https://www.fishersci.ca/shop/products/croton-oil-thermo-sci...
The spec sheet here suggests it’s pungent. I wonder if this truly worked or if the smell would make it immediately obvious.
April 9, 1940 a Dish Best Served Cold (2021)
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#12Interesting. In the US at least Crotons are rather popular as houseplants. I've kept them for years, and never knew of this property or story. Assuming it's true, I wonder if any documentation exists at all from one of the affected souls on those subs.
A cursory search doesn't seem to turn up anything solid.
But it would be interesting to know. I'll be in the German diary archive in March and made a note to keep an eye out for it.
Re: April 9, 1940 a Dish Best Served Cold (2021)
#13I love the thought that perhaps the battle of the atlantic was influenced by the "nuclear bomb of laxatives" haha
Re: April 9, 1940 a Dish Best Served Cold (2021)
#14https://www.fishersci.ca/shop/products/croton-oil-thermo-sci... The spec sheet here suggests it’s pungent. I wonder if this truly worked or if the smell would make it immediately obvious.
Without having smelled croton oil myself, canned brisling (which is what it is, even if it was sold as sardines) has a quite strong smell and taste. I can easily imagine that it could mask the pungent smell of the croton oil.