Peggy, you mentioned fruit trees, I should have known we would get snow or frost because my one peach tree is getting green way too early. It usually does. Our weather is so crazy, summer shirts one day and winter coats the next. Always been like that. You know the old joke, 'If you don't like the weather, hang around a day or two." Ken, the only thing I know about gout is that my nephew around 50 yrs old is not supposed to eat much red meat because of gout. I think the raisins and gin would work just as well by eating the raisins and drinking the gin. Are they supposed to ferment or something? My uncle ate the recommended number of gin soaked raisins every afternoon until he died. He really believed in them. He was about ninety by then. I hope you feel better soon. Nova . **************Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001)