On 9-Jul-2004, "JakBQuik" > actually said:

> "Paull" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Is there a big difference if lump charcoal comes from pine wood?
> > I know that you shouldn't use pine for smoking but how about
> > for lump charcoal?
> >
> > We've had some pretty big forest fires in New Mexico and now
> > someone is harvesting those charded and dead pine trees
> > and processing them into lump charcoal. Are they safe to
> > use, will the taste be different or does it matter since it now
> > charcoal and not wood?
> >
> >
> > --
> > Paull -
>
> I dunno for sure, Paul. But I suspect that a lot of the nasty
> terpene-based compounds that give pine wood that nasty smell may not have
> all burned out. I would not be at all surprised if it still smelled
> funky.
>
> Also, charcoal isn't just burned wood. Charcoal is made in an oxygen poor
> environment, not in forest fires.

Thanks. This isn't just burnt wood. There's a charcoal processing center
that was built to get rid of the burnt/dead wood from forest fires. It is
charcoal not just burnt wood.



--
Paull -
It is said that the early bird gets the worm,
but it is the second mouse that gets the cheese.