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[Rufus T. Firefly]

Stinker.

I bathe....regularly!

And what is your definition of "REGULARLY" Once a month, once a week.

Every Friday night before we hitch up the wagon to the mules and go into town for supplies and vittles, and some gingham for Mary-Lou.

[HONDO74]

I bathe....regularly!

And what is your definition of "REGULARLY" Once a month, once a week.

Every Friday night before we hitch up the wagon to the mules and go into town for supplies and vittles, and some gingham for Mary-Lou.

I love it. Rufus, I knew I could count on you for that type of answer.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Message received - loud and clear.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Stinker!

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Ok.............https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAy4zULKFDU

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Oh, hardy har har! And I don't even know what an elderberry is - nevah even saw one. So there. Now go find that horse that obviously liked you so much...you being a stinker fit right in to the whole atmosphere and setting, umhum.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

And I don't even know what an elderberry is - nevah even saw one.

Surprising! I strangely thought you might be an aficionado of elderberry jelly,

https://www.google.com/search?q=elderbe ... 8&oe=utf-8

[webenda]

And I don't even know what an elderberry is - nevah even saw one. umhum.

First off, "...your father smelt of elderberries!" The crushed elderberry foliage and immature fruit have a strong fetid smell.

Second: The mature fruit found growing along trails in California has a sweet/tart taste. I underline "tart" based on my experience. I decided to leave them to the bears.

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Elderberry fruit is used for a myriad of things.
http://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplemen ... elderberry

I have never tasted anything made from elderberries, so here is someone else's take on Elderberry Wine... "Elderberries do not produce a weak wine. It is very full-bodied,” says Dominic Rivard, internationally-renowned and award-winning wine master and recognized specialist in fruit wine, “Elderberry wine has a lot of tannins in it, so it has a very long shelf life and will improve quite a bit over the years."

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[MurphOnMillerAve]

And I don't even know what an elderberry is - nevah even saw one.

Surprising! I strangely thought you might be an aficionado of elderberry jelly,

https://www.google.com/search?q=elderbe ... 8&oe=utf-8

Thanx for the revolting pictures, now I'm sure I'll nevah eat one.
Oh and P.S. I only eat preserves, nevah jellies.

[HONDO74]

Quote=webenda
I decided to leave them to the bears.

Frank, when you are out in the woods and smell elderberries. You are in big trouble......

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Frank, when you are out in the woods and smell elderberries. You are in big trouble......

Yes, you are about to be attacked by wild radical canning tribes people, subdued, and then rendered down to be preserves in a jar, probably sold at Trader Joe's or CostCo at a substantial discount...........right down the aisle from the boxes of Soylent Green.

[Mitch]

Across the road from my brother's place, (which is the homestead where we grew up), the hillside was full of elderberry bushes. Mom would send us over with bushel baskets, and we'd return in a hour or so with two bushels, and she'd make elderberry jelly and put them up for winter stock. Unfortunately, all that property was destroyed when Allegheny Ludlum Steel bought it up to make a slag dump out of it. Did it with wild grapes too, but they were harder to get, as we had to climb up into the trees that held the vines to get them.

[HONDO74]

Mitch
Is this the homemade jelly that they would pour the wax in on top of the jelly ?

I used to love opening a fresh jar of that jelly, taking the wax out and licking it.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

........ the homemade jelly that they would pour the wax in on top of the jelly ?

Now that brings back a few memories