SC - off topic but slightly interesting if true

[Kimib2 at aol.com]

In a message dated 97-08-25 09:30:33 EDT, KPEACHY01 writes:

<< Courtesy of Pete's Wicked Ale:
 >> 
 >> It was the accepted practice in Babylonia 4,000 years ago that for a
 >> month
 >> after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with
 >> all
 >> the mead he could drink.  Mead is a honey beer, and because their
 >> calendar was
 >> lunar based, this period was called the "honey month" or what we know
 >> today as the "honeymoon".
 >> 
 >> Before thermometers were invented, brewers would dip a thumb or finger
 >> into the mix to find the right temperature for adding yeast. Too cold,
 >> and
 >> the yeast wouldn't grow.  Too hot, and the yeast would die. This thumb
 >> in the 
 >> beer is where we get the phrase "rule of thumb".
 >> 
 >> In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts.  so in old
 >> England, when
 >> customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them to mind their
 >> own pints and quarts and settle down.  It's where we get the phrase
 >> "mind your P's and Q's".
 >> 
 >> Beer was the reason the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock.  It's clear 
 >> from the Mayflower's log that the crew didn't want to waste beer
 >> looking for
 >> a better site.  The log goes on to state that them passengers "were
 >> hasted ashore and made to drink water that the seamen might have the
 >> more beer".
 >> 
 >> After consuming a bucket or two of vibrant brew they called aul, or
 >> ale, the Vikings would head fearlessly into battle often without armor
 >> or
 >> even shirts.  In fact, the term "berserk" means "bare shirt" in Norse,
 >> and
 >> eventually took on the meaning of their wild battles.
 >> 
 >> In 1740, Admiral Vernon of the British fleet decided to water down the
 >> navy's rum.  Needless to say, the sailors weren't too pleased and
 >> called Admiral Vernon, Old Grog, after the stiff wool grogram coats he
 >> wore.
 >> The term "grog" soon began to mean the watered down drink itself.
 >> When you
 >> were drunk on this grog, you were "groggy", a word still in use today.
 >> 
 >> Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into
 >> the
 >> rim or handle of their ceramic cups.  when they needed a refill, they
 >> used the whistle to get some service.  "Wet your whistle", is the
 >> phrase
 >> inspired by this practice.
 >> 
 >> In the middle ages, "nunchion" was the word for liquid lunches.  It
 >> was
 >> a combination of the words "noon scheken", or noon drinking. In those
 >> days, a large chunk of bread was called lunch.  So if you ate bread
 >> with your nunchion, you had what we still today call a luncheon.
 >
 
  >>


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Date:    97-08-25 09:30:33 EDT
From:    KPEACHY01
To:      Kimi b 2


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Date:    97-08-22 01:17:54 EDT
From:    Critters4
To:      KPEACHY01,Birds75,CHill57763
To:      POMRAN,TOMUCHADO2,Goodpup
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From:	Susan.Grossman at COMPAQ.com (Grossman, Susan)
To:	critters4 at aol.com ('critters4 at aol.com'), Mark.Meuret at COMPAQ.com (Meuret,
Mark), jaulds at ect.enron.com ('jaulds at ect.enron.com')
Date: 97-08-21 18:36:51 EDT



>-----Original Message-----
>From:	Martin, Sean 
>Sent:	Thursday, August 21, 1997 4:26 PM
>To:	Grossman, Susan; Thex, Kevin; Higdon, Tommy; Myers, Jeff
>Subject:	fwd: Beer Trivia
>
>> Courtesy of Pete's Wicked Ale:
>> 
>> It was the accepted practice in Babylonia 4,000 years ago that for a
>> month
>> after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with
>> all
>> the mead he could drink.  Mead is a honey beer, and because their
>> calendar was
>> lunar based, this period was called the "honey month" or what we know
>> today as the "honeymoon".
>> 
>> Before thermometers were invented, brewers would dip a thumb or finger
>> into the mix to find the right temperature for adding yeast. Too cold,
>> and
>> the yeast wouldn't grow.  Too hot, and the yeast would die. This thumb
>> in the 
>> beer is where we get the phrase "rule of thumb".
>> 
>> In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts.  so in old
>> England, when
>> customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them to mind their
>> own pints and quarts and settle down.  It's where we get the phrase
>> "mind your P's and Q's".
>> 
>> Beer was the reason the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock.  It's clear 
>> from the Mayflower's log that the crew didn't want to waste beer
>> looking for
>> a better site.  The log goes on to state that them passengers "were
>> hasted ashore and made to drink water that the seamen might have the
>> more beer".
>> 
>> After consuming a bucket or two of vibrant brew they called aul, or
>> ale, the Vikings would head fearlessly into battle often without armor
>> or
>> even shirts.  In fact, the term "berserk" means "bare shirt" in Norse,
>> and
>> eventually took on the meaning of their wild battles.
>> 
>> In 1740, Admiral Vernon of the British fleet decided to water down the
>> navy's rum.  Needless to say, the sailors weren't too pleased and
>> called Admiral Vernon, Old Grog, after the stiff wool grogram coats he
>> wore.
>> The term "grog" soon began to mean the watered down drink itself.
>> When you
>> were drunk on this grog, you were "groggy", a word still in use today.
>> 
>> Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into
>> the
>> rim or handle of their ceramic cups.  when they needed a refill, they
>> used the whistle to get some service.  "Wet your whistle", is the
>> phrase
>> inspired by this practice.
>> 
>> In the middle ages, "nunchion" was the word for liquid lunches.  It
>> was
>> a combination of the words "noon scheken", or noon drinking. In those
>> days, a large chunk of bread was called lunch.  So if you ate bread
>> with your nunchion, you had what we still today call a luncheon.
>

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