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Darren George 22-10-2004 09:55 PM

Evil Wine....
 
Now, most people know that if you eat beets, or drink beet wine, you
have a change of passing red urine. What most peopel don't know is
that ingesting oxalic acid alongwith the beets greatly increses this
chance, as the oxalic interferes with the metabolism of the pigments.

So, if I starty a rhubarb-beet wine now, it should be ready to serve
on April Fool's Day.....


---The Mad Alchemist---
http://www.mad-alchemy.com
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Bob 23-10-2004 01:02 AM


"Darren George" > wrote in message
...
> Now, most people know that if you eat beets, or drink beet wine, you
> have a change of passing red urine. What most peopel don't know is
> that ingesting oxalic acid alongwith the beets greatly increses this
> chance, as the oxalic interferes with the metabolism of the pigments.
>
> So, if I starty a rhubarb-beet wine now, it should be ready to serve
> on April Fool's Day.....


You are bad! :-)
I had a kidney infection at 12 and the doctor gave me a prescription for
some pills that turned my urine tuquoise blue for two weeks. Shoulda seen me
and the guys at the urinal in the locker room...
>
>
> ---The Mad Alchemist---
> http://www.mad-alchemy.com
> Email sent to the above address, unless clearly marked
> as wine or heraldry, will be deleted unread.




Bob 23-10-2004 01:02 AM


"Darren George" > wrote in message
...
> Now, most people know that if you eat beets, or drink beet wine, you
> have a change of passing red urine. What most peopel don't know is
> that ingesting oxalic acid alongwith the beets greatly increses this
> chance, as the oxalic interferes with the metabolism of the pigments.
>
> So, if I starty a rhubarb-beet wine now, it should be ready to serve
> on April Fool's Day.....


You are bad! :-)
I had a kidney infection at 12 and the doctor gave me a prescription for
some pills that turned my urine tuquoise blue for two weeks. Shoulda seen me
and the guys at the urinal in the locker room...
>
>
> ---The Mad Alchemist---
> http://www.mad-alchemy.com
> Email sent to the above address, unless clearly marked
> as wine or heraldry, will be deleted unread.




Jack Keller 23-10-2004 04:18 AM

> Now, most people know that if you eat beets, or drink beet wine, you
> have a change of passing red urine.


Darren, I've made and drank a lot of beet wine and never passed red
urine. My wife says she hasn't either. Where did you get this
information?

> So, if I starty a rhubarb-beet wine now, it should be ready to serve
> on April Fool's Day.....


April Fool's Day in 2007 perhaps. Beet wine does not lose its earthy
undertones for at least two years, but the wait is well worth it.

Jack Keller, The Winemaking Home Page
http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/

Jack Keller 23-10-2004 04:18 AM

> Now, most people know that if you eat beets, or drink beet wine, you
> have a change of passing red urine.


Darren, I've made and drank a lot of beet wine and never passed red
urine. My wife says she hasn't either. Where did you get this
information?

> So, if I starty a rhubarb-beet wine now, it should be ready to serve
> on April Fool's Day.....


April Fool's Day in 2007 perhaps. Beet wine does not lose its earthy
undertones for at least two years, but the wait is well worth it.

Jack Keller, The Winemaking Home Page
http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/

Ken Vale 24-10-2004 02:59 PM

Jack Keller wrote:
>>Now, most people know that if you eat beets, or drink beet wine, you
>>have a change of passing red urine.

>
>
> Darren, I've made and drank a lot of beet wine and never passed red
> urine. My wife says she hasn't either. Where did you get this
> information?


I don't know where he got this information but googling it did come up
with a number of references that state it is possible, though some of
them state that it occurs in the "rare individual." None of the sources
say anything about how much beets someone is required to eat for this
condition to happen, nor how long it takes.
Darren you may have to go beyound and above just serving some wine, you
may have to serve a whole meal (beet soup, beat side dish, rhubarb pie
for desert, your beet/rhubarb wine; you may even have to add some red
food colouring to your meal).
Ken

Darren George 25-10-2004 06:51 PM

On 22 Oct 2004 20:18:13 -0700, (Jack Keller)
wrote:

>> Now, most people know that if you eat beets, or drink beet wine, you
>> have a chance of passing red urine.

>
>Darren, I've made and drank a lot of beet wine and never passed red
>urine. My wife says she hasn't either. Where did you get this
>information?


Joe Schwarcz' "Radar, Playful Pigs, and Hula Hoops" (a commentary on
the fascinating chemistry of everyday life) says that red beet urine
will occur in about 15% of the population- I'm assuming that this is
probably genetic, since most of my cousins complain about it. Oxalic
acid will increase this number (although I've done no experiments to
find out by how much).

Even with the oxalic acid, not everyone will be affected by this.

>April Fool's Day in 2007 perhaps. Beet wine does not lose its earthy
>undertones for at least two years, but the wait is well worth it.


Every time someone calls beet wine or carrot wine "earthy", I'm
tempted to point out that you are supposed to wash the beets. But I
haven't been posting here long enough for people to recognize my
jokes.

Cheers,
---The Mad Alchemist---
http://www.mad-alchemy.com
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