Gardening :) Re: [plug] Cooking :)

Richard Meyer meyerri at au1.ibm.com
Mon Nov 10 10:22:23 WST 2003









>whilst off topic and still not getting spanked.. I love this list :)
>I "had" a castor oil plant growing in my backyard a few weeks ago..

>it is a pretty tree like weed, that I hear the round burr type
>buds/fruit/flowers? are totally toxic.. ie people used to use the
>sap to make poison for their spears..

Source for Ricin. Bulgarian equivalent of the KGB used it to kill a few
"dissenters", and "exiles" in London in the 70's. Used a sharpened umbrella
to prick the victim in the calf.

>Given I eat many things randomly growing in my yard..
>I guess I had better be a little careful.

RM

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