[Sca-cooks] Which ingredients to avoid? [Was: Rue Substitute?]

[Lisa]

Very valid point, and you might be surprised how many common cooking herbs
are contraindicated for use during pregnancy.  I will check my herbal books
and see if I can come up with a "short list" of those that may cause
problems, and amounts if indicated.

Lady Elizabeta of Rundel


----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin G. Diehl" <mdiehl at nac.net>
To: "sca-cooks" <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>; "Jadwiga Zajaczkowa / Jenne
Heise" <jenne at fiedlerfamily.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 2:35 PM
Subject: [Sca-cooks] Which ingredients to avoid? [Was: Rue Substitute?]


> Greetings,
>
> Do we have a list of the food ingredients that we must
> not use?
>
> Such a list should include both those ingredients that we
> know (or feel) could evoke safety issues as well as those
> which are prohibited by law or regulation.
>
> Here are some ingredients I would not use ...
>
> Rue:
>
> Oil of rue is an abortifacent.
>
> wormwood:
>
> Especially thujone, a terpene found in wormwood,
> which was responsible for absinthe's secondary
> effects.
>
> St. John's Wort:
>
> An anti depressant ... but you wouldn't want to
> give it to someone suffering from bipolar disorder
> and induce a manic episode.
>
> Reported to work against the immune suppressant
> drug cyclosporin, which resulted in a transplant
> being rejected.
>
> ... and there are certainly many, many more.
>
> I realize any such list will be controversial.
>
> I am not trying to say that an individual should or should
> not make a personal decision to use these for medicinal
> effect ...
>
> My point is that we, both as individuals and as a group,
> must not give anyone an ingredient that might have an
> unexpected medicinal effect.
>
> I am,
> Lord Vincenzo Martino Mazza,
> In Service to the Dream
>
> --
> Martin G. Diehl
>
> http://www.renderosity.com/gallery.ez?ByArtist=Yes&Artist=MGD
>
> Reality: That which remains after you stop thinking about it.
>   inspired by P. K. Dick
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