At 22:13 16/04/2002 -0700, G. Warner wrote: >Vancouver hated the ships Doctor who was also the ships >naturalist. Whenever they made landfall in the Discovery the doctor was >sent ashore with a group of men to brew Spruce Beer. > >Now I've had a few whobbly pops, but never a Spruce. Anyone care to >enlighten us on Spruce Beer. Well, I've drunk birch bark wine, which was really rather excellent. If you really want to try it, look at http://www.stoutbillys.com/stout/RECIPENS/15a993b0/791e1b24.htm which gives several recipes for spruce beer. Can't say it's very tempting: maybe Vancouver's ploy was to make the Doctor drink the stuff. By the way, I've a feeling that the famous Bligh, eventually of the Bounty, was on Vancouver's expedition, but I can't be sure without checking. Nick *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Apr 17 2002 - 07:43:04 PDT
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