worrel thompson oops

[heeby]

looks like hes made a boob advising people that henbane makes a lovely addition to salads then makes up for it by saying he got got confused with henfat read it here
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/skynews/20080804/tuk-tv-chef-dishes-out-poisonous-menu-45dbed5.html
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[susi]

Not in the slightest surprising

Last time I watched him on TV, he was handling raw chicken, before managing to give his hands a quick wipe on his apron, before preparing a salad.

As a foodies, he should know better. Grrrr.

 

[philaw]

The newspaper article said he'd confused the herb with a plant that had a similar name. Why do I think he's never actually tried it?

 

[xylaria]

He said henbane instead of fat hen while in live interview. Fat hen is a type of goosefoot, and pretty tasty. It is the type of verbal slip up anyone can make. Wiping raw chicken juice on your apron isn't.

Henbane is also very rare in the wild, and fat hen is common weed, so the chance of anyone been able to find, ID, and then eat henbane without fiirst realising it was poisonous is pretty remote. I believe it has that nasty tomato leaf smell, but a lot stronger.

 

[JonnyP]

Was a mistake for sure, but I didn't like him going on to say about eating ground elder. I don't think someone in his position should be recommending people to go out and eat any umbellifer. Supermarket foragers should not be encouraged to go out and wild food forage without proper tuition.
I didn't hear all of what he said, so apologies if he did make that clear..

 

[xylaria]

Was a mistake for sure, but I didn't like him going on to say about eating ground elder. I don't think someone in his position should be recommending people to go out and eat any umbellifer. Supermarket foragers should not be encouraged to go out and wild food forage without proper tuition.
I didn't hear all of what he said, so apologies if he did make that clear..

ooo don't talk to me about supermarket foragers , my local very enormous 24hr tescos has a patch of good king henry growing in one of the flowers beds on the slip road, someone keeps picking them. It is not me as it is a little to close to where all the trucks splutter. I grow my own (perpetual spinach aka sea beet aka beta vulgaris). They have pig nuts, seabuckthorn, rosehips, and fairy ring champignon there as well. Kwiksave had creeping bramble and sowthistle and the rosemary from markone is fabulous.