[Sca-cooks] No Alcohol? OOP Quote

[AF Murphy]

I suddenly remember my mother saying she felt sorry for American
Benedictine monks. She said (and I've never verified this, so take it as
hearsay) that the Rule of the order called for them to drink "the
beverage of the country."

So, in France, Italy, Spain, they drink wine with meals.  In England,
Germany, Scandinavia, they drink beer.

In the United States of America? Our National Beverage?

Coffee...

Anne



Dan Phelps wrote:
>>Many battles have been fought and won by soldiers nourished on beer, and
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>>     -Frederick the Great, 1777
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