[Sca-cooks] Binge drinking

[Terry Decker]

No, in the Middle Ages beer (or small beer) constituted about one third of 
the caloric intake in the beer drinking regions of Europe according to some 
of the economic studies.  From a little more modern study, in terms of 
vitamins and calories, a glass of beer is roughly equivalent to a glass of 
milk except for the calcium.

Bear

> A program I saw while in England recently mentioned that the working poor
> began to suffer vitamin deficiencies when the tee-totalers and tea 
> drinkers
> discouraged them drinking their normal ration of beer.  I've certainly 
> seen
> beer referred to as "liquid bread".
>
> Am I out in the fantasy dark ages?
>
> Regina