Posted on 06/21/2024 5:12:47 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Well put.
I remember hearing you have to be careful when storing spirits in crystal decanters because I believe crystal is made of lead and it can leach into the spirit over time. Not sure if this is still the case or now.
I had the opportunity to taste goat milk vodka in Mongolia. My host gave me a large glass (probably 3 shots worth) and I took a small sip to be polite. It tasted like any other vodka... that is, it had very little flavor at all.
Alcohol (by fermentation) was one of the earliest forms of food preservation. The ancients grew barley and made beer from it, but this beer wasn’t a recreational beverage, it was syrupy and soup-like.
The first great era of exploration was fueled by this beer because with pack animals (or ships) carrying clay jars of beer, they could spend weeks traveling and exploring without having to forage for food or water. The standard pay ration for the workers on the pyramids of the Giza plateau included a gallon of beer per day.
Beer or wine was essential to survival in Medieval Europe. There were few great civilizations that could manage to manage large civic projects like fresh water and sewage disposal (as classical Rome had), so cities were heavily polluted and water anywhere near a large settlement was always foul. People who drank water were almost certain to get sick from it. People who shunned water for wine, beer or ale were far less likely to contract environmental diseases.
The “grog” you so often hear spoken of in period sailing movies was watered-down gin. A spot of gin in the water kept it from going bad. And there also was a weak beer referred to as “ship’s beer” that served to the same effect. Even children traveling on these vessels drank ship’s beer.
The Mayflower’s original destination was the Virginia colony but by the time they sighted the Massachusetts coastline, they already were low on critical supplies, including ship’s beer, so they decided Plymouth was good enough.
Bad dog meat? The abstainers all got sick?
Water goes bad from exposure to sunlight, heat and oxygen.
Bottled water is the most abused food product…sunlight & heat from the way it is stored.
I had two bottles of unopened prewar scotch. A ceramic jug of Red Hackle and a bottle of Pinch.
The experts told me to go ahead and drink them before the corks went bad or something happened, so this last Easter I opened the Red Hackle. The cork was light and offered no resistance, crumbled, so I decanted the scotch into another bottle. It was dark and a bit thick but tasted fine. The family, being scotch lovers, enjoyed the treat.
This Christmas, the Haig and Haig Pinch will be the main attraction!
my understanding is that the robust character of box wine makes it the least sensitive of all the wines to the vagaries of delicate handling and storage conditions. I therefore conclude that box wine is the ideal wine ...
a lot of times, fine distilled spirits only SEEM to lose their punch because teenage offspring siphon small amounts periodically replacing such pilferages with ordinary tap water ...
Bottled water stored in direct sunlight will go bad.
Many stores have pallets of water out in sunlight all day long.
Never grab any of those to buy.
What is the one food item that never spoils or goes bad?
I used to get box wine all the time.
It tasted fine.
Don’t drink much anymore, so just a small container once in a while.
Honey.
Pizza?
Yep!
Good ol’ bee spit!
Lol, close.
Bee Spit, commonly called Honey.
They’ve found 5,500 year old honey.
I’ve had alcohol go bad...very bad..in my stomach overnight!😎
Rum and the lash is what made the British Navy invincible!😀
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