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On Sun, 18 Nov 2018 18:30:34 -0500, Joy Beeson
wrote:
On Sun, 18 Nov 2018 11:59:14 +0700, John B. slocomb
wrote:
Frozen Cider? Back in the day that was the poor man's method of (would
one say "enlivening") Cider. Leave it out overnight and drink the part
that didn't freeze :-)
My father told a most-entertaining tale of a road-shovelling crew and
a barrel of vinegar that froze before it could turn to vinegar.
(Hand gestures: the road went like this, and then it went like
*this*.)
Probably an old joke, but people *did* make their own vinegar.
Sure they did. Just like they grew their own meat and vegetables and
salted, dried or "canned" them for the winter. Some of them even made
their own clothes and even stranger, blankets for their beds :-)
cheers,
John B.
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