[Sca-cooks] Binge drinking

[Daniel Myers]

On Nov 21, 2005, at 9:43 PM, Radei Drchevich wrote:

> Statisrics are not a reliable measure of the actual intake.  Do you  
> have
> sources that indicate actual daily consumprion?


The diet table approved in April 1687 by the Governing Body of St  
Bartholomew's Hospital contains the following references to alcohol  
consumption.

Sunday:  1 pint of Ale Cawdell, 3 pints of 6 shilling Beere
Monday:  3 pints of Beere
Tuesday:  3 pints of Beere
Wednesday:  3 pints of Beere
Thursday:  The same allowance as Sunday
Friday:  3 pints of Beere
Saturday:  The same allowance as Wednesday

(source:  J. Drummond, The Englishman's Food)

Not quite the gallon of ale per day, but it's still more than I  
drink.  I had another source - earlier, from a charity - that will  
take longer for me to dig up.

> modern numbers for north america say the average person drinks 12  
> gallons
> of beer, 2 gallons of hard liquor, and 3 gallons of wine per year.  
> That
> is based on sales not actual person to person counts.


Oh dear, I have a lot of catching up to do.

- Doc


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