Fellas, I gotta know. What is your favorite flavor of sawdust?
I don't mean smoking for a BBQ, I'm talking about when you're working and you accidentally get a little bit of that sweet sweet wood shaving in your mouth.
Red Cedar dust makes my mouth tingle in a very bad way. Walnut, while I've come to associate it positively because I use it so often, is not the most pleasant stuff, taste-wise and health-wise. I turned some cherry a short while ago and it filled the shop with a powerful cherry smell, although the taste was NOT the same. I guess I'd say Maple since it's pretty neutral.
as for smell it would be cedar but i love the smell of pretty much all woods.as far as taste i prefer to not eat it so i keep my mouth shut.im like gene,i prefer a good steak.this is a strange question?
When I forget to close my mouth:
All my saw dust usually tastes like whiskey. That's because saw dust in mouth is nasty, and whiskey washes out the taste, while water just dilutes it. Beer is second best tasting sawdust.
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Sassafras. SASSAFRAS. Oh Lord, give me SASSAFRAS!! If the aroma lasted, it would drive the species extinct. It is a plain but pleasant medium brown. For sassafras, I cast all 8 of my votes.
Sassafras. SASSAFRAS. Oh Lord, give me SASSAFRAS!! If the aroma lasted, it would drive the species extinct. It is a plain but pleasant medium brown. For sassafras, I cast all 8 of my votes.
I assume you are not aware of the toxicity of safrole, a component of the oils found in sassafras wood, especially the roots. Nasty stuff. A potential carcinogen.
I don't know about taste, but there are plenty of exotic woods that have nice aromas as they are being cut. Ziricote is not one of them - smells like cat piss. Of course a lot of them also are nasty if you inhale the dust.
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