SC - Rum?

[david friedman]

At 9:18 PM -0500 3/6/00, Mordonna22 at aol.com wrote:
>Since rum is made from sugar cane, and sugar was in production all through
>period, (even if expensive in some times and places), is there any hint that
>rum was made in period times?


The Ain i Akbari, which is 16th c. Mughal, has instructions for 
making a distilled liquor (called "Arrack")  from sugar cane. The 
method is one I first encountered in _How to Stay Alive in the Woods_ 
or some similar survival/wild food style book.

David Friedman
Professor of Law
Santa Clara University
ddfr at best.com
http://www.best.com/~ddfr/