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From: Nannette <>
Subject: [S-I] Fw: Re: Whiskey galore
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 16:56:34 -0700 (PDT)


 





This reminded me of my Mom b in 1905 who grew her own scupanongs (I don't know how to spell it) and made scupanong wine.  She made a brew with corn squeezings too.  Her Dad had a still and was known for his brew.  A relative told me she had heard her Dad say "There are only two kind of Holifields.  Those that make it and those that drink it."   Grandpa's mother was descendant of Nathaniel Bailey who came from Belfast Ireland to Charleston, SC in 1768.  They were on the Lord Dunagannon.  But, like you said, people brewed with whatever was growing in the back  yard.                                                                
















:) Nannette
"Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday."

--- On Fri, 10/17/08, Thomas L. Mowbray <> wrote:

From: Thomas L. Mowbray <>
Subject: Re: [S-I] Whiskey galore
To: ,
Date: Friday, October 17, 2008, 5:57 PM

Greetings from Iowa:

I haven't posted to the List in a long time, but your whiskey dialogue has
been fun. Concerning the rye question, let's just realize that you can
produce alcohol with just about any grain: corn, rye, wheat, rice, you name it,
and with most fruits. Cacti and some palm trees are used. Mead is made from
honey. Wherever you go in this world, somebody is brewing something to celebrate
the joys and kill the dull pains of life. I.e. for thousands of years humans
have used whatever grew in their backyards or whatever they could grow in their
backyards to produce alcohol.

When my son was in Mali, West Africa, with the Peace Corps, his host village
collected a strong liquor from the fermented sap found in the trunk of a certain
palm tree. They were Muslims, and forbidden to make or purchase alcohol for
consumption, but since the palm tree did all the work, its product was
considered a gift from Allah, and was therefore exempt from Muslim law.

My Grandmother was a Methodist prohibitionist, but when she had a cold, she dug
behind the innocent front row of things in her cupboard to get some good Irish
whiskey from the back of the cupboard to blend with some strong tea, honey, and
lemon juice. That was her "cough syrup." She made some for me one day
when I had a bad cold. I was a little kid. She gave me just one spoonful of it,
and put the rest in a little bottle for me to take home. I sipped it all day,
and the results were, well, staggering.

So, I hope that this is Scotch-Irish enough, but I better mention Scotch or I
might still be off-topic. I prefer a fine Irish Whiskey to even a fine Scotch
Whiskey, even though both are divine, but, for the holidays, I make sure I have
both behind my bar. This is truly one of the joys of being Scotch-Irish.

Walls for the wind,
A roof for the rain,
And drinks beside the fire -
Laughter to cheer you
With those you love near you
And all that your heart may desire!


Cheers!

Tom


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