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From: szepesi@fluke.UUCP (Les Szepesi)
Newsgroups: net.pets
Subject: Re: Catnip
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Date: Thu, 16-Jan-86 20:26:32 EST
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> From the keys of Steve Henning, AT&T Bell Labs, Reading, PA mhuxl!smh
> 
> > Catnip is not meant to be injested, just smelled by the cats.  
> 
> Catnip is a plant in the mint family.  My wife has a large patch in her
> vegetable garden. About a dozen neighborhood cats enjoy it immensely
> all year long.  They roll in it and eat it; yes EAT IT.

After having eaten spaghetti sauce with catnip in place of oregano (don't ask)
I can testify that ingesting it is not a problem. Makes a strange sauce, though

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