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Subject: Lambic Digest #427 (August 24, 1994)
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Lambic Digest #427 Wed 24 August 1994
Forum on Lambic Beers (and other Belgian beer styles)
Mike Sharp, Digest Coordinator
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foraging follow-up (Todd Gierman)
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Date: Tue, 23 Aug 1994 21:45:53 -0500
From: tmgierma at acpub.duke.edu (Todd Gierman)
Subject: foraging follow-up
Rick Bodishbaugh wrote (apparently 200 times):
>I thought the old pine tree eater died of a perforated ulcer, which is
>even more ironic. A friend of mine in CA gets those czech cherries in
>cans, with pits, for about $1/lb. I think it is even the aforementioned
>Trader Joes where he shops. What's your idea on quantity of fruit/gal.
>in kreik?
Okay, this is the second vague correction I have received on this issue, so
let's just say that MAYBE he did die of ulcers. And, YES, this would
seemingly be extremely ironic - watch out for those splinters (I guess
Euell is one of those who could really appreciate tannins in his beer).
But he didn't say: "Ever eat a pine tree?" I believe it was a pine cone,
which makes him just a little more credible as nature's advocate. Anyway,
if it wasn't the ruffage that got him, it would have been the bacon fat.
[I, too, am wondering about the fruit/p-lambic ratio]
Speaking of hazardous consumption: does anybody have figures concerning
the incidence of stomach, bladder, and/or liver cancers among the
population of the Sienne (Zenne) Valley? Is it higher or lower than the
world-wide average? Just asking...:-)
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Dan McConnell writes:
>I have just returned (yesterday) from the Traverse City area of Michigan.
>*The Cherry Zone* There are indeed a good quantity of dried cherrries
>available but at outrageous prices unless you are willing to step up from
>the 1 pound tourist size to the 50 and 100 pound gonzo size. I don't know
>if these were sours or sweets.
Being a Michigan Native myself, I would have to say that these are sweet
black cherries. I don't know whether they make a good kriek, but I do know
that they make a good emitic when consumed in large quantities.
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Todd Enders takes exception with some of Euell Gibbons characterizations of
various cherries.
In fairness, I was paraphrasing. Euell does concede that many of these
varieties can be sweetened and will make fine preserves. He also notes
that they are virtually pectin free, which might be good news to brewers -
no pectin haze.
Although Euell seemed ignorant of lambics, he does mention various ways
that foraged fruits can be used to make apertifs. Know doubt he would have
approved of fruit in "homebrew".
> Indeed. There are many wild fruits that have potential for flavouring
>a p-lambic. One is limited only by their imagination. While we *are*
>looking at a very traditional style, we surely don't *have* to be bound by
>that tradition.
Without a doubt. Elderberries, which are commonly seen growing wild are
used, I believe, by lambic brewers for coloring in some styles (I think
Jackson mentions this). Collecting wild fruits is not without its hazards,
however. After my experience collecting blackberries this summer for my
p-lambic I am thinking of calling it Necrotic Chigger-bite Blackberry
Lambic. Kind of has a ring to it, doesn't it? <scratch, scratch> :-)
Todd
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