Hello Chris & others who replied, Good to hear your story, which sounds a bit familiar too - when my family was younger. This kind of story makes good reading for the list, as a change from names and dates... It will evoke memories for a lot of other listers too, I would say... Many thanks for your interest and information... No, I am not particularly researching the subject, but trying to document a lot of paperwork I have here at the moment, so I can pass it on the side line families. Best wishes in your searching... Thelma (Bostock) Birrell Bostock/Wilkinson/Rafferty/Rhodes - http://birrell.1hwy.com/index.htm > Only guessing but we used to make ginger beer when I was a kid the main ingredient of which came from what was called a ginger beer "plant", as in the industrial meaning of the word, which resided on the top of our fridge and was continually fed with sugar and ginger to keep it fermenting.

Hi all, Just adding my little bit.......... We also used to help mum make the Ginger Beer. We used to store ours under the tankstand and I can remember it exploding too! Always tasted great though! And yes, it did have sultanas! If someone does have the recipe, please send it to the list as I think we'd all like to have it! Cheers, Andrea. Australian Milk Producers Association http://www.geocities.com/ampa_ltd/index.html Welcome to "Balcowa"! http://www.geocities.com/balcs9/index.html