Don't throw away that real Christmas tree .... turn it into beer!
”Ancient Scandinavians and their Viking descendants brewed beer from young shoots of Norway spruce, drinking the beer for strength in battle, for fertility and to prevent scurvy on long sea voyages,” according to the second edition of the Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America.
Indeed, the British Navy practically required spruce beer as a scurvy treatment, particularly after 18th century experimental nutritionist James Lind published his observations of sailors’ recoveries.
The beer is making a retro comeback now, and you can have needles delivered to your door from Colorado if you already chucked that tree. Here’s a more detailed recipe from Splendid Table:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/turn-your-dead-christmas-tree-into-beer-443471/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20181226-daily-responsive&spMailingID=38130529&spUserID=NzQwNDU0MzA0MTUS1&spJobID=1422794854&spReportId=MTQyMjc5NDg1NAS2