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Scurvy in the Arctic was a funny thing, because it took them a ridiculously long time to figure out that it wasn't caused by spoiled food. My understanding is that they sort of lost the knowledge of fortifying one's diet with vitamin C. For a long time, they had been providing sailors with citrus juice that had been processed and bottled in such a way that it destroyed most of the vitamin C content. But no one noticed, because by that time, everyone was using steamships and sailors weren't at sea long enough to develop scurvy.
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Can't you just turn potato peels into lovely vodka?
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Jan 23, 2019 16:09
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Well, I've had the J Wray. Not sure what to tell you; I've used a bit of it to preserve fruit syrups, and I've used it to strengthen infused liqueurs. For such a strong rum, it tastes surprisingly little like kerosene, but I'm not drinking it on the rocks or anything. That price is high. Virginia ABC has high prices, but they sell it for $27 USD (which is still a few CAD less than that). Halloween Jack fucked around with this message at 21:34 on Nov 13, 2019 |
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Nov 13, 2019 21:30
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When I was building houses in the summer, I was a lot more amenable to getting up as early as possible so I could end work after the hottest part of the day. And if you have to mow your lawn without podcasts and weed, I guess rum is probably the next best thing.
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Nov 15, 2019 22:08
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As far as I know, I haven't had fish with mace. It seems odd.
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Dec 19, 2019 18:46
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There's nothing I can't oversalt. The first time I made Sunday gravy, the salt grinder exploded over the pot. Even after whisking out as much as I could, it was really salty. The fourth time, I decided to salt-cure the beef overnight. Which made for very good, very salty beef.
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Dec 19, 2019 20:17
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Triple or quadruple the garlic in every recipe.
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Dec 20, 2019 00:28
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Suspect Bucket posted:Just eat enough fresh seal and you'll be fine.
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Jan 7, 2020 21:33
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Heh, I posted that in the alt-right thread. The one about meat rabbits kills me.
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Jan 17, 2020 16:27
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gently caress, I can't remember how long the orangecello has even been in the pantry...
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Jan 22, 2020 16:49
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So how about that ploughman's lunch.
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Jan 30, 2020 17:34
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Speaking of which, I'm confused by the discussion of "dripping" as a major portion of an English coal miner's lunch.
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Jan 30, 2020 19:17
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Anyone have good sources on how they made applejack back in the day? It was apparently extremely popular in colonial America, and now there are very few distilleries making it--Laird's being presumably the best known and doing the most volume, and they're based here in VA. I have a homebrew kit I haven't used yet, and I'm thinking about making cider and freeze-distilling some of it if it comes out well. Most of what's on the market is adulterated with neutral grain spirits.
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Feb 4, 2020 17:55
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Aw, gently caress. I just want to enjoy some American apple brandy that isn't 49% "not good enough to sell on its own" vodka and also won't make my optic nerves explode. Back to Calvados.
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Feb 4, 2020 18:15
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JacquelineDempsey posted:Where in VA are you, Jack? (You can PM me if you don't want to say it here.) I live near Franklin County, the bootlegging capital of VA, and since restrictions have become more lax, there's a thriving --and legal --- boom in small craft distilleries around here. I might be able to hook you up.
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Feb 5, 2020 16:21
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I keep saying I'm going to make nocino, but I'm always too busy during the narrow window when I can gather green walnuts.
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Feb 13, 2020 20:53
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My grandfather got used to weak or substitute coffee during the Depression and the war, and it wasn't until the 90s that he figured out he could drink real, strong coffee again.
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Feb 19, 2020 16:14
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Last thing I did in New Orleans before I came home.
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Feb 20, 2020 17:47
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So when I read a bunch of newspapers from the 30s, a common advertisement was for "dated coffee." The idea was that stale coffee gives you jitters that fresh coffee doesn't, and this brand of coffee stamped the date that it was packaged. It was probably Wesson Oil bullshit, but Idunno, maybe coffee was packaged much differently then and stale coffee was noticeably lower in quality.
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Feb 21, 2020 15:46
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It's still around, but I don't think they have distribution to grocery stores anymore. Definitely a boutique product now.
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Feb 21, 2020 17:07
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chitoryu12 posted:Who wants to make President Eisenhower's beef stew? With rutabaga, because the stores are out of potatoes. Edit: Oh, does it call for pearl onions? Gonna have to dice a big one; I'm not going to the store again.
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I did make the Eisenhower soup, but I'm not sure I can say it's a very similar recipe, since I replaced all the root vegetables with rutabaga and the pearl onions with chopped onions. Pretty good, though. Idunno if the rutabaga made it slightly sweet or if that was the tomatoes.
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Mar 23, 2020 14:41
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"Tomato pie" still shows up on menus in Philly. It sounded completely disgusting to me until I realized it's just flatbread with sauce on it.
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Mar 25, 2020 14:49
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I thought sweet and sour sauce was white people sweet and sour sauce.
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Apr 1, 2020 00:26
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I'm still kind of baffled by most Asian carryout style places because I've never familiarized myself with the most common dishes and what they mean. Is kung pao style good? If it's good with chicken is it good with shrimp? gently caress, I can't remember. I'm trying to figure out what vegetables come with it and if they're overcooked.
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Apr 3, 2020 14:25
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His Divine Shadow posted:I made these and they loving rocked
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May 27, 2020 15:35
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Pham Nuwen posted:I made switchel the other day (apple cider vinegar, honey, ginger, and water) and it's quite pleasant. The recipe I used called for equal portions of vinegar and honey, with about 1/2 cup vinegar per gallon of water, but I think I probably could have doubled the vinegar at least and still had pretty decent results.
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Jun 15, 2020 19:04
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It was a mild scandal that Starbucks used cochineal extract in their frozen drinks. They stopped doing it a few years back.
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Heh, my aunt included a variation on that in our family cookbook. (Yes, my extended family is large enough that we published a cookbook, and if there's ever a second edition there will be a new section on cocktails.)
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