[Sca-cooks] Re: Bad Joke was Harmless Food

[Susan Fox-Davis]

Gytha, my very dear, that pun made me want to
bang my head against the wall till it stopped hurting.

Brava.

Your new fan, Selene in Caid

Erika Thomenius wrote:

> >It's kinda interesting. I would stay away from Rue on general principles,
> >but one of the books that I came across about controlling fertility,
> >_Regulating menstruation :  beliefs, practices, interpretations_ edited by
> >Van de Walle and Renne, included an article which analyzed the effects of
> >various traditional abortifacents, and found that rue and pennyroyal herbs
> >were not significantly effective but that oil of rue and oil of pennyroyal
> >(the 19th century abortifacents) did have some small effect.  I believe
> >the article in question (I'm looking at the OCLC record for the books) is
> >"Pharmacological properties of emmenagogues: a biomedical view" by
> >Stefania Siedlecky
>
> So what you're saying here is that I'll rue the day I put rue in the roux?
>
> :)
>
> (Sorry.  The devil made me do it.)
>
> -Gytha "Lighting fuse, heading for the rock" Karlsdotter
>
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