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To: swilhelm73
With the amount of pine needles down here in good 'ol Florida, I could make a fortune!

Where do I get the recipe?

3 posted on 06/18/2004 3:43:16 PM PDT by K1avg
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To: K1avg
Collect pine needles, clean, boil, drink.

It was an effective treatment and preventative for scurvy back in the days before we could obtain a steady supply of fruits and veggie in the winter.

It also will clear out your sinuses and help your cough.

On the other hand you will be franticly brushing your teeth trying to get the taste out of your mouth.

Only the green banana and carrot remedy was worse.

4 posted on 06/18/2004 3:54:34 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Latine loqui coactus sum)
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To: K1avg
For pine needles liquor (or any other flavored vodka) you need to collect the fresh needles, wash and dry them, then in a high-speed blender mix them with a decent vodka and put it away in a dark cold place to sediment. After appropriate time decant the liquid from the mush at the bottom. The taste, though, will be atrocious. If you do not use the blender, you may get away with simply keeping plant material under vodka in a closed vessel for very long time - sometimes months.
8 posted on 06/18/2004 4:15:10 PM PDT by GSlob
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To: K1avg

Communists drink a drink made from the needles of the pine.
Boil’em till they’re greenish & add some lemon & some lime.
Strain‘em through a special cloth
To make a fragrant steamy broth
Just keep in mind that when you drink it, it will taste like turpentine.


12 posted on 06/18/2004 5:15:45 PM PDT by Cyber Ninja (President Ronald Reagan’s passing makes me wish there were reincarnation.)
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