Tequila aged with a peach pit?

[chrisross302]

We have some tequila we made it's just silver right now but I want to know if anyone has used a toasted peach pit to age there spirits?I really want to try it but I don't want to ruin any of this delicious tequila. Some insight would be appreciated or I'm just going to try a small jar as a test and hope for the best!

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[HDNB]

i'd check toxicity first. a lot of fruit stones contain cyanide or arsenic so some such shit. maybe both? i dunno, but i'd look into it.

[chrisross302]

Thanks that's what I needed to hear I was unsure I'll do some more research

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[chrisross302]

FOODCOOKING HOW-TO

Are Stone Fruit Seeds Poisonous?byJean NickSeptember 30, 2015

Homesteaders don’t like to waste a thing in the kitchen, including cherry pits, which can be roasted and crushed into a delicious and unusual ice cream topping. (Check out the recipe!) But to many, there’s concern over safety: Don’t cherry pits contain cyanide? Or is cyanide in fruit pits an old wive’s tale?

The seeds (also known as pits or kernels) of stone fruits, such as apricots, cherries, plums, and peaches, do contain a compound called amygdalin, which breaks down into hydrogen cyanide when ingested. And, yes, hydrogen cyanide is definitely a poison.

But you can relax: The recipe calls for the seeds to be roasted. According to The Food Safety Hazard Guidebook, hydrogen cyanide is not a heat-stable substance and does not survive cooking. It may also help to consider that stone fruit seeds are just some of many common edibles that contain similar compounds when raw. Cassava (tapioca), lima beans, butter beans, sorghum, macadamia nuts, and flaxseed also contain significant amounts of cyanide but are safely eaten after appropriately processed: crushing, grinding, grating, soaking, fermenting, and drying all help make the items edible

So it sounds like if I toast the pit first. "That was the plan" I'd be ok.

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[The Baker]

A single stone fruit pit (or a few apple seeds or....) would be lucky (I'm guessing here) to kill a mouse.

Geoff

[Single Malt Yinzer]

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Key is: One peach won't kill you. Also, it's not binary: Death/no death. Eating a bunch of these will make you sick, it's matter to what degree. But it's simple enough to heat/bake it thoroughly and remove any issue.

Also - does a peach pit have any flavor to it? I've never even though of it. If you do try it and don't die a horrible death let us know how it tastes.

[chrisross302]

I'm not sure if it has any flavor or what kind of flavor. I will be buying a peach tonight and will keep this updated with my results

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[NZChris]

Cyanide has an almond smell. Do you want almond flavor in your Tequila?

[Kareltje]

I'm not sure if it has any flavor or what kind of flavor.

Then how did you get the idea of using a peach pit? I am not using a marble!

I will be buying a peach tonight and will keep this updated with my results

I would like that, surely.

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[chrisross302]

I'm not sure if it has any flavor or what kind of flavor.

Then how did you get the idea of using a peach pit? I am not using a marble!

I will be buying a peach tonight and will keep this updated with my results

I would like that, surely.

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I don't know the idea just popped into my head one day. I like peaches and I like tequila never heard of anyone trying it so I thought what the hay I'll try it.

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[still_stirrin]

I'm not sure if it has any flavor or what kind of flavor. I will be buying a peach tonight and will keep this updated with my results

Pits are..."the pits". Read this: http://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/2013/ ... -them.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow

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[jon1163]

Cyanide has an almond smell. Do you want almond flavor in your Tequila?

Cyanide gas smells like almonds... Cyanide dissolved in liquor would be tasteless...

[The Baker]

Amaretto has a STRONG almond taste and smell.

And more often than not it is made with apricot kernels, sometimes with almonds (which, note, are the kernel of a sort of stone fruit and which we eat all the time) and sometimes with some almonds and some apricot kernels.

Delicious.

Geoff

[NZChris]

The query was about pits, not kernels. It could be interesting. They have been used to flavor vinegar and simple syrup among other things.

Try it.

[jb-texshine]

How about just adding a grilled or smoked dehydrated peach to it to age instead of a pit?

[zapata]

Wow, all this and I just want to know how you made the tequila! Roasted agave? Agave syrup? Neutral + essence?

[NZChris]

Wow, all this and I just want to know how you made the tequila! Roasted agave? Agave syrup? Neutral + essence?

That's not difficult. Grow the agave in your spare land for a few years, harvest, cook, crush, ferment etc... , then chuck a peach pit in it to improve the flavour.

[ShineonCrazyDiamond]

Wow, all this and I just want to know how you made the tequila! Roasted agave? Agave syrup? Neutral + essence?

That's not difficult. Grow the agave in your spare land for a few years, harvest, cook, crush, ferment etc... , then chuck a peach pit in it to improve the flavour.

Thought the question was directed at the Op.

[chrisross302]

So I just purchased 100% pure agave nectar from or health food store. I used just over 1 gallon of agave to 4 gallons of water. Very simple and easy. It smells like blue tranchula tequila kinda sweet smell. Was pretty harsh fresh out of the still but it's been sitting for 4 weeks now and has smoothed out a lot. I've had and still do have about a 5th in a little chared oak barrel it's getting a nice Amber color and a grear flavor. The idea for the peach pit is just an idea something different out of the box.