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From: "Matt Mullaly" <>
Subject: Re: [NFLD-LAB] Dandeloin
Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 22:58:34 -0400
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Bren,

I've frequently heard of Dandelion Wine but never beer.

Let me guess: yeast, sugar, molasses, dandelion flowers and ???

Matt



> Hi Matt and All
>
> You can't forget the Dandelion Beer that was quite a popular and potent
> beverage on the North Shore. My mother was from Gull Island and she told
> many a story about the odd jobs that many of the women ( who seem to have
> been the ones with the knack of making this beverage ) got done with the
> gallon of dandelion beer.
> We here at Bay de Verde also enjoyed this rare but necessary shot of
vitamin
> C and iron after a long winter of the usual bread and tea and of course
the
> pickled cabbage and potatoes with a scattered meal of turrs thrown in.
> You have just enticed me to dig up a recipe for a gallon of that dandelion
> beer. I will let you know how it turns out.
>
> Bren
>
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