Re: RE: vinca/dandelions/now wine recipe

Lettuce??  C'mon now girl!!  I'm cracking up here.

:-D
(seriously??)

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Bonnie M. Holmes" <holmesbm@usit.net>
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date:  Tue, 04 Mar 2003 07:48:38 -0500

>If wine can be made from old tea leaves, soft roots, plums, fruit salad, 
>kohlrabi, lettuce, peach, pumpkin, tangerine, bananas....surely starfruit 
>or guavas will work.  Just a matter of getting the proportions figured 
>out...go for it.
>
>Bonnie 6+ ETN
>
>
>
>At 05:25 PM 3/3/03 -0500, you wrote:
>>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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