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  • From: list@ginda.us
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] wintergreen berries
  • Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 21:40:36 -0400

I bet you could extract the essential oil into an alcohol elixir with far less leaf than you'd need for a steam juicer. Then you might be able to use something like a still to concentrate the essential oil.

I love wintergreen, and would chew far more of it if I weren't worried about denuding the plants. I taste bitter, soapy, metallic, and "off" flavors that others don't notice all the time. Fortunately I also taste sweet and sour aromatic flavors. I suppose that's why I like interesting fruits.

Ginda

On Sep 20, 2004, at 8:00 PM, mIEKAL aND wrote:

Really interesting how relative terms like sweet & bitter are. Ive been chewing wintergreen leaves since I was a wee lad & would never think to describe them as bitter. A pignut maybe... I'd love to have enough wintergreen leaves to try to extract oil or essence with my steam juicer. ~mIEKAL

On Monday, September 20, 2004, at 04:58 PM, list@ginda.us wrote:


The fruits are edible, but not worth eating, in my opinion. The flavor is mild, the consistency is sort of waxy, and there's no sweetness to speak of. I prefer to chew on the leaves, which are a little bitter and have a pronounced wintergreen flavor. They aren't sweet, either, but I don't miss it in a leaf.

Ginda





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