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[edit] Pimm's and borage

Borage is one of the traditional additions to the "salad" added to a Pimm's (no. 1 - the gin-based Pimm's) - at least in the UK.

Hair Commodore 21:11, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Borage Guide duplicated information contained at other external links and mostly advertising. JudyJohn 23:15, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Borage as a drug

Borage has also become a running joke among many people in the UK as a hallucinatory drug...perhaps this should be added?

--82.28.113.136 21:15, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

Anyone who thinks that borage is halucinatory has been taking too many genuine drugs already! In fact, eating any part of the plant apart from the oil may result in liver damage because of the pyrrolizidine alkaloids present. Just because it's natural, it doesn't mean it's safe. Beechnut (talk) 23:40, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Use as tea

I have added this: "Tea made from the dried flowers is a traditional calming drink in Iran. It has a rich purple color that amazingly turns into a bright pink by adding a few drops of lemon juice" I think it is significant to note that the flowers could also be brewed as a tea, among other culinary uses. I have no idea why some unidentified IPs keep deleting this sentence. Isn't it informative and interesting. (The change of color is really amazing, just try it once). Sararkd (talk) 22:14, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

I agree that this is an interesting fact and would like to see it retained. However, I can also see why it was deleted (not by me), because there is no external reference to support the statement. If you can supply an independent source which corroborates it, then I think that it will be safe from deletion. See WP:RS. Beechnut (talk) 12:14, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

I did a search, it seems like the use of Borage as a tea is not very uncommon, and particularly becoming more popular in the west. I do get your point, but why should this fact be different from for instance its use in "Frankfurter Grüne Sauce", which also has no reference? That may be a well known recipe among Germans and this tea is also quite popular in Iran.

Anyway I can provide links for using Borage as a tea, but I didn't find anything about the color change, would a picture do?

I really don't like to continue this edit war, particularly with an anonymous person. I would edit the page whenever I find time to find the most relevant links and take a picture.

Sararkd (talk) 14:03, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Fair point about the German reference - that needs a reference too. I was only suggesting why I thought your contribution had been deleted and how to make it safe. I don't think this is an edit war. If you provide good references, no fair-minded editor will delete your work. And edits by unfair-minded editors can easily be reversed. Beechnut (talk) 22:02, 7 February 2008 (UTC)