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Bone Apple Tea

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Taken from a Swedish news broadcast (a sad story about a father and his child who drowned when swimming in a river).

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[–] SouthFresh@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And of course, the United States being the United States only recently lifted their ban on black currants.

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It was banned because they were worried about the spread of white pine blister rust fungus which was killing white pine trees.

[–] SouthFresh@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

Oh, I was completely aware. I was making a joke regarding institutional racism, but now I've had to explain a joke.

[–] Justas@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Black currant leaf tea is amazing and tends to get better with every pour.

[–] whaleross@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Beware of the Red Currants warning