SC - Pork or Boar in the Holy Land

[Christina Nevin]

IIRC a hole is drilled about 20-30 inches up from the ground.
A pipe or V-shaped piece of wood is then inserted into the hole and the sap
collected.
Not more than a U.S. gallon should be collected from a single tree, then the
hole needs to be plugged 
if you want the tree to survive.  I haven't tried any actual collecting
myself so I can't give any good hints or tips&tricks =(
I'll try and remember to bring the recipe with me tomorrow.

Angus MacIomhair

> -----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
> Från:	Jeff Gedney [SMTP:JGedney at dictaphone.com]
> Skickat:	den 21 februari 2000 15:45
> Till:	sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
> Ämne:	Re: SC - Russian Birch Beer?
> 
> > 
> > I've never heard of the roots being used, but birch sap is often used in
> > wine/mead making.
> > The actual composition of the sap is unknown to me, but I've read that
> the
> > Vikings drank it after winter, suposedly for it's sugar/nutritional
> content.
> > I'll try and dig up a recipe if you like.
> Please do. I'd love any such recipes. 
> I got the impression that this was indeed a sap product, But I do not have
> 
> the exact wording with me.
> How was the sap obained? By tapping? By crushing and steeping? Or by 
> some other method?
> 
> Brandu
>