[SCA-cooks] Lovage and Rue

[Jeanne Papanastasiou]

Remember Rue is toxic!!!  Here are some Rue links:

http://www.acacialand.com/syrian.html  Syrian Rue

http://www.richfarmgarden.com/rue.html

http://www.oda.state.or.us/plant/weed_control/alerts/AfricanRue.html

http://www.deoxy.org/gz_indo.htm

http://www.sover.net/~hkfamily/Pages/PlantList5.html

http://www.nhg.com/db/1186.htm

http://www.ontariowildflower.com/lakeedge.htm

Soffya Appollonia Tudja
http://www.aeonline.biz/Links.htm
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[mailto:sca-cooks-admin at ansteorra.org]On Behalf Of david friedman
Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2003 4:24 PM
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Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Lovage and Rue


Anahita wote:

>...Many of the Roman recipe i'm looking at call for rue as a green herb.
>I doubt i can find any. But if i do, i am concerned about the
>possibilities of contact dermatitis, which rue can cause.
>
>Has anyone used fresh rue leaves? Can you possible describe the
>taste? Suggest a substitute?

We have a rather sprawly rue plant in the front garden.  (Pause to go
pick a leaf.) It tastes bitter, but I don't know how to describe the
rest of the taste. I don't get dermatitis from it, but other people
might.

Elizabeth/Betty Cook
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