From: riburr@shentel.net   
      
   Steve Peek wrote:   
   > "riburr" wrote:   
   >> Macabre of Auchterloonie wrote:   
   >>> riburr wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> Have all kinds of suitable wood for smoking in the yard; ash, cherry,   
   >>>> maple, hickory, oak (white and red), mulberry, persimmon, birch, etc.   
   >>>> I have a little combination hand planar-rasp that can shave slivers of   
   >>>> wood for use in the smoker.   
   >>>   
   >>> Oak, apple and other fruitwoods are favourite.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Grapevine is supposed to be good.  But, what about wild grapevine   
   >> (foxgrape)?  I pulled some vine while hiking and will try it.  Lots of it   
   >> around in the woods.  Internet accounts say it is generally considered   
   >> good.  Somewhat tangy.   
   >   
   > I tried to smoke Gymnopolis once, way too hard to keep lit.   
   >   
   I find it is passably palatable after drying.  Becomes much less bitter,   
   but loses some potency.  Fresh, not only is it hard to keep lit, but   
   it's also quite impossible to keep down, in my humble experience.   
      
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