Re: RE: vinca/dandelions/now lettuce wine recipe
Here goes:
Lettuce Wine
3 lbs lettuce
1 lb wheat
thinly peeled rind (1 orange and 1 lemon)
5 pints water
juice 1 orange and 1 lemon
8 oz raisins, chopped
1/2 oz pectic enzyme
1 Campden tablet
3 pints syrup, gravity 300
1 yeast nutrient tablet
All-purpose wine yeast starter
cooled, boiled water
Wash and chop lettuce; discard the stalks. Put in a saucepan with the
wheat, rinds and water, bring to the boil and simmer for 15 minutes.
Strain into a polythene pail and, when cool, stir in the fruit juice,
chopped raisins, pectic enzyme and Campden tablet, crushed and dissolved in
a little water. Allow to stand for 24 hours.
Add the yeast nutrient tablet, starter and half the syrup, stir well and
cover. Allow to ferment for 7 days in warm place, stirring each day and
then replacing lid.
Strain into a 1-gallon fermentation jar, add the remaining syrup, top up to
the 1-gallon mark with cooled, boiled water and then fit the fermentation
lock. Ferment to completion in a warm place and then bung. Siphon into
bottles after about 6 months.
Source: Francis Pinnegar, How to make home wines and beers, Hamlyn,
London, New York, Sidney, Toronto, 1971, ISBN 0 600 34358 8, 0 600 34329 8
(for paperback). You might be able to find this in a used book source.
Glass Fermentation Jar: Get the ones that hold just over a gallon. You
will need two of these for each gallon of wine you make. Another source
says that gallon-size glass bottles may be had from most chemists or
wholesale grocers. I imagine you can find a source on the web.
Have fun.
Bonnie 6+ ETN
At 07:05 AM 3/5/03 -0600, you wrote:
>Actually yes really! And do you know what kind of fermenting jar or
>vessel is used for this process?
>I must have 500 dandelions blooming in my lawn (as it were) right now. I
>really would like to try this!! I'm intrigued!
>
>thanks -
>
>Pam
>
>---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>From: "Bonnie M. Holmes" <holmesbm@usit.net>
>Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
>Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2003 10:40:05 -0500
>
> >After reading some of the wine making recipe books, I figure that desperate
> >people would make wine out of anything. Want the recipe?
> >Bonnie 6+ ETN
> >
> >
> >At 11:50 AM 3/4/03 -0600, you wrote:
> >>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 <><
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