It is its own food group and therefore excluded from any alcohol consumption tally.
Brandy gives me a headache, though :-(
10-20-2017, 12:25 PM
IUFG
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Brandy gives me a headache, though :-(
Port, then.
lots of it...
10-20-2017, 12:43 PM
Burney
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Port, then.
lots of it...
Both. Together. In the same glass.
I remember telling an American that this was a thing in Britain. He looked horrified. Odd lot, yanks.
10-20-2017, 12:44 PM
Burney
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Originally Posted by Sir C
Brandy gives me a headache, though :-(
That’s only because it’s too easy to drink in unwise quantities.
10-20-2017, 12:45 PM
The Insider
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Originally Posted by Burney
Both. Together. In the same glass.
I remember telling an American that this was a thing in Britain. He looked horrified. Odd lot, yanks.
That is my wife's family's universal cure-all. Medicinal compound....
10-20-2017, 12:46 PM
Sir C
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That is my wife's family's universal cure-all. Medicinal compound....
It's certainly good for an upset tummy.
10-20-2017, 12:47 PM
IUFG
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That is my wife's family's universal cure-all. Medicinal compound....
Copious amounts of any alcohol is a panacea, TI
10-20-2017, 12:50 PM
Burney
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It's certainly good for an upset tummy.
In this, as so many things, Dr Johnson was sound/slightly deranged: “Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy."
10-20-2017, 12:52 PM
Burney
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That is my wife's family's universal cure-all. Medicinal compound....
Yes. I said this was a widely used hangover cure, to which the American fellow had the temerity to say: ‘Sure...for alcoholics.”
These people are puritans at heart, of vourse. What can one do?
10-20-2017, 01:21 PM
The Insider
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Yes. I said this was a widely used hangover cure, to which the American fellow had the temerity to say: ‘Sure...for alcoholics.”
These people are puritans at heart, of vourse. What can one do?
This wasn't for hangovers. My wife has been given it for all illnesses since she was three. She has kept the tradition up with our daughter. It is for females only!