The Poison Garden: Is Alnwick Castle Trying to Kill You?

Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Radio

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🗓️ 27 October 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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We venture inside the Alnwick Poison Garden to find the world’s most dangerous plants––including some common fruits and vegetables with a sinister side. Guide Tom Pattison takes us on a tour and offers up tales of deadly accidents, hallucinogenic honey and the case of the Curry Killer. Plus, Tristan Donovan reveals how soda changed the world, Dan Pashman reimagines breakfast cereal, Cheryl Day tackles your baking dilemmas, and we make Upside-Down Cardamom-Spiced Plum Cake.

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0:00.0	You may have heard that we're now running international culinary tours starting in 2024.
0:05.6	Well, our first four trips sold out in just 15 minutes, so we're adding new departures to the
0:10.5	calendar. Next year, we'll run more tours to Oaxaca, Istanbul, Mexico City, and Greece.
0:16.2	Plus, we've added two new destinations, Venice, and Campagna. Once again, we're partnering with
0:20.6	culinary backstreet to offer unique experiences that take you well off the beaten path.
0:26.4	With a small group of just 11 fellow travelers, you'll leave the tourist traps behind and go with
0:31.0	us to family farms, small-scale producers, and the homes of local chefs who will change the way
0:36.6	you cook. Expect a wander through busy markets, select the best produce with the guidance of
0:41.2	our resident chef, and then, of course, turn all of that into great meals and much more.
0:46.2	So, spots will go fast for these new departures and destinations, and I urge you to visit
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1:04.3	This is Milk Street Radio from PRX, and I'm your host, Christopher Kimball.
1:09.5	Before you tour the grounds of Onuk Castle, you were instructed not to taste anything,
1:14.7	and that's because you will encounter...
1:16.8	Only plunge the kill.
1:18.4	The castle is home to a poison garden, which means everything edible can be lethal.
1:23.0	There are common fruits and vegetables with a sinister side.
1:26.0	The potato, the tomato, capsicums, aubergine.
1:30.0	And there are plants you would absolutely not want to eat, like Wolfsbane.
1:33.9	The Greeks called it the Queen of Poisons, because they use it to kill people.
1:38.5	Wolfsbane was also used by the infamous Curry Killer.
1:41.7	That story and more are coming up later in the show.
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