To: "permaculture" <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Nitrogen in mesquite
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 13:10:54 -0600
At 14:07 29-01-00 -0200, you wrote:
>By the way I understand that mequite is appreciated in barbecues in the
>Southwest USA. Is that from fresh wood or charcoal? Anyone know?
Marsha,
Mesquite is used in the charcoal form from some research work I have done.
We got a bag of stick charcoal from Mexico one time in the briquetting lab
for testing. Everybody was fighting to clean up the "scrap" :>) However,
the chips may also be used for smoke flavoring like Hickory chips. Mike
Miller