On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 16:27:28 -0000, Mapanari wrote:

> Old grow, very old and dried and dessicated yellow pine. You find it in
> old construction.
>
> I stop and pick up old 2x4 and 4 x 4s from tear down construction sites.

Yeah - and it's treated with all sorts of nasty stuff that would
certainly add flavor <ahem> to your grill/BBQ.

> All the resins and volatiles have long been disapated and all you have left
> is a very slight woody/resinous flavor,

Slight? Tars, resins and oils don't just disappear. And that
pine has a shitload of them.

-sw

JCW wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 16:27:28 -0000, Mapanari wrote:
>
> > Old grow, very old and dried and dessicated yellow pine. You find it in
> > old construction.
> >
> > I stop and pick up old 2x4 and 4 x 4s from tear down construction sites.
>
> Yeah - and it's treated with all sorts of nasty stuff that would
> certainly add flavor <ahem> to your grill/BBQ.

The very old stuff that actually is 2" by 4" is not likely to be
treated with anything. I bought a 90 year old house last fall and am
renovating it room by room. The old white pine lumber is as hard as a
rock and has very thin growth rings. I've been burning scraps in the
fire pit and it barely crackles compared to new spruce. The smoke is
sweeter than most softwood but I still wouldn't cook over it.
Treated lumber, like the green stuff you'd build a deck out of, should
not be burned at all. The smoke could poison you.

Cam

Cam wrote:
> JCW wrote:
> > On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 16:27:28 -0000, Mapanari wrote:
> >
> > > Old grow, very old and dried and dessicated yellow pine. You find it in
> > > old construction.
> > >
> > > I stop and pick up old 2x4 and 4 x 4s from tear down construction sites.
> >
> > Yeah - and it's treated with all sorts of nasty stuff that would
> > certainly add flavor <ahem> to your grill/BBQ.
>
> The very old stuff that actually is 2" by 4" is not likely to be
> treated with anything. I bought a 90 year old house last fall and am
> renovating it room by room. The old white pine lumber is as hard as a
> rock and has very thin growth rings. I've been burning scraps in the
> fire pit and it barely crackles compared to new spruce. The smoke is
> sweeter than most softwood but I still wouldn't cook over it.
> Treated lumber, like the green stuff you'd build a deck out of, should
> not be burned at all. The smoke could poison you.
>
> Cam

The only wood I've ever used to flavour meat is balsa wood. It's light
and airy and has that 'balsa' flavour that cannot be duplicated by
mesquite or maple or any other 'hardwood'.

Mapanari wrote:
> "Hovdv" >
> egroups.com:
>
>> Cam wrote:
>>> JCW wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 16:27:28 -0000, Mapanari wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Old grow, very old and dried and dessicated yellow pine. You find
>>>>> it in old construction.
>>>>>
>>>>> I stop and pick up old 2x4 and 4 x 4s from tear down construction
>>>>> sites.
>>>> Yeah - and it's treated with all sorts of nasty stuff that would
>>>> certainly add flavor <ahem> to your grill/BBQ.
>>> The very old stuff that actually is 2" by 4" is not likely to be
>>> treated with anything. I bought a 90 year old house last fall and am
>>> renovating it room by room. The old white pine lumber is as hard as a
>>> rock and has very thin growth rings. I've been burning scraps in the
>>> fire pit and it barely crackles compared to new spruce. The smoke is
>>> sweeter than most softwood but I still wouldn't cook over it.
>>> Treated lumber, like the green stuff you'd build a deck out of, should
>>> not be burned at all. The smoke could poison you.
>>>
>>> Cam
>> The only wood I've ever used to flavour meat is balsa wood. It's light
>> and airy and has that 'balsa' flavour that cannot be duplicated by
>> mesquite or maple or any other 'hardwood'.
>>
>>
>
> Are you the next door neighbor who keeps saying "Huh, what plane" whenever
> my kid comes home crying and saying that mean old fart next door stole his
> model airplane?
>
> As least invite us over for bbq.
>
>


So JT is now your "kid" ... man, it's amazing what senility will do ...