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A cautionary tail of Juniper berries
You don't think of Sainsburys as somewhere you would generally find poisonous berries, let alone nestled innocently in the spice rack. However, steer well clear of juniper, or if you are tempted use sparingly!.
When I went to university I couldn't cook more than pasta and cheese sauce, and not very well at that. Over 5 years ago now, I'm still not a great cook like my little sister but I'm trying. Recently I have been testing out new herbs and spices, learning whats goes with what. I was in Sainsburys with Victoria, looking at the spice rack and searched for the random-ist thing I could find ...
"Juniper berries" I exclaimed loudly, "that's pretty strange", from behind me an upper middle class lady remarked that she had been looking for them everywhere, she asked what recipe I was following, not really having an answer to this I deflected and asked her back, her venison sausages with juniper and red wine sauce sounded so lovely that I succumbed and bought some.
Last night I cooked Simon dinner, it was quite a nice meal of baked salmon marinated in ginger wine with juniper berries, served with mushrooms and tomatoes with green chili and garlic, pasta and a creme fresh sauce. Unfortunately, I put in too many berries.
Juniper was the only thing different in the meal, about two hours later I started feeling pretty rough. Standing up to do the laundry I almost past out and had to go to bed, where I lay weak with the worst stomach cramps I have ever had. Suffering from fevers and chills I just about managed to check online as to the side effects of juniper berries.
"Juniper stimulates contractions of the womb ... Symptoms of juniper overdose include diarrhea, purplish urine, blood in the urine, kidney pain, intestinal pain, elevated blood pressure, and a quickened heartbeat. If these effects occur, consumers should stop taking juniper and call their doctor immediately."
Thankfully I didn't have all of these symptoms, needless to say though that I was not very well at all and only happy to stop taking the berries. Having playfully mocked my pain and the self inflicted-ness of the situation, Simon woke a couple hours later suffering the effects, then lay in bed cursing poetic justice.
I'm still not feeling 100% a day later. The berries had no forewarning of the possible danger, the 'Schwartz' bottle purely stated:
"Juniper berries have a bitter sweet, pine flavour with a peppery aftertaste"
Quite tasty but still, not worth the pain.
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