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My family history is divided into two camps--the Czechs who grew their own plums and grapes and made their own Slivovice and piva, and the Oklahoma Baptists who were tee-totalers and preached against it lest they be in danger of hell fire damnation.
posted by
TAPS.
on December 5, 2012 at 7:40 AM
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A footnote on Roman drinking and the madness of Emperors
It has been suggested in latter years that one reason that so many Roman emperors behaved like psychopathic jackanapes was because they drank the superior, sweeter wines, which contained lead, leached into the product during the. So did the water, that came through lead-lined aqueducts, but everyone drank that. Only the hifalutin' drank the heavy, sweet wines.
If you are interested in the details: http://io9.com/5877587/the-first-artificial-sweetener-poisoned-lots-of-romans
posted by
Ciel
on December 4, 2012 at 2:12 PM
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All good and interesting stuff, even to a non-drinker like me! 
posted by
JimmyA
on December 3, 2012 at 1:46 PM
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I did not know about this Roman take on alcohol. I never thought about it until now nor was it ever taught before in school. Very interesting material.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on December 3, 2012 at 12:00 PM
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How sad that drinking has always been a problem.
posted by
Amanda__
on December 3, 2012 at 9:28 AM
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Nautikos
JSo in New York I can feast myself for the road (mass transportation) kind of like fast feast (literally) and they must be talking about feast drinking at work. The mouthful in a glass’s good for the tummy. I can do that but others can’t Naut. BC-A, Bill’s R®st
posted by
BC-A
on December 3, 2012 at 5:41 AM
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I suppose since man began to say ugh he has brewed sweetness into something that can be swallowed and gives a kick, bees might have a lot to answer for. My brother once said one could make wine out of anything, he proceeded to ferment two demijohns of brussel sprout wine in his bedroom. The smell eventually pervaded the bunalow and he had to admit defeat. 
posted by
C_C_T
on December 2, 2012 at 11:17 PM
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I used to know a binge drinker, who never used a straw as far as
I could tell. He was English and German, I could never find him in October.
posted by
Pat_B
on December 2, 2012 at 6:40 PM
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not in the slightest bit boring. I always love things Historical
The Gnomes out in the garden shed haven't been sober for a month.
posted by
Kabu
on December 2, 2012 at 5:27 PM
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interesting
posted by
Annicita
on December 2, 2012 at 3:51 PM
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Being of British heritage, I am in a period of abstinence, at least through my sixties.
posted by
UtahJay
on December 2, 2012 at 2:46 PM
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