SC - Katerine's search for a new name

Lee-Gwen Booth piglet006 at globalfreeway.com.au
Mon Jul 24 21:08:56 PDT 2000


Lord Ras skrev:

(A long List of herbs known to cause uterine contractions, thus possibly
stimulating abortion) as well as other effects. (Thanks, Ras- food for
thought)

While this could be interesting, under certain circumstances, considering,
of course the doses, what, if any, effects might they have on the male
uro-genital system? How many of these are/have been considered aphrodisiacs?
And how commonly are they used, and in what quantities, in Period Cooking?


Phlip

Nolo disputare, volo somniare et contendere, et iterum somniare.

phlip at morganco.net

Philippa Farrour
Caer Frig
Southeastern Ohio

"All things are poisons.  It is simply the dose that distinguishes between a
poison and a remedy." -Paracelsus

"Oats -- a grain which in England sustains the horses, and in
Scotland, the men." -- Johnson

"It was pleasant to me to find that 'oats,' the 'food of horses,' were
so much used as the food of the people in Johnson's own town." --
Boswell

"And where will you find such horses, and such men?" -- Anonymous


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