OT: Whiskey, Etc.

Mohoender · #1 11-26-2009, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

Confederate troops during the Civil War often drank chickory; they felt that it was awful, but better than nothing.

During WW2, people in Europe did that too and felt the same. Strangely they kept drinking chickory after the war was over.

pmulcahy11b · #2 11-28-2009, 01:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Mohoender

During WW2, people in Europe did that too and felt the same. Strangely they kept drinking chickory after the war was over.

I am right now watching a show about the history of coffee on the History Channel. It seems that a rare, but really nifty item amongst Union troops was a rifle or carbine with a coffee mill built into the buttstock. Now that's the mark of an addiction!

Mohoender · #3 11-28-2009, 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

I am right now watching a show about the history of coffee on the History Channel. It seems that a rare, but really nifty item amongst Union troops was a rifle or carbine with a coffee mill built into the buttstock. Now that's the mark of an addiction!

Or an early use of an enhancement drug.

Cdnwolf · #4 11-28-2009, 06:00 PM

Nestle still makes coffee with chicory..

http://www.nestle.ca/en/products/bra....htm?subGroup=

jester · #5 11-28-2009, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

I am right now watching a show about the history of coffee on the History Channel. It seems that a rare, but really nifty item amongst Union troops was a rifle or carbine with a coffee mill built into the buttstock. Now that's the mark of an addiction!

Paul how dare you! Being a former member of the not so light infantry you should know the joy of having tools that do double duty in order to save weight and bulk.

And per the majority of the reinactors and historians that I know, ALL rifle butts were coffee grinders. It involved taking the metal buttplate and commming down hard on the bag of coffee and then several up and down chops with the buttplate and then grinding it so one crushed the beans where they were then tossed into the coffee pot or tin cup.

I have seen it done and i have even tasted the coffee. And trust me boys, it does not taste like regular coffee even the stuff you grind yourself.

pmulcahy11b · #6 11-28-2009, 08:31 PM

I wouldn't know, Jester -- I hate coffee. Nonetheless, I took a can with me to the field; I could get a lot in trade for a little coffee!

Cdnwolf · #7 11-28-2009, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

I wouldn't know, Jester -- I hate coffee. Nonetheless, I took a can with me to the field; I could get a lot in trade for a little coffee!

HEATHEN!!! In Canada coffee is king. You can spit without hitting a Tim Hortons coffee franchise!! Ahhh heavenly nectar of the gods!!

TiggerCCW UK · #8 11-29-2009, 02:51 AM

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You can spit without hitting a Tim Hortons coffee franchise!!

They're taking over the world C-Wolf - I pass two on my way to work here in Belfast. Never tried them though - I stick to Clements, but they have to be better than Starbucks

jester · #9 11-28-2009, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

I wouldn't know, Jester -- I hate coffee. Nonetheless, I took a can with me to the field; I could get a lot in trade for a little coffee!

I never drank coffee until after I got out and went to college in the Pacific Northwest. Although durring the Desert I did chew the instant coffee packs then again the foil on a filling may have done just as much to keep me awake than the coffee.

And as a fellow not so light infantry type shame on you for humping something you didn't use! Shame shame shame!

However, you do get "Peter-san" points for being an entrapanuer and scrounger. Oh the dilema! Should you be priased or chastized? I will sleep on it

pmulcahy11b · #10 11-28-2009, 11:36 PM

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And as a fellow not so light infantry type shame on you for humping something you didn't use! Shame shame shame!

However, you do get "Peter-san" points for being an entrapanuer and scrounger. Oh the dilema! Should you be priased or chastized? I will sleep on it

Hey, I did use it! I'll take the "Peter-san."