[Sca-cooks] Corn Bread

[Brian Matthews]

"Craig Jones." wrote:
>
> >In a message dated 7/5/01 3:22:52 PM Eastern Daylight Time, spynnere at juno.com
> >writes:
> >
> >>    As far as white potatoes go, there was an Englishman who started
> >>  growing them in 1619, somewhere in the British Isles as a form of
> >>  welfare, both to provide them with work as well as food.  This scheme,
> >>  I'm sure, is related to other schemes at the time involving straw hat
> >>  plaiting and knitting, to help poor people.
> >>
> >>     Elizabeth
> >
> >Wasn't potatoes grown in Rus earlier to make that oh-so prized drink that we
> >called Vodka or was that later?
> >
> >Misha
>
> As far as I'm aware a vast majority of vodka was distilled from (and still is)
> wheat grain.
>
> Drakey.

The best vodkas are distilled from wheat, rye and barley malt, but maize
and potatoes are commonly employed for the "cheaper" brands.

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