Well, this is certainly interesting.
I was looking up some relatives of magnolias and discovered nutmeg was one of them. And upon reading up about nutmeg, which I'd always assumed to be a harmless spice, I discovered that if you were to ingest about 6 teaspoons of it at once, you have seizures and DIE!!!
About half that dose triggers hallucinations, vomiting, and a whole host of other unpleasantries. Even a dose as low as 1 teaspoon can trigger long-lasting hallucinations and other psychotropic symptoms which can last for 3 days! Chemically, it is metabolized in the body into a compound similar to ecstacy!
It's only truly safe to use in the teeny amounts you get in cookies, pumpkin pie, and mulled cider.
I wonder what other spices have deadly secrets!
first thought: "Oh cool, I should go home and try that!"
I knew it could freak you out, but I didn't know it could kill you. Indeed, I wonder why the jar I have isn't marked with a warning "Consuming the entire jar may prove fatal" etc.
And that it has any chemical similarity to E is quite funky.
Good job I only used 1/4 teaspoon in my latest pies.
Where did you read that Alondro?
Quote from: Ryudo Lee on September 26, 2007, 04:44:49 PM
Where did you read that Alondro?
There is a reference to nutmeg poisoning in the 1966 film The Wrong Box (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061204/), which prompted my father to look into it a few years back. I don't know where he got his info from.
I learned that little secret from watching X...Not the anime..But the movie about the famous black dude I met in a vison once!
Quote from: Zedd on September 26, 2007, 05:53:43 PM
I learned that little secret from watching X...Not the anime..But the movie about the famous black dude I met in a vison once!
That vision wouldn't perchance have been induced by nutmeg, which you tried out after having watched said movie? ;)
Quote from: Alondro on September 26, 2007, 06:31:24 PM
Quote from: Zedd on September 26, 2007, 05:53:43 PM
I learned that little secret from watching X...Not the anime..But the movie about the famous black dude I met in a vison once!
That vision wouldn't perchance have been induced by nutmeg, which you tried out after having watched said movie? ;)
Umm..No...Pixisticks
Spices of death, eh? Capsaicin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsaicin) has a Scoville rating of ~15,000,000-16,000,000 while Tabasco sauce has a rating of only ~2,500-5,000. >:3
thats sorta like this one site where if you put in your weight it will tell you how much of a beverage you need to drink in order to keel over
edit: apparently i would have to drink 64 cans of monster in order to end it all and 250 cans of dr. pepper until i croak.
I don't see how that is anything like this. :/
Quote from: gh0st on October 02, 2007, 04:12:05 PM
thats sorta like this one site where if you put in your weight it will tell you how much of a beverage you need to drink in order to keel over
edit: apparently i would have to drink 64 cans of monster in order to end it all and 250 cans of dr. pepper until i croak.
link?
Quote from: xHaZxMaTx on September 26, 2007, 09:28:51 PM
Spices of death, eh? Capsaicin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsaicin) has a Scoville rating of ~15,000,000-16,000,000 while Tabasco sauce has a rating of only ~2,500-5,000. >:3
Capsaicin isn't a spice. It's what makes spices spicy. You lose a Billy Point.
I never said it was a spice. :/
You implied it. :|
Well if I did it was unintentional. :< Can I have my Billy point back?
No. 100 smites instead. :B
Current Billy Point Standings:
Bill: 100000 (I get 5 extra points for being BILL)
Bob Barker: 426
Red Sox Pitcher Josh Beckett: 214
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President George W. Bush: 1
Haz: 0
... where am I on that scale? Just out of interest...
*feeds Haz some tumeric!* Bwah ha ha ha! :mwaha
Quote from: Alondro on October 02, 2007, 10:05:22 PM
*feeds Haz some tumeric!* Bwah ha ha ha! :mwaha
You know..I dont know whos the eviler one..You or Charline
Quote from: Alondro on October 02, 2007, 10:05:22 PM
*feeds Haz some tumeric!* Bwah ha ha ha! :mwaha
Oh noez, now I am yellow and protected from the sun! :dface
*gives Haz one of his Billy points*
The number of spices that cause contractions and miscarriages are absolutely unfathomable.
No. I am not announcing anything.
Both those statements can be explained by working for a library. The other women who work there are BABYMAD I tell you!
Quote from: Damaris on October 03, 2007, 12:21:59 AM
The other women who work there are BABYMAD I tell you!
That describes some 90% of the women I've met.
The other 10% are babyphobic. Much like myself.
Quote from: Damaris on October 03, 2007, 12:21:59 AMThe other women who work there are BABYMAD I tell you!
I need to work at a library, then.
Well, they're also post-menopausal, so they spend a lot of time anticipating other people's bundles of joy. Seriously- they're worse then my mother on the baby front.
*laces Damaris' food with copious amounts of sage!* I'm not sure what that'll do, but we'll soon find out! :mwaha
Probably make her extremely wise, allowing her to get a job where she isn't surrounded by post-menopausal baby fanatics.
Damaris now loves this idea
Alondro now hates it.
Quote from: Alondro on October 04, 2007, 11:15:30 AM
*laces Damaris' food with copious amounts of sage!* I'm not sure what that'll do, but we'll soon find out! :mwaha
What a thymely idea.
Quote from: Raist on October 04, 2007, 11:54:03 AM
Probably make her extremely wise, allowing her to get a job where she isn't surrounded by post-menopausal baby fanatics.
Damaris now loves this idea
Alondro now hates it.
Damaris is a girl? Hmm, I'm even more out of it than I thought. I need to quit this lab job. The chemicals are braining my damage. :B
It makes me sad that everyone thinks I'm a boy.
:mowsad
Quote from: Damaris on October 04, 2007, 12:12:22 AM
so they spend a lot of time anticipating other people's bundles of joy.
They're following us on our quest for the Doctor Who Mega Collection?
Quote from: Damaris on October 04, 2007, 10:05:51 PM
It makes me sad that everyone thinks I'm a boy.
:mowsad
If it helps, -I- don't think you're a boy.
... I think.
Would it make you feel better if I made sexist jokes against you?
Quote from: Damaris on October 04, 2007, 10:05:51 PM
It makes me sad that everyone thinks I'm a boy.
:mowsad
I know how you feel. Everyone thinks I'm a boy too.
...
Wait, what did I mean to say there? :B
Quote from: BillBuckner on October 02, 2007, 04:35:20 PM
Quote from: xHaZxMaTx on September 26, 2007, 09:28:51 PM
Spices of death, eh? Capsaicin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsaicin) has a Scoville rating of ~15,000,000-16,000,000 while Tabasco sauce has a rating of only ~2,500-5,000. >:3
Capsaicin isn't a spice. It's what makes spices spicy. You lose a Billy Point.
It makes capsicums (chiles) spicy. Pepper nigrum (and others) get their tongue-searing abilities elsewhere.
* injects BillBuckner with pure cinnamon *
Let's see what happens.
Quote from: Vidar on October 05, 2007, 01:30:16 PM
* injects BillBuckner with pure cinnamon *
Let's see what happens.
... Bill gets grumpy(er) ?
Lots of cinnamon is supposedly quite good for you. I'll have to look up what it does again. I could use it if it helps with memory. :B
It just makes me angry.
You wouldn't like Bill when he's angry.
...Not that you would like him, anyway.
/chokes the hell outta Haz
Oh, thanks! I'm sure Hell isn't good for me.