non-member submission - Re: SC - Cider Sauce Experiments

[William Edward Seibert, III]

- --- "Decker, Terry D." <TerryD at Health.State.OK.US>
wrote:
> From a number of references, aqua vitae appears to
> have been used as a
> generic term for strong, distilled liquors.  IIRC,
> the term is used in a
> reference to the excessive use of brandy in one of
> the Dutch cities in the
> early 16th Century, a time when the Dutch were
> financing a war for
> independence by trading with the enemies of Spain. 
> Brandewijn predates gin,
> as you point out.
> 
> Apart from cheese and tulips, the main product of
> the country is advocaat, a
> drink made from lawyers.  -- Alan Coren
> 
> Bear

[Ears pricking up]  Pray, give us more details of this
"advocaat"?  I am up-to-my-ears in lawyers here and
would love to find a good use for them. :-)

Huette

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