A Brief History on the Spirit of Thanksgiving
At least, the spirit around here, aka “juice of the juniper berry”.
Gin used to have a stigma as being the drink that only drunkards drank.
The HORROR.
Times change.
ths update: leelu’s Vonnegut quote in the comments…
“…they had been swilling gin.”
…got us thinking.
Well, yes.
They had.
No possibility of plague here, and for that we are thankful.
Fun, Swill Food and Grog | tree hugging sister | 
November 22, 2012 10:34 am
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It’s the juice of the barley for me – never cared much for blue ruin.
I will have to buy this, “Death’s Door” gin. Perfect. Gin, it’s what’s for breakfast…
And it’s sort of a health food, too.
“Why should she die of influenza, when she come through diptheria right enough the year before. Fairly blue with it she was. They all thought she was dead. But my father, he kept ladling gin down her throat. Then she come to so sudden she bit the bowl right off the spoon.”
You have read “The Monkey House” by Vonnegut, yes??
“…they had been swilling gin.”
I’m partial to that spirit that comes from those old Kentucky barrels, myself. Happy Thanksgiving.
My Bride refers to it as “the crack of the 18th century.”
And then she refills my glass.
Bing, you are blessed!
Sad that I’m allergic (or, in medical terms ‘have an adverse reaction’) to gin. Or rather, to juniper berries used in legal gin.
“Bathtub gin” is a whole ‘nother thing. (What Gregor said – and Tennessee/NC mountains too.) We could probably get into a nice territorial dispute on that one. 😉