To: Savage Beast
Why would the Romans trade wine and olive oil for beer and lard? It must not have been their best. On the other hand, maybe they were trading for Scotch whiskey! I'd
Scotch whiskey was first distilled by Monks in the middle ages, quite a long time in the future.... Beer on the other hand is Egyptian in origin (surprising but true!) and wine seems to have it's origins in IRaq-Iran!
28 posted on
02/16/2004 8:26:11 AM PST by
Cronos
(W2K4!)
To: Cronos
I knew that the Egyptians drank beer and the Persians drank wine, but I thought the production of whiskey in Scotland and Ireland began in prehistoric times. No?
34 posted on
02/16/2004 11:53:58 AM PST by
Savage Beast
(Whom will the terrorists vote for? Not George W. Bush--that's for sure! ~Happy2BMe)
To: Cronos
I knew that the Egyptians drank beer and the Persians drank wine, but I thought the production of whiskey in Scotland and Ireland began in prehistoric times. No?
35 posted on
02/16/2004 11:54:52 AM PST by
Savage Beast
(Whom will the terrorists vote for? Not George W. Bush--that's for sure! ~Happy2BMe)
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