In the aubergine recipe threads for imam bayeldi someone once said the name means ' the imam fainted' - either because he ate too much, or it was soooo good.
Came across this yesterday:
In the Tuscan area of Italy, spinach-and-ricotta-flavored gnocchi are called strozzapreti, or priest-stranglers. According to popular local legend, a priest choked and died after eating too quickly, because the gnocchi were so delicious.
Are there more aptly-named killer foods out there? ::)
Death By Chocolate! ;D
lol of course!
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;D
Couldn't you sleep Sarah :o :o. 04:30 am. You didn't by any chance suffer leg cramps, did you? I sometimes find myself sitting at my PC when that happens to me ;). It helps to relax me ;D. Hope you got some more sleep though.
Does chicken count as a killer food? There have been people who have choked on chicken bones ???.
Tricia
or maybe fish bones haha
Quote from: supersprout on November 03, 2006, 04:30:16
Are there more aptly-named killer foods out there? ::)
what a challenge, I have been thinking and cannot come up with anything new but there must be lots - all I can offer is this snippet - apparently the Marquis de Sade used to hand out sweets made with Cantharis (contains a crazy aphrodisiac - don't all clamber at once ;D) but I cannot find the name of them :o
would 'battered cod' come within range ;D
lol@calendula
ladies' fingers don't count either heh heh
Quote from: calendula on November 04, 2006, 16:22:29
there must be lots
that's what I thought and was floundering after the first two.
just thought of another one - Montezuma's Revenge! (or is that the erm, aftermath?)
the first three seem to celebrate the irresistible quality of the grub leading to demise of glutton, would love to find more :)
just don't ask why! :-[ ;D
ha ha, when someone says "don't ask" what do we do? we ask ;D
will keep doing some research cos I think this is very funny but also fascinating