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Henbane Makes For a Killer Salad

UK chef Antony Worrall Thompson has apologized after recommending henbane, a poisonous plant, as a salad green. Large quantities of the plant can cause a loss of consciousness, seizures, trembling of the limbs and even death. The chef had meant to recommend fat hen, which is a wild herb.

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