tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post6754064233465975420..comments2024-01-01T01:47:59.449+02:00Comments on Yaacov Lozowick's Ruminations: Alcohol and HistoryYaacovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12835192312242961481noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-25441690701599575722008-07-14T04:35:00.000+03:002008-07-14T04:35:00.000+03:00Something I never get about these statements about...Something I never get about these statements about not trusting the water supply is this: If it's hot, and you are sweating, you _have to_ have water _rather than_ wine, or else you just get thirstier. Is this not true? It's certainly what I've read about water rationing on shipboard. If they have casks of wine and are low on water they tell the sailors not to drink the wine because it will increase their dehydration. What am I missing here? Is it that in the ancient world they just used to water the heck out of the wine, and the relatively small proportion of alcohol in the mix killed the germs in the water?Lydia McGrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423567323116960820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-15332479852779052192008-07-11T02:10:00.000+03:002008-07-11T02:10:00.000+03:00FROM CAROL HERMANJews aren't, by nature, drunkards...FROM CAROL HERMAN<BR/><BR/>Jews aren't, by nature, drunkards. And, I blame it on the Manischevitz.<BR/><BR/>It's purile.<BR/><BR/>The other thing? Jews always serve food. Not so, the goyim. <BR/><BR/>Today, people don't realize the investment and stock that was put into having a full belly. But, yes. There really was hunger! <BR/><BR/>So? Food became the staple item available at simchas. Even when some went so far as to make "mock" shrimp ... I always wondered "if you never ate shrimp" what it would take to make something "mock." <BR/><BR/>Mock, not. In today's world, we're getting much too healthy about food; and I think this spells trouble. But, hold the Manischevitz. The reason it's sweet, is so that you wouldn't confuse it with motor oil.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com