Re: RE: vinca/dandelions/now wine recipe

Ha ha Jim - if you don't have any I'll bet I can help you out !!

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Island Jim <jsinger@igc.org>
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date:  Mon, 03 Mar 2003 17:25:53 -0500

>oh, man, bonnie. this is my kind of science project. thank you. [i wonder 
>where i can get dandelions?]
>maybe i'll try one or two of them with starfruit or guavas next season.
>
>
>At 08:03 AM 3/3/03 -0500, you wrote:
>>Take your pick
>>
>>Dandelion Wine I
>>1 gallon flower heads without the tiniest piece of stalk
>>3 lb sugar
>>1 oz yeast
>>1 gallon water
>>2 lemons
>>
>>Remove petals as directed for clover wine.  Put the petals in the
>>fermenting vessel and pour on three quarts of water---boiling and leave to
>>soak for seven days, well covered.
>>
>>Stir daily, and cover again at once. Strain ;and wring out fairly tightly
>>and return the liquor to the fermenting vessel.  Boil half the sugar in a
>>pint of water and when cool add to the liquor, then add the yeast  and
>>juice of two lemons.
>>
>>Cover as directed and ferment for seven days.  Then pour carefully  into a
>>gallon jar, leaving as much deposit as you can behind.  After this, boil
>>the rest of the sugar in the remaining pint of water and when cool add to
>>the rest.  Cover as directed or fit fermentation lock and leave until all
>>fermentation has ceased.
>>
>>Dandelion II
>>2 quarts dandelion heads
>>2 1/2 lbs preserving sugar (3 lbs if a sweet wine is desired)
>>4 oranges
>>1 gallon water
>>Yeast and nutrient
>>
>>Pick the flowers when the sun is on them and they are fully open. Use the
>>whole head (but no stem) and do not bother to pick off the individual
>>petals, which is an exasperating and unnecessary chore.  Pour the boiling
>>water over the flowers and leave for two days.  boil the mixture for 10
>>minutes with the orange peel (no white pith) and strain through muslin on
>>to the sugar.  When cool add the fruit juice, yeast, and yeast
>>nutrient.  Keep in a warm place, closely covered, for four days, then pour
>>into fermenting jar and fit trap.  Leave till it clears, then siphon off
>>into clean bottles.  This makes an excellent white table wine.
>>
>>Dandelion III
>>5 pints water
>>2 quarts dandelions
>>3 lbs sugar             }
>>1 1/2 teaspoons citric acid } 3 pints syrup gravity 300
>>1 1/2 pints water               }
>>2 lemons
>>all-purpose wine yeast starter
>>1 yeast nutrient tablet
>>1/2 teaspoon grape tannin
>>cooled, boiled water
>>
>>Make up a fermentation starter with the yeast 2 days before preparing the 
>>must.
>>
>>Clean and sterilise the required equipment, and measure up fermentation
>>jar.  Bring the 5 pints water to the boil, put the dandelions in a
>>polythene pail, macerate with a wooden spoon and pour over the boiling
>>water.  Cover and leave for 2-3 days---no longer---stirring each day and
>>replacing the cover.  Make up the syrup, with the sugar, citric acid and
>>water and allow to cool.  Strain the must through a nylon sieve into a
>>fresh polythene pail.  Add the syrup, finely grated lemon rind, and stir in
>>the lemon juice, yeast starter, nutrient tablet and tannin.
>>
>>Cover and ferment in a warm place for 7 days.  Strain through a nylon sieve
>>into a fermentation jar, top up to 1-gallon with cooled, boiled water and
>>fit fermentation lock.
>>
>>Allow to ferment until clear and then rack. Rack again 3 months later and
>>bottle two months after that.  This gives you a dry wine which is ready to
>>drink after about 9 months.  For a medium wine, use an extra 8 oz. sugar in
>>the syrup.
>>
>>Other stuff:  My wine recipe book says that the root wines are "commonly
>>known as 'carrot whisky' or 'potato Scotch'...and, make no mistake about
>>it, these wines do develop many of the characteristics of whisky when kept
>>a long time...for trouble-free root wine it is best to use old roots, that
>>is, main crop thaat have been stored."
>>
>>Bonnie 6+ ETN
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>At 08:54 AM 3/2/03 -0600, you wrote:
>> >Bonnie darlin' - don't suppose you ran across a recipe in your travels,
>> >have you??  If so, do share!
>> >
>> >thanks - Pam
>> >
>> >---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>> >From: "Bonnie M. Holmes" <holmesbm@usit.net>
>> >Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
>> >Date:  Sun, 02 Mar 2003 07:02:27 -0500
>> >
>> > >Dandelion wine is delicious.  If you pluck the yellow from the green 
>> of the
>> > >dandelion, you will notice a sweet aroma...makes you understand why bees,
>> > >etc., gather to dandelion and how you could make wine of such.  The 
>> British
>> > >make wine of everything...years ago found a little British book of wine
>> > >making...recipes included limp root vegetables and used tea leaves...maybe
>> > >that is why no one mentions British wine as top.
>> > >Bonnie Zone 6+ ETN
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >At 08:48 PM 3/1/03 -0600, you wrote:
>> > >>Young dandelion greens aren't bad in a salad actually. And I've heard of
>> > >>dandelion wine of all things. Never sampled any though. Hmmm. If it's
>> > >>any good, I've got enough raw material to make a vat full!!
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>Pam
>> > >>
>> > >>---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>> > >>From: "Donna " <justme@prairieinet.net>
>> > >>Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
>> > >>Date:  Sat, 1 Mar 2003 20:12:12 -0600
>> > >>
>> > >> >You must be Italian :)
>> > >> >
>> > >> >Actually I have a cookbook with hundreds of recipes using native 
>> plants.
>> > >> >Can't say I eat them, but interesting reading none the less.
>> > >> >
>> > >> >Donna
>> > >> >
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> They eat them! In fact, you can get seeds for dandelion cultivars
>> > >> >(more
>> > >> >> tasty, I presume!).
>> > >> >> Cathy
>> > >> >> On Friday, February 28, 2003, at 03:27 PM, Jesse Bell wrote:
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> > I believe that every plant has a purpose..for sure.  Even
>> > >> >dandelions.
>> > >> >> > :-)
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> > Jesse Rene' Bell
>> > >> >> > Claremore, OK
>> > >> >> > Zone 6
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> >> From: romans810@juno.com
>> > >> >> >> Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
>> > >> >> >> To: gardenchat@hort.net
>> > >> >> >> Subject: [CHAT] Re: [CHAT vinca
>> > >> >> >> Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 13:02:59 -0800
>> > >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >> the vinca
>> > >> >> >> The day I had my chemo, The Dr. & I talked about plants used in
>> > >> >> >> research
>> > >> >> >> & he said Vinca was one of many they're looking at. God created
>> > >> >these
>> > >> >> >> for
>> > >> >> >> a purpose.
>> > >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >> Tony Veca <><
>> > >> >> >> Another Gr888 Day in Paradise !!!!!
>> > >> >> >> Vancouver, WA
>> > >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >> On Fri, 28 Feb 2003 11:28:47 -0600 "Tricia"
>> > >> ><pdickson@nts-online.net>
>> > >> >> >> writes:
>> > >> >> >> > Gene,
>> > >> >> >> > Thanks so much for the information.  I love the vinca and it
>> > >> >makes
>> > >> >> >> > the spot
>> > >> >> >> > under the maple trees where I don't have to mow .  I do use 
>> it in
>> > >> >> >> > pots
>> > >> >> >> > too... and with a blue hosta sounds wonderful.
>> > >> >> >> > Thanks again,
>> > >> >> >> > Tricia
>> > >> >> >> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > >> >> >> > From: "Gene Bush" <genebush@otherside.com>
>> > >> >> >> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>> > >> >> >> > Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 6:27 AM
>> > >> >> >> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Question re: Astilbe
>> > >> >> >> >
>> > >> >> >> >
>> > >> >> >> > > Hello Tricia,
>> > >> >> >> > >     Yes, we do move the containers to a protected spot. We 
>> have
>> > >> >a
>> > >> >> >> > place
>> > >> >> >> > > behind the garage out of the prevailing winter winds. We 
>> make a
>> > >> >> >> > "room" of
>> > >> >> >> > > bales of straw the size we need each early winter, them move
>> > >> >the
>> > >> >> >> > pots into
>> > >> >> >> > > this holding area. Large pots in the middle, the smaller ones
>> > >> >out
>> > >> >> >> > near the
>> > >> >> >> > > bales. Sometimes we stuff leaves in between the 
>> containers, but
>> > >> >do
>> > >> >> >> > not
>> > >> >> >> > cover
>> > >> >> >> > > the tops. Want them to breathe and not get soggy during the
>> > >> >cold.
>> > >> >> >> > I do not
>> > >> >> >> > > remember loosing anything in this manner that was perennial to
>> > >> >> >> > begin with.
>> > >> >> >> > >     In another month we will get the containers out, begin to
>> > >> >move
>> > >> >> >> > them
>> > >> >> >> > into
>> > >> >> >> > > position. Too early to go for the tender perennials and 
>> annuals
>> > >> >as
>> > >> >> >> > yet. If
>> > >> >> >> > > your variegated vinca is all that aggressive, why not place it
>> > >> >in
>> > >> >> >> > a large
>> > >> >> >> > > container for trailing with one of the big blue hosta?
>> > >> >> >> > >     Gene E. Bush
>> > >> >> >> > > Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, llc
>> > >> >> >> > > www.munchkinnursery.com
>> > >> >> >> > > genebush@munchkinnursery.com
>> > >> >> >> > > Zone 6/5  Southern Indiana
>> > >> >> >> > >
>> > >> >> >> > > ----- Original Message -----
>> > >> >> >> > > > Gene,
>> > >> >> >> > > > I am going to try putting my hostas in pots... I have some
>> > >> >> >> > wonderful
>> > >> >> >> > > hostas
>> > >> >> >> > > > but have thought this year the variegated vinca is going to
>> > >> >be
>> > >> >> >> > so
>> > >> >> >> > > aggressive
>> > >> >> >> > > > that I might have to move them.  Do you move the pots to a
>> > >> >more
>> > >> >> >> > protected
>> > >> >> >> > > > area during the winter?
>> > >> >> >> > > > Tricia
>> > >> >> >> > > > zone 6b
>> > >> >> >> > >
>> > >> >> >> > >
>> > >> >> >> >
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>> > >> >> >> Tony Veca <><
>> > >> >> >> Another Gr888 Day in Paradise !!!!!
>> > >> >> >> Vancouver, WA
>> > >> >> >>
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