Loved that in the news about supermarkets being asked not to daffodils next to spring onions in case people pick the up by mistake !!!
I only buy sugar and fat free daffodils as they taste better !!!
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"Its the bulbs they're talking about
Not the actual flowers"
Yes saw it on the news and the daffodil bulbs do look similar to spring onions. I also did'nt know daffodils are poisonous, maybe a good idea not to put them near where food is sold. |
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"If you're not thinking and just popping things in your trolley it's a mistake that can easily happen  "
really ?? I can't see how anyone in a supermarket could pick up daffodils instead of spring onions as they are completely different one has a bulb and the other has a flower, let alone go so far as to eat it without realising !!  |
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"If you're not thinking and just popping things in your trolley it's a mistake that can easily happen really ?? I can't see how anyone in a supermarket could pick up daffodils instead of spring onions as they are completely different one has a bulb and the other has a flower, let alone go so far as to eat it without realising !! "
If the flowers aren't open, then possibly. Have you ever shopped or cooked whilst simultaneously stopping several small children from running off/killing each other? |
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"If you're not thinking and just popping things in your trolley it's a mistake that can easily happen really ?? I can't see how anyone in a supermarket could pick up daffodils instead of spring onions as they are completely different one has a bulb and the other has a flower, let alone go so far as to eat it without realising !! "
Only when the flower is in Bloom. A lot of places sell daffs that bloom at home and so the ends do look similar to spring onions.
This was mainly an issue for Chinese communities I believe as the look very similar to Chinese chives. Maybe go to China and distinguish their edible and non edible food (although they do eat pretty much everything in China lol no wastage there!) |
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"If you're not thinking and just popping things in your trolley it's a mistake that can easily happen really ?? I can't see how anyone in a supermarket could pick up daffodils instead of spring onions as they are completely different one has a bulb and the other has a flower, let alone go so far as to eat it without realising !! "
Sorry,I read the comment about bulbs and forgot what the OP was 
But daffodils with unopened flowers do vaguely resemble spring onions,a poor sighted person might make the mistake |
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"If you're not thinking and just popping things in your trolley it's a mistake that can easily happen really ?? I can't see how anyone in a supermarket could pick up daffodils instead of spring onions as they are completely different one has a bulb and the other has a flower, let alone go so far as to eat it without realising !!
Sorry,I read the comment about bulbs and forgot what the OP was
But daffodils with unopened flowers do vaguely resemble spring onions,a poor sighted person might make the mistake "
I think it said on the news there were 63 cases last year of people buying daffodils while still in the bulb stage thinking they were spring onions, dangerous really as daffodils are poisonous when eaten. |
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"If you're not thinking and just popping things in your trolley it's a mistake that can easily happen really ?? I can't see how anyone in a supermarket could pick up daffodils instead of spring onions as they are completely different one has a bulb and the other has a flower, let alone go so far as to eat it without realising !!
Sorry,I read the comment about bulbs and forgot what the OP was
But daffodils with unopened flowers do vaguely resemble spring onions,a poor sighted person might make the mistake
I think it said on the news there were 63 cases last year of people buying daffodils while still in the bulb stage thinking they were spring onions, dangerous really as daffodils are poisonous when eaten. "
See,it happens! It's why the warning went out in the first place  |
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"maybe butter and cheese should not be near each other. They can be same size and same colour.
But neither of them are poisonous?"
They usually have distinct writing on them too which is easily readable. Spring onions and daffs have a little label attached to the rubber band holding them together |
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