferred to the mouth, or to food, and thus either get
ingested, or come into contact with the interior of the mouth.

And if you're a bloke...

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It's common sense in a multilingual, multicultural society where
there's an astonishing variety of seeds available, and the seed packets
are in English.
.. You didn't know sweetpea seeds are poisonous, but at least you know
"sweet" refers to scent not crop flavour, and you probably know they are not
the same thing as "sugar peas" (edible crop). For someone who
doesn't speak very fluent English, or is new to gardening, those
distinctions may be confusing.
Janet.
I take your point Janet but surely anyone who eats seeds direct from a
packet which is intended for sowing must be a pea or two short of a full
pod?
I would buy my edibles at a grocer or suchlike, not a seedsman.
Jim

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I take your point Janet but surely anyone who eats seeds direct from a
packet which is intended for sowing must be a pea or two short of a full
pod?
I would buy my edibles at a grocer or suchlike, not a seedsman.

The original point was that they might be eaten by smalls from the pea
vines on an allotment.

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And even handling seeds of some safe food crops you need to be aware
that species that are prone to fungal damage may be packed with a
fungicide (and again the packet is marked poisonous, wash hands etc.).

OT.. I pulled a shoulder yesterday and John very kindly bought me
the latest heat-rub cream, which carries a warning "wash hands after
application". I didn't bother since it occurred to me that what won't
hurt a shoulder won't hurt a hand. That'll teach me.

Well, they don't advertise it as "amazin' " for nothing. Within 5 mins
the shoulder felt very warm, relaxed and painfree and the delicate skin
between my fingers was burning summat horrible ....

Had you been a bvloke and had to hold 'something' to do a wee you would
have felt the effects there too. Brings a new meaning to the name 'hot
pants'.

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from Janet Baraclough contains these words:

I hope you have a strong bladder


Why?

So that you didn't have to touch any other sensitive places for a
long while . See Rupert's post :-)


But I might be a masochist...

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And even handling seeds of some safe food crops you need to be aware
that species that are prone to fungal damage may be packed with a
fungicide (and again the packet is marked poisonous, wash hands etc.).

OT.. I pulled a shoulder yesterday and John very kindly bought me
the latest heat-rub cream, which carries a warning "wash hands after
application". I didn't bother since it occurred to me that what won't
hurt a shoulder won't hurt a hand. That'll teach me.

Well, they don't advertise it as "amazin' " for nothing. Within 5 mins
the shoulder felt very warm, relaxed and painfree and the delicate skin
between my fingers was burning summat horrible ....

Had you been a bvloke and had to hold 'something' to do a wee you would
have felt the effects there too. Brings a new meaning to the name 'hot
pants'.


Do you know Vick Burns?

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I hope you have a strong bladder


Why?

So that you didn't have to touch any other sensitive places for a
long while . See Rupert's post :-)


But I might be a masochist...

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if you are a masochist try it as a pile cure;-)

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I hope you have a strong bladder


Why?

So that you didn't have to touch any other sensitive places for a
long while . See Rupert's post :-)


But I might be a masochist...

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if you are a masochist try it as a pile cure;-)


I think I'll wait for the piles before attempting the cure innit.

Well, not innit, innit.

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Had you been a bvloke and had to hold 'something' to do a wee you
would have felt the effects there too. Brings a new meaning to the
name 'hot pants'.


Do you know Vick Burns?

Oh, well, since we're going down the route of indelicacy and are all
friends here...a couple I know retired early after a deliciously
stimulating home-made Indian meal. _That_ brought a whole new meaning
to the expression "There'll be a hot time in the old town tonight." I
know perfectly well that it isn't funny, and that one shouldn't
actually laugh...except one might burst a blood-vessel if one didn't.
"Lord, what fools these mortals be!"

Am I right in my belief that a good rinse in vinegar, at all costs
not forgetting the bits around the nails, before a thorough
soap-and-water wash, is a good buffer to the alkaloids in chillies?

I'll talk about Queensland sand-flies in the nether garments some
other time.

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Am I right in my belief that a good rinse in vinegar, at all costs
not forgetting the bits around the nails, before a thorough
soap-and-water wash, is a good buffer to the alkaloids in chillies?

Dunno. I shall not be trying it on the offchance that it works, though.

I'll talk about Queensland sand-flies in the nether garments some
other time.


Or - no, we won't go into the 'don't ipss while swimming in the Amazon
warning - may be a travellers' tale.

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Mike Lyle wrote:

Oh, well, since we're going down the route of indelicacy and are all
friends here...a couple I know retired early after a deliciously
stimulating home-made Indian meal. _That_ brought a whole new meaning
to the expression "There'll be a hot time in the old town tonight." I
know perfectly well that it isn't funny, and that one shouldn't
actually laugh...except one might burst a blood-vessel if one didn't.
"Lord, what fools these mortals be!"

Chillis are used in some of the, er, recipes in the Kana Sutra.

Am I right in my belief that a good rinse in vinegar, at all costs
not forgetting the bits around the nails, before a thorough
soap-and-water wash, is a good buffer to the alkaloids in chillies?

Forget the vinegar. They are preferentially oil-soluble, so the soap
is the cure. You could rub some oil into your hands first, I suppose.

I'll talk about Queensland sand-flies in the nether garments some
other time.

That is why traditional tropical kit consists of heavy trousers that
seal at waist and ankles :-)


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

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Rusty Hinge 2 wrote:

Or - no, we won't go into the 'don't ipss while swimming in the Amazon
warning - may be a travellers' tale.

The one about not doing so in African waters isn't. But that isn't
painful ....


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

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Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote:
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Chillis are used in some of the, er, recipes in the Kana Sutra.

I was under the impression that Chlllis (Capsicum spp) were not present
in the Old World in pre-Columbian times.

Well, I was, too. But I have found a fair number of references to
such use. It is certain that some species were introduced from the
New World, but it is possible that some are Old World species. Or,
possibly, the references are to other plants.

I haven't found a suitably reliable reference that makes an explicit
statement one way or the other.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

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from Stewart Robert Hinsley contains these words:

In message , Nick Maclaren
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Chillis are used in some of the, er, recipes in the Kana Sutra.

I was under the impression that Chlllis (Capsicum spp) were not present
in the Old World in pre-Columbian times.

The Kama Sutra was written even before Chinese navigators are believed
to have been to the Americas, but I do have a hazy recollection that
there has been an Asian variety of chilli pepper for a very long time.

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