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Post by JeriJet on Aug 26, 2014 10:24:14 GMT -5
When I was a kid, neighbors of ours hailed from Georgia and, whenever they went home for a visit, they came back with what they called "White Lightening" ... of course, I was too young to try it, but my dad took one swig, and that was enough for him !! ... don't think he ever got over it
Also, in my grandma's farmhouse cellar (stone foundation, dirt floor, etc.) there was a huge barrel on its side -- which contained their home-made hard cider !! ... I remember when I first took my husband up to visit -- when offered some "cider" he looked at me with a silent question in his eyes (wondering why he was being offered cider, I guess) ... so, I accepted for both of us and got a huge laugh when hubby took his first sip
Regarding "The Recipe" -- I tell myself that the sisters added enough liquid and other ingredients to tone it down to about 90 proof.... at least, that's what I want to think !!
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Post by ForeverWaltons on Aug 26, 2014 10:37:56 GMT -5
For the Baldwin sisters to be so delicate and feminine, they certainly didn't have any trouble whatsoever with drinking it. It's purely medicinal don't you know?
medicinal - adj. of, or having the properties of medicine; curing, healing, or relieving.
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Post by e knight on Aug 26, 2014 18:44:05 GMT -5
The legitimate liquor stores here have something whimsically named "Georgia Moon," advertised as "aged 30 dfays" or something like that. It's bottled in what looks like a mayonnaise jar with a label that is made to appear hand-inscribed.
Tried it -- once. Pretty harsh stuff going down.
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Post by JeriJet on Aug 26, 2014 18:58:41 GMT -5
Yep -- that White Lightning came up from GA in a mayo jar, and our hard cider was "served" in a mayo jar, too !!!
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Post by JeriJet on Aug 26, 2014 20:17:44 GMT -5
Just remembered something else -- Grandma made blackberry brandy, while "Uncle Ken" (her second husband, not a grandfather to me, although he played that role) made the hard cider....
Oh, and they also made maple syrup -- only once did we go up in the springtime to witness a sugaring off.... they put up the syrup and also made some maple sugar candy -- didn't like that candy as a kid, but do now.
And, of course, down in that dark cellar, along with the keg of cider, were shelves and shelves of canned foods -- anything and everything from pickles to jelly and preserves, to tomato sauce, to some kind of jarred corn kernels, even venison cured somehow, etc.... and I could never understand why they had bacon down there, too -- not refrigerated ?.. I guess the cellar was cold enough.
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Post by Tonyray on Aug 26, 2014 20:57:04 GMT -5
For the Baldwin sisters to be so delicate and feminine, they certainly didn't have any trouble whatsoever with drinking it. It's purely medicinal don't you know?
medicinal - adj. of, or having the properties of medicine; curing, healing, or relieving. Like snake bite?
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