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[Sue Wensel]

>I know that they made another fermented drink out of chewed cactus,
>fermented, that is the predicessor of Tequilla, and had Mescaline in it,
>but I didn't think that the mead had those properties(Brings a whole new
>side of "Here, try this" at events :)

>	Volker


Are you thinking about pulca (sp?)?  That stuff is the Mexican equivalent of
rotgut.  It's made from the same plant as tequila -- the agave plant, but done
with a fast fermenting yeast.  I don't know about the mescaline though.

During festivals, the elders of the villages parade around the icon of their
patron saint and sit and drink pulca with it -- including filling a mason jar
for the saint.

Derdriu