tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post2198529685719455583..comments2010-10-01T13:45:42.419-07:00Crunchy Chickenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10612320939936593420noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-68409429555907760782009-12-17T16:23:47.522-08:002009-12-17T16:23:47.522-08:00Very interesting. I am not sure I would enjoy the taste of fir but I am very entertained by the concept.Sharlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08539955929237988325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-58901879062141671772009-12-17T05:47:22.715-08:002009-12-17T05:47:22.715-08:00Last night I was watching a prog on the TV called grow yr own drugs where an ethnobotanist uses plants in remedies and recipes. He made a hot rum toddie that had Christmas tree in it. for this recipe and a bunch of others go to this link and click on recipes.<br />He made massage oils and leg toning cream too!<br /><br />http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00pftz3Tessahttp://www.coloursandtextures.etsy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-85532425704845605892009-12-16T17:05:46.242-08:002009-12-16T17:05:46.242-08:00Apparently, Lady Gaga has a song <a href="http://www.metrolyrics.com/christmas-tree-lyrics-lady-gaga.html" rel="nofollow">Christmas Tree</a> (which I heard this morning), where she states &quot;My Christmas tree is delicious.&quot;<br /><br />I just wanted to clarify that I wasn&#39;t referring to <i>that</i> kind of tree in my post :)Crunchy Chickenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10612320939936593420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-26430509054885234992009-12-16T16:06:37.612-08:002009-12-16T16:06:37.612-08:00Just when I&#39;m thinking that my day is boring, along comes Crunchy and another one of her ideas. :-)<br /><br />I love this blog.<br /><br />I&#39;d try it but the only tree is at my mum&#39;s this year and you just know she added some toxic preservative to the tree water.....CitricSugarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17580076318545974487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-70500416425194028992009-12-16T08:09:26.463-08:002009-12-16T08:09:26.463-08:00Man, you can infuse booze with <i>anything</i>! LOL<br /><br />We&#39;ll be eating Christmas trees in an indirect sort of way. When the city &amp; county grind up the trees, we&#39;ll pick up some mulch and put it around our citrus trees. Then we&#39;ll enjoy the fruit.Chilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11406176434011890590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-72471016435986309142009-12-16T05:31:01.324-08:002009-12-16T05:31:01.324-08:00Be careful about doing this with plants you aren&#39;t totally familiar with. Lots of people have yews (toxic) in their yard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-4884242549473053842009-12-15T17:03:42.785-08:002009-12-15T17:03:42.785-08:00At the Vermont Brewers Fest this year we tried a beer that had a pretty strong pine flavor, it was very interesting!Reneenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-59293651450390001632009-12-15T14:29:52.196-08:002009-12-15T14:29:52.196-08:00Yes, you can use vodka.Crunchy Chickenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10612320939936593420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-67040793563785077952009-12-15T10:28:25.145-08:002009-12-15T10:28:25.145-08:00I wonder if you could do this with vodka. I&#39;m allergic to gin (tragic I know) so all my martinis are vodka based.Condo Blueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13731962631056727458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-54049432242615196882009-12-15T07:56:37.884-08:002009-12-15T07:56:37.884-08:00my goats would happily eat my christmas tree, if I&#39;d let them. Mine is live. But last year I posted a CL ad saying I&#39;d take anyone&#39;s tree, as long as it hadn&#39;t been decorated with tinsel. My goats ate three trees right down to stubs and loved every minute of it.Aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06358194304460170717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-75775452107864879992009-12-15T07:28:54.033-08:002009-12-15T07:28:54.033-08:00When I was looking into making my own root beer I stumbled across spruce beer flavoring. I haven&#39;t tried it but it sounds interesting enough.Rachel B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10814720192184338564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-31538483371526949502009-12-15T07:25:23.114-08:002009-12-15T07:25:23.114-08:00Tree Hugging Mama - There&#39;s a link at the end of the post to Douglas Fir &amp; Orange Blossom Butter Cookies.Crunchy Chickenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10612320939936593420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-50229281848470615452009-12-15T07:05:01.479-08:002009-12-15T07:05:01.479-08:00This reminds me of a really bad drink that one of the soft drink companies put out some years back. We happened accross it in the Adirondacks (but it was on shelves when we got home). We bought a bottle just to see, and upon opnening it all I can say is it smelled Adirondacky, if that could be a smell. But it reminded me of Blue Mountain Lake where I love to be, and where I hope to get back to this year. But one sip was enough, it tasted like I imagined an Adirondack would taste like, and that was not good, so while I love the smell of all things evergreen, I am leary about drinking it, and since I don&#39;t care for flavored alcohol (take my gin neat with a lime please)it is not on my list. But your post title got me, I was hoping for a pine infused shortbread, i.e. substitute pine needles for rosemary needles... wonder if it can be done.Tree Hugging Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08473115182978929738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-30216947148268142232009-12-15T05:38:13.861-08:002009-12-15T05:38:13.861-08:00The Neighborhood Forager by Robert Henderson has a few recipes for pine trees, including Spruce Beer and Mediterranean Turkey with Conifer Tips. I imagine it adds a nice, light spice somewhat like juniper berries.Rachel Koniarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07421632848080963213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-65873198982830529672009-12-15T04:14:00.386-08:002009-12-15T04:14:00.386-08:00Eating your Christmas tree?<br /><br />Ummmmmm, NO.<br /><br />Breaking out the gin and <b>drinking</b> your Christmas tree ... now that&#39;s an idea I can get behind, Madam Chicken.<br /><br />In fact, I&#39;m already thinking I might need to trade up to a larger tree this year.<br /><br />And some of the shrubs in the yard are starting to look a lot more interesting.Buckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09885809053657026847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-41196042948942019922009-12-14T21:30:53.722-08:002009-12-14T21:30:53.722-08:00I had never thought of people eating fir trees. Not something I will try as I&#39;m allergic to fir trees and don&#39;t think that would be the best of ideas for me it&#39;s still really cool.Lisa Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02583524755306491510noreply@blogger.com