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Default drying scarlet sumac berries



Here's an article about sumac:

http://www.prairienet.org/herbsociety/hotm/sumac.htm



On 9/26/03 8:02 PM, in article , "Phil(NM)"
> wrote:

> thanks. the sumac berries we were warned off of (I was just a kid) were
> red. So sumac is not poison?
>
> "William R. Watt" wrote:
>>
>> the white sumac is toxic. that's why I was careful to put "scarlet" in the
>> subject line. scarlet sumac is what is called "Indian lemonade".
>>
>> "Phil" ) writes:
>>> When I grew up back east, I was told that stuff is poisonous....
>>> everyone called it poison sumac just like there was poison oak. ???
>>>
>>> "William R. Watt" wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Scarlet sumac berries air dry in a week. I separated them from the cluster
>>>> first by twisting each spike in my hands. It doesn't take long to stem the
>>>> berries that way. I haven't tried drying the berries on the stem.
>>>>
>>>> I dried 2 plastic gallon ice cream containers full of sumac berries this
>>>> year to use for tea over the winter. It is possible to boil up a spike of
>>>> berries in a pot of water and strain for tea, but I make one mug at a time
>>>> using one of those tea holder things. I found a plastic tea holder thing
>>>> at a rummage sale which I can fill stick put in a mug of water in a
>>>> micowave. It saves time.
>>>>
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