Text 36401, 84 rader
Skriven 2013-04-26 07:06:49 av Dave Drum (1:18/200.0)
  Kommentar till text 36390 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
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-=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 RH> Too bad he didn't have a smoker.  Or a lumber mill.

 RH> By  the time the tree came down, the local nusiance bear was making his
 RH> summer visits so a smoker would not have been a good idea. The tree
 RH> wasn't big enough to make it worth taking to a lumber mill either.

 DD> Uuuuuhhhhh, you save the wood and stack it somewhere to use later. By
 DD> that time the nuisance should have wandered off.    Bv)=

 RH> My dad has never been into anything like a smoker. The closest thing
 RH> he's had was a charcoal grill, later, a gas one. He gave up using them
 RH> when it got to the point where they would have to be totally dismantled
 RH> to clean every little crack & crevice of meat drippings because of the
 RH> bear. Combined with his age, he just gave up on doing all of that.
 RH> OTOH, my brother might be interested in trying some smoking but for the
 RH> bear. He keeps busy enough with work and the boy Scouts tho, that he
 RH> doesn't have much time for things like that. The bear is usually active
 RH> from late March/early April to late October or so; by the time he's no
 RH> longer causing trouble, it's too late into the cold time to do much of
 RH> any grilling or smoking.

I was thinking more of an electric smoker - like Dale Shipp's or one of the
(Brinkman/Weber) R2-D2 gas, charcoal, or electric smoker similar to M.
Sacerdote's. They are (Dave's) portable or at least (Dale's) semi-portable. So,
you'd not have to leave it out where ursus americanus can get at it.

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      Title: Homemade Sassafras Root Beer
 Categories: Beverages, Herbs
      Yield: 5 pints

           Several roots; (including
           - some green stems) from
           - sassafras saplings, about
           - 30-40 inches worth of 1/4"
           - thick roots-enough to fill
           - one cup when you chop them
           - in 1/2" pieces)
      4 c  Water
      2    Cloves
    1/2 ts Anise seeds; can sub fennel
      4    Allspice berries
      1    (1") stick cinnamon
    1/4 c  Molasses
      1 c  Sugar
      2 qt Soda water

  Scrub the roots clean of any dirt. Cut the roots into
  1/2" long pieces. (The roots can be tough, if you have
  a pair of pruning shears, they work great to cut the
  roots.) If you have a few green stems, you can include
  them too, but you should have mostly roots. Cut up as much
  as you need to fill one cup. Put the roots into a small
  pot and cover with 4 cups of water. Add the cloves, anise
  seeds, allspice berries, and cinnamon stick. Bring to a
  boil, reduce to a simmer, and simmer for 25 minutes. Add
  the molasses and simmer for 5 minutes more. Remove from
  heat.

  Strain through cheesecloth or a fine mesh sieve lined with
  a paper towel. Rinse out the pot. Return the liquid to the
  pot. Add the sugar, heat until just a simmer and the sugar
  has dissolved. Remove from the heat and let cool.

  To assemble the root beer, fill a glass with ice cubes,
  add the syrup and soda water in a 1:2 ratio, so 1/3 cup of
  syrup to 2/3 cups of soda water. Add more soda water if
  you want it more diluted, add more syrup if you want it
  stronger.

  Yield: Makes about 2 1/2 quarts.

  From: http://www.simplyrecipes.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

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