[Greenbuilding] [BULK] Re: Wood Info

[Tim Keating]

Other than the wood, in my opinion, the best thing about black locust 
is the delicious blossoms (great on salad or the whole thing dipped 
in batter and fried like a fritter).

tim keating

At 8:34 PM -0500 10/12/06, Lawrence Lile wrote:
>  >Why is sawing locust like barbecuing carp?
>
>OOh, fun,  this is sort of like asking why the Chicken crossed the Road! 
>
>You might spend the time to barbecue beef, Bass, or Salmon, but Carp 
>is not considered much of a fish. *  An old joke has it that a good 
>recipe for carp is to stake it out on a nice cedar board, add butter 
>and spices, bake it in the oven at 400F for an hour, then throw away 
>the fish and eat the board.
>
>Locust, around here anyway, is cussed universally by farmers with 
>inflatable tires, because of the long thorns.  While they will use 
>it for fenceposts, it's crooked, tiny trunks are useless for lumber. 
>So sawing Locust into lumber is like Barbequeing Carp.  Why are the 
>trunks crooked and tiny?  Farmers always cut it down, and it sprouts 
>back profusely fromt he root, making little bundles of tiny trees 
>with spiky attitude.  The second growth from the roots has more 
>thorns and numerous teenier trunks, creating a viscious cycle.
>
>That being said, Honey locust is one of the highest fuel value woods 
>that grow int he midwest (Only Hedgeapple is higher, of the ones I 
>know well). The beans are edible, as are most legumes, and cows will 
>digest them readily.  People, however, have to boil them incessantly 
>to get them to be chewable. It is very rot resistant, makes great 
>fenceposts, is a legume which fixes nitrogen, there is almost 
>nothing bad about it if you don't mind the thorns, which can reach 
>8", are most profuse at eye level and almost always cause an 
>infection if you get stung by one.  Not to mention their effect on 
>Tractor Tires. 
>
>Lawrence Lile
>
>*Tilapia, being carp, is an exception
>
>
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