Comments on: Pea-Shell Beer

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:11:45 +0000

Some of my forebears brought this fine tradition with them across the plains, and ensured its survival well into the 20th century. Can’t speak to the exact recipe, though.

By: kevinf

kevinf — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:18:37 +0000

...ferment in the usual manner.

That would seem to imply a familiarity on the part of the readers with fermentation of other, ahem, refreshments. Ignoring the ironic homonym of the title, I wonder what other items may have been fermented in the usual manner. Certainly there seemed to be no shortage of potatoes, or perhaps even sugar beets.

By: The Other Clark

The Other Clark — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:16:20 +0000

We’re talking fresh pea pods here, after the peas are removed, right?

By: Last Lemming

Last Lemming — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:02:19 +0000

pleasantly bitter

Does not compute. Maybe this is why no form of beer presents any temptation to me.

By: gretchen

gretchen — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 19:33:58 +0000

Too funny! I wonder what the “ferment in usual manner” is?

By: Amy T

Amy T — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 19:05:54 +0000

This was a much-reproduced recipe in the 1800s. The first instance, with wording almost exactly the same as this, seems to be from a publication called The Monthly Gazette of Health, Vol. IV For the Year 1819, by Richard Reece, M.D.

By: Stan

Stan — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:51:12 +0000

Nope. Won’t be seeing that any time soon in an LDS Magazine. Is it bad I now want to Google this recipe to see if it’s real though?…