United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish • 8 months ago

The Halloween peppermints that poisoned Bradford

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The Halloween peppermints that poisoned Bradford

United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish • 8 months ago

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cross-posted to:
interestingshare@lemmy.zip

How Victorian Britain - and food - was changed forever by a cost-cutting mix-up at a Bradford pharmacy.

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7•8 months ago
A better origin story for the urban legend about Halloween sweets containing drugs than any other.
- lemonflavoured
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  2•8 months ago
  It wouldn’t surprise me if this was actually the origin for those myths.

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