[Sca-cooks] RE: Sca-cooks digest, Vol 1 #2124 - 16 msgs

[jenne at fiedlerfamily.net]

> I have yet to see a period recipe that calls for pennyroyal, but I haven't
> been looking that long.

There are a few instances where pennyroyal is called for in period
recipes. I can't remember them off the top of my head but I will find
them.

>Because of the fact that dosages are only
> guidelines, and different people react differently to new substances, I
> would definately look up in a modern herbal any of the uncommon ingredients
> with possible medicinal components. Then an ingrediant warning needs to be
> made and those items need to be reserved for A&S, not feasts where the
> average person may not take time to look at the ingredients. Try
> http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/mgmh.html on-line.

Eek! Please use something a bit more up-to-date as your definitive source.
Mrs. Grieve's _Modern Herbal_ was published in 1931, and a lot has been
found out about herbs since then. I would suggest consulting TWO herbals
in regards to potentially hazardous substances; there's a good PDR for
Herbal Medicine out there, there are the herb encyclopedias published by
Dorling Kindersley, and others. (if you want scare tactics, go for Tyler's
'Honest Herbal' but I don't recommend it)

-- Jadwiga Zajaczkowa
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