> ML> One could be pragmatic like the New Zealanders and 
> ML> try to breed out the objectionable characteristic.
> > Or just market it at Halloween? 
> 
> Sort of like Drum's miniature pumpkins?
> 
It's not a bug, it's a feature!  ..someone said of the critter that crawled
out of my ear of fresh corn once.  At least I knew it was fresh.  

> ML> I thought wood preservatives and some antiseptics 
> ML> were made out of it.
> > Come to think, they used to coat telephone poles and railroad
> > ties with it. Sell the wine to folks who make wood decking? 
> 
> I can still conjure up the odor, though
> it's been a while. Lilli has electric and
> telephone poles on her property, but they
> are not preserved so don't smell so bad.

The railroad ties I remember walking were older than dirt and no longer
smelled.  Also no longer held together in many cases.
 
> > I only usually cook with wine, so I might make a pot roast with it.
> 
> But pot is legal now most places.

Only for medical purposes here, if you have the right diagnosis. 
 
> > Kind of like cavetinis?  Or are those depth-charged martinis?
> 
> I've no idea what those are. But then
> I've not spent much time in the can-nelloni.

Unless you got into some moldy bread?  I know that penne, to repeat myself
rather like bad pasta.