Gary, yes, almost anything can be turned into alcohol, with just sugar and yeast, and a bit of time. Fruit, potatoes, grains like corn, wheat, barley, all are ingredients used...
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Good fruitcake....and there really is such a thing.....ask me about my plum pudding....generally includes rum both as a flavoring and as a preservative: after the cake is baked (or more traditionally steamed), it is wrapped in rum soaked cheesecloth, and the cloth wetted down with rum every day for a week or so, until.it appears to not soak up anymore. Then the cake is wrapped tightly in clean cheesecloth and stored in a tin for a month or so, to let the rum be fully absorbed.
In the early Anglican book of prayer, there is a passage read on the first Sunday in advent -- four weeks before Christmas -- that reads something like: " Stir up ye hearts, ye men of little faith, for the Lord cometh!" The story is that this signals the men to put their spiritual house in order, while the women rush home from church, stir up their plum pudding, and start putting their home in order for the upcoming holidays....Last edited by Catdancer; 02-26-2016, 02:16 PM.Comment
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Amen Cat, and I just finished dinner, so give me a slice of that fruitcake. I'm old enough!"Given the millions of billions of Earth-like planets, life elsewhere in the Universe without a doubt, does exist."
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So that's what my Grandmother was doing when she kept a fruitcake on top of the refrigerator and would take it down periodically to pour something over it- presumably rum.VirginiaComment
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I should add that, so long as you wait a month or so before consuming the cake, the alcohol evaporates, leaving behind the taste, but not the ability yo make you drunk. But in the meantime, it does preserve the cake..which is why the fruitcake seems to last forever. Not my um pudding though.....made with real fruit (not that waxy stuff, but surprisingly no plums....), warmed, and topped with rum.butter. seems to just disappear around here...Comment
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Howie, she said you should eat the cake right away!
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Howie looks pretty young to me in photos. He should be carded first.SPMS diagnosed 1980. Avonex 2001-2004. Copaxone 2006-2009. Glatopa (glatiramer acetate = Copaxone) 12/20 - 3/19/24.Comment
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I was poking around seeing if I could find any others that use potatoes to make alcohol and found this, along with a bad pun:
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I'm getting thirsty........."Given the millions of billions of Earth-like planets, life elsewhere in the Universe without a doubt, does exist."
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And don't forget Hops. What the he?? Are Hops?Originally posted by Uppitycats View PostLove, Sally
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They're the flowers of the Hop plant of course!Originally posted by SalpalSally View Post
Whatever happens around you, don't take it personally. Nothing other people do is because of you. It is because of themselves. -- Miguel RuizComment
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Yeah, a plant that is a perennial, and a vine, a member of the hemp family. Provides flavor to the beer. Thanks, Wikipedia!!Comment
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I always thought "hops" is what drinking too much beer made you do!
"Given the millions of billions of Earth-like planets, life elsewhere in the Universe without a doubt, does exist."
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Isn't vodka made from potatoes?SPMS diagnosed 1980. Avonex 2001-2004. Copaxone 2006-2009. Glatopa (glatiramer acetate = Copaxone) 12/20 - 3/19/24.Comment
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Yes, but I quit drinking vodka. These days I drink beer, but only had some the first week of this month. Not that I quit, but I've been broke this month. It's a long story that begins with Comcast. I've dropped them and returned their equipment,
%^&*s!!!Last edited by Howie; 02-27-2016, 07:21 AM."Given the millions of billions of Earth-like planets, life elsewhere in the Universe without a doubt, does exist."
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