Hardwoods to avoid?
 

I have used hickory, oak and mesquite but wonder if there are any hardwoods to
avoid for any kind of cooking...

Thanks
Jim

Bubbabob wrote:

> (JBSummer) wrote:
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>>I have used hickory, oak and mesquite but wonder if there are any
>>hardwoods to avoid for any kind of cooking...
>>
>>Thanks
>>Jim
>>
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> Black Walnut, Swamp Oak (AKA ****-Oak), Eucalyptus, Elm. There are a lot of
> imported hardwoods that are toxic to handle or breath the dust of but I
> doubt that you'll be burning them because they're also damned expensive.

I've heard of people using Black Walnut, but I haven't, myself. I would
add Sycamore to the list of woods not to use.

Matthew

I don't know if Oleander is a hardwood, but the flowers are toxic. Anything
that gives toxic blossoms, I would avoid. But I don't know a lot about
trees


"JBSummer" > wrote in message
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>I have used hickory, oak and mesquite but wonder if there are any hardwoods
>to
> avoid for any kind of cooking...
>
> Thanks
> Jim

"Sir P" > wrote in message
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> I don't know if Oleander is a hardwood, but the flowers are toxic.
Anything
> that gives toxic blossoms, I would avoid. But I don't know a lot about
> trees
>
>
> "JBSummer" > wrote in message
> ...
> >I have used hickory, oak and mesquite but wonder if there are any
hardwoods
> >to
> > avoid for any kind of cooking...

Oleander is soft wood and ALL parts of the plant are toxic to humans.

JBSummer wrote:
> I have used hickory, oak and mesquite but wonder if there are any
> hardwoods to avoid for any kind of cooking...
>



Sycamore. It burns black. Ok for coal fired, butn not for offset.


TFM®

Bubbabob wrote:
> (JBSummer) wrote:
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>> I have used hickory, oak and mesquite but wonder if there are any
>> hardwoods to avoid for any kind of cooking...
>>
>> Thanks
>> Jim
>>
> Black Walnut


Black walnut is fine.

TFM®

Ricky wrote:
> "Sir P" > wrote in message
> ...
>> I don't know if Oleander is a hardwood, but the flowers are toxic. Anything
>> that gives toxic blossoms, I would avoid. But I don't know a lot about
>> trees
>>
>>
>> "JBSummer" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> I have used hickory, oak and mesquite but wonder if there are any hardwoods
>>> to
>>> avoid for any kind of cooking...
>
> Oleander is soft wood and ALL parts of the plant are toxic to humans.

Adding to this...I had a friend in Jr High school that tried to cook over
Oleander. He got so sick, he never tried the food. Inhaling the smoke caused
tiny blisters inside his nose and down almost to his lungs. Oleander is *VERY*
nasty stuff.

BOB

Bubbabob wrote:
> "TFM®" > wrote:
>
>> Bubbabob wrote:
>>> (JBSummer) wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have used hickory, oak and mesquite but wonder if there are any
>>>> hardwoods to avoid for any kind of cooking...
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Jim
>>>>
>>> Black Walnut
>>
>>
>> Black walnut is fine.
>>
>> TFM®
>>
>>
>>
>
> It reeks when it burns. What's happened to your nose?


Same thing that happened to peoples noses that use mesquite I reckon.

TFM®

"TFM®" > wrote in message news:<9apfd.8954> >
> Same thing that happened to peoples noses that use mesquite I reckon.
>
> TFM®

TFM® -

I reckon if you used Zicam you'd have nose problems
(http://www.classactionamerica.com/Cu...ze-lawsuit.asp)
but my sniffer hasn't suffered from using mesquite.


Rob
Q 4 all

"TFM®" > wrote in message news:<9apfd.8954> >
> Same thing that happened to peoples noses that use mesquite I reckon.
>
> TFM®

TFM® -

I reckon if you used Zicam you'd have nose problems
(http://www.classactionamerica.com/Cu...ze-lawsuit.asp)
but my sniffer hasn't suffered from using mesquite.


Rob
Q 4 all

Bubbabob wrote:
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> What's liquidamber?

An excellant source of childhood mischief. They make little hand sized
throwing missiles. Great fun to throw at pals walking home from school.

http://www.ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/pix...uidAmber1.html

Common in the SFBA.


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Bubbabob wrote:

> "Duwop" > wrote:
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>>http://www.ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/pix...uidAmber1.html
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> Looks an awful lot like a sycamore or a plane tree to me.
looks like a gum tree to me