tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post1165341668665989503..comments2024-03-19T00:24:23.577-04:00Comments on <center>Sandwalk</center>: These are not berries!Larry Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05756598746605455848noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-24120476061065090552011-12-21T16:54:37.667-05:002011-12-21T16:54:37.667-05:00@The Vicar
So did the subsequent "War On Gin...@The Vicar<br /><br />So did the subsequent "War On Gin" solve this problem ?<br /><br />Was it the juniper berry that contained the addictive substance ?<br /><br />Sounds similar to the absinthe/wormwood combination.steve oberskinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-53359997454838484602011-12-20T19:01:15.759-05:002011-12-20T19:01:15.759-05:00Hah. I already knew the one about gin, because my ...Hah. I already knew the one about gin, because my local bookstore, which has a truly excellent selection of books on minor points of history, once sold me a copy of <i>The Much-Lamented Death of Madame Geneva: The Eighteenth-Century Gin Craze</i>. It's a very interesting book, not just because the history is interesting (which it is) but because it's this whole usually-overlooked precedent on how to handle addictive toxic substances. (When gin first showed up in Europe, people got so addicted to it that it wasn't totally uncommon for people to drink themselves to death.) Parallels to modern issues abound.The Vicarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-66704364372276804932011-12-20T16:05:18.102-05:002011-12-20T16:05:18.102-05:00Huh. I always thought the seeds were arils. Is t...Huh. I always thought the seeds were arils. Is that incorrect?burntloaferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06911288320926977981noreply@blogger.com