Food 'Urban Myths'

[welsh dragon]

You've never worked on a ship have you? You tend to get a bit less picky and avoid looking at veggies that haven't been...'prepared'....by the cook. after a couple of weeks. I have no idea how he gets lettuce and tomatoes to last that long.


I just wish the ships vacuum toilets coped as well with pips...

 

[surfdude]

You can all stick your vegetables where the sun don't shine. I still fancy egg and chips.

not sure if its a myth but if you do stick all the veg where the sun don't shine it will give the doctors and nurses a jolly good laugh when they try and remove it

 

[threebikesmcginty]

This isn't a myth, it's true - if you eat mayonnaise when you die you'll go to hell and the Devil will stone you to death with beetroots every day. And they only have ITV.

 

[PeteXXX]

This isn't a myth, it's true - if you eat mayonnaise when you die you'll go to hell and the Devil will stone you to death with beetroots every day. And they only have ITV.

Worse than that, they make you vote UKIP at every election in perpetuity!!

 

[Brandane]

You've never worked on a ship have you? You tend to get a bit less picky and avoid looking at veggies that haven't been...'prepared'....by the cook. after a couple of weeks. I have no idea how he gets lettuce and tomatoes to last that long.


I just wish the ships vacuum toilets coped as well with pips...

I spent 3 years as a Deck Cadet in my youth. One trip was on a reefer (refrigerated cargo ship to you land-lubbers), first stop South Africa for oranges and grapefruit to Europe. No shortage of fresh fruit on that trip. Then to New Zealand for frozen lamb to Avonmouth. A month of lamb on the menu; breakfast lunch and dinner. Roast, stewed, curried, stovies, chops, leg, shoulder...... Every possible combination. No idea where it might have come from .

 

[classic33]

Anyone use the five second rule?

 

[Jayaly]

Anyone use the five second rule?

I have a two second dog, so the issue never arises.

 

[PK99]

Anyone use the five second rule?

yep!

 

[slowmotion]

It's not very urban but a lot of people think that berries from a yew tree are deadly poisonous. We all used to eat them when I was at school. They taste very sweet and pleasant but we were advised by those in the know that the pip was best not chewed or swallowed.

 

[stephec]

You can all stick your vegetables where the sun don't shine. I still fancy egg and chips.

not sure if its a myth but if you do stick all the veg where the sun don't shine it will give the doctors and nurses a jolly good laugh when they try and remove it

You need to make sure you have an excuse ready though.

I find that, "I was hanging out the washing in the garden, and I slipped as I was crossing the veg patch wearing just my dressing gown and nothing else. No I don't know how it came to be peeled and washed either," always seems to work.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

It's not very urban but a lot of people think that berries from a yew tree are deadly poisonous. We all used to eat them when I was at school. They taste very sweet and pleasant but we were advised by those in the know that the pip was best not chewed or swallowed.

The seeds are poisonous, but the flesh is fine.

 

[classic33]

You need to make sure you have an excuse ready though.

I find that, "I was hanging out the washing in the garden, and I slipped as I was crossing the veg patch wearing just my dressing gown and nothing else. No I don't know how it came to be peeled and washed either," always seems to work.

Often wear a dressing gown whilst hanging out the washing then?

 

[PeteXXX]

Ànd which lucky person discovered that rhubarb leaves are poisonous, but the stalks make a smashin' crumble...

 

[Archie_tect]

Thanks slomo...

 

[vernon]

It's not very urban but a lot of people think that berries from a yew tree are deadly poisonous. We all used to eat them when I was at school. They taste very sweet and pleasant but we were advised by those in the know that the pip was best not chewed or swallowed.

I too enjoyed the flesh but not the seeds from yew trees. Ripe fuschia berries are tasty too.