SC - off topic but slightly interesting if true
Kimib2 at aol.com
Kimib2 at aol.com
Wed Aug 27 05:13:57 PDT 1997
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.
>
>>
- ---------------------
Forwarded message:
Subj: Fwd: FW: fwd:midevil Beer Trivia
Date: 97-08-25 09:30:33 EDT
From: KPEACHY01
To: Kimi b 2
- ---------------------
Forwarded message:
Subj: Fwd: FW: fwd: Beer Trivia
Date: 97-08-22 01:17:54 EDT
From: Critters4
To: KPEACHY01,Birds75,CHill57763
To: POMRAN,TOMUCHADO2,Goodpup
To: ZOOKEYPER7,TadChap,Spots0914
To: WDYMND,FLOPfun,LINDCJ,Shyanne28
To: MoOrca,Gene AW
- ---------------------
Forwarded message:
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.
>
============================================================================
To be removed from the SCA-Cooks mailing list, please send a message to
Majordomo at Ansteorra.ORG with the message body of "unsubscribe SCA-Cooks".
============================================================================
More information about the Sca-cooks
mailing list