[Sca-cooks] Re: vinegar and sauerbraten

[Terry Decker]

Ever hear of moonshine?  That's homemade also.

Grappa is a poor man's brandy that was made out in the barn from the garbage 
left over from pressing the grapes for the winemaking.  Ferment it, distill 
it and you have some pretty raw rotgut on the cheap.  Just the kind of thing 
a poor farmer can knockout inexpensively, remembering that the maize needs 
to be saved to feed the animals.

Commercial production has been around since at least the 18th Century, but 
Grappa's move upscale is a fairly recent thing.

Bear


> Terry Decker wrote:
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>> Grappa is a brandy made from the pomace of the winemaking.
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> If Grappa is a brandy, why do I hear of 'home made' Grappa?
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> [snip]
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>> Bear
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> Vincenzo
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> Martin G. Diehl