[Sca-cooks] Reference to 'stale' ale.

[Chris Stanifer]

--- Ted Eisenstein <Alban at socket.net> wrote:
.  I had assumed it was fairly modern because
> of
> >the distinction between ale and 'bitters' used in
> >modern England and certain parts of Europe.  The
> above
> >reference clarifies this.
>
> Ummmmm. . . . Are you using "bitters" as in a
> general
> class of bitter ales, as in what the English like to
> drink
> in pubs, a variety of beer/ale? Or as a separate
> liquid
> added to the very occasional mixed drink, as in
> Angostura
> Bitters?

The reference is to the class of beers, not the
aromatic Angostura product.


> . . . and is there any truth to the rumor I once
> heard that
> the latter is a very good thing to drink straight,
> as a remedy
> for an upset stomach?
>
> Alban

There is a great deal of truth to that rumor.
Additionally, and one I have used on numerous
occasions, myself:  A sugar cube (or teaspoon of
sugar) with a dash of Angostura bitters will cure the
hiccups almost immediately.  A variation on this one,
which I used extensively and to great effect while
managing Bars:  A wedge of lime soaked in bitters will
cure the hiccups immediately.

Balthazar of Blackmoor

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