I had never heard of switchel, but I did hear of sumac flowers being used to make a lemonade-like drink during haying season. Here is what I found in Wikipedia about that:
In North America, the smooth sumac (Rhus glabra), and the staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina), are sometimes used to make a beverage, termed "sumac-ade" or "Indian lemonade" or "rhus juice". This drink is made by soaking the drupes in cool water, rubbing them to extract the essence, straining the liquid through a cotton cloth and sweetening it. I Joel At 12:05 PM 5/24/08 -0400, you wrote: >We called it: switchel...and guess what it has a wikipedia entry: >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switchel > >-- Katie Q-J > > >Joey Gates wrote: > > Any old time farmers out there (or others of course too :) ever hear of > a drink called switch-o. It was like a gatorade drink that we used to > make in hay making season, but no one seems to know the recipe. I think > it was something like water, vinegar and molasses..? Sounds awful but is > very refreshing and can be made with local, healthy ingredients. > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, > please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ > > > > RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: > > [email protected] > > http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins > > free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org > > > > > > > >-- >_______________________________________________ >For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, >please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ > >RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: >[email protected] >http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins >free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
