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To: Ish who wrote (119463)	12/26/2000 8:49:50 AM
From: Selectric II	Respond to of 769667

Only after Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and Patricia Ireland see the light and realize that everyone is a minority. Like you said -- never.

To: Ish who wrote (119463)	12/26/2000 8:52:38 AM
From: Tom Clarke	Respond to of 769667

Here's something useful you can do with your Christmas tree - make beer out of it. Pine no more: Christmas trees present a new taste A FOREST manager is recommending that people should brew their own beer - from Christmas trees. Barbara Spence says the Norway Spruce, the common Christmas tree, makes a delicious beer which cures common ailments. The Forest Enterprise manager takes the tips of the tree's boughs and brews them with molasses and yeast. She said: "Someone gave me a recipe he found for Spruce Beer which is traditionally made from the Citrus or Serbian spruce. I thought I would try the beer with Christmas tree twigs and boiled it into a green liquid so that all the resin came out. It's an extremely strong taste. It would be hard to drink a pint of it so it's best taken like a liqueur." Ms Spence, from Monmouth, south Wales, says she has given the drink to friends and it has cleared coughs and colds. She said: "It's best to use fresh Christmas trees, but trees which have been standing in the living room over the festive season could also make a good brew." The beer can be drunk immediately after it is brewed or bottled for storage. Spruce Beer was a favoured remedy for scurvy during the European invasion of north America and Captain Cook was believed to have brewed it, according to Forest Enterprise Wales. The organisation has been selling traditional Christmas trees throughout south Wales and recommending spruce as a ingredient for beer. telegraph.co.uk