[Sca-cooks] period mention or use of catnip?

[Dianne & Greg Stucki]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Stanifer" <jugglethis at yahoo.com>
To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 6:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] period mention or use of catnip?


>
> I just read a bit on Catnip on the internet, which seems to indicate that 
> the chemical involved
> might trigger the 'hunter instinct' in those cats which have inherited the 
> 'catnip gene'.
> Apparently, it produces reactions in some cats which are very similar to 
> those of a cat which has
> just captured prey.

We always called it "kitty marijuana".
I had some stuff growing in front of my house when I was a teenager that 
produced a similar effect on my cats. I don't believe it was actual catnip 
(though this was twenty-five years ago). It was very small and low-growing, 
with fleshy, hairy leaves and an almost skunky smell. Anyone know what it 
might have been?

Laurensa