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bboulier
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,795
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    Yes. I have used sassafras wood for smoking before. It gives a dare I say "root beer" taste to poultry. It's getting hard to find down my way though.

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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,795
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    bboulier said:




    I just took a guess that you was going to ask if anyone had ever used sassafras wood for smoking.

    Location- Just "this side" of Biloxi, Ms.

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  • Hawg Fan
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    When I lived in Arkansas, I had a friend that was a logger and he kept me supplied with sassafras for my offset stick burner. I bought a bag of chunks at an eggfest a couple of years ago. I love the sweetness in the smoke, and don't recall a root beer taste as you would expect. I'd love to find some again. I haven't looked online for it. Maybe I need to go visit my friend in Arkansas.

    Any road will take you there if you don't know where you're going.

    Terry

    Rockwall, TX
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  • UrbanForestTurnings
    UrbanForestTurnings Posts: 1,294
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    Good to know. I've made tea. Will have to try it
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  • bboulier
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    Thanks for the information.  I will give it a try.   Root beer does use sassafras; so I will check to see whether I can detect that flavor.
    Weber Kettle, Weber Genesis Silver B, Medium Egg, KJ Classic (Black)
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  • travisstrick
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    I wonder what hemp (the non psychoactive male of the cannabis plant) stalks would do to food on an egg?
    Be careful, man! I've got a beverage here.
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 22,987
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    travisstrick said:

    I wonder what hemp (the non psychoactive male of the cannabis plant) stalks would do to food on an egg?


    you sure know a lot about cannabis...
    Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX
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    The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

    travisstrick said:

    I wonder what hemp (the non psychoactive male of the cannabis plant) stalks would do to food on an egg?


    you sure know a lot about cannabis…
    I can barely spell it. 
    Be careful, man! I've got a beverage here.
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  • JethroVA
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    Here's why I don't use sassafras. I have access to lots of it and even made sassafras tea as a kid. The following paragraph is from WebMD.

    "in beverages and candy, sassafras was used in the past to flavor root beer. It was also used as a tea. But sassafras tea contains a lot of safrole, the chemical in sassafras that makes it poisonous. One cup of tea made with 2.5 grams of sassafras contains about 200 mg of safrole. That equates to a dose of about 3 mg of safrole per 1 kg of body weight. This is about 4.5 times the dose that researchers think is poisonous. So, in 1976, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ruled that sassafras could no longer be sold as sassafras tea."

    Too many other good woods to choose from.
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  • bboulier
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    @JethroVA That's what I was somewhat concerned about.  I think I will just use it as firewood in my wood burning stove  Great firewood, nice and dense
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