Norma I haven't heard the word snockered in a very, very long time. My g grandfather Adam HERWEHE was; of course, German and he used to brew and bottle his own beer and even root beer for the children. I know that he also made his own liquor which my gramma said was for medicinal purposes only. Yeah, sure! But the recipe was never handed down. What a loss! Mickey in Iowa -----Original Message----- From: Norma Lewis <norie@localaccess.com> To: VAAUGUST-L@rootsweb.com <VAAUGUST-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, January 27, 1999 6:19 PM Subject: Re: [VAAUGUST-L] Tobacco, hemp & liquor... >I'd like to read a discussion on moonshine. Remember "The Waltons" and the >little old ladies with the "recipe". I think that was very real. Our ancestors >valued good liquor, it was a spcecialty handed down in families. They used it >for many things besides getting snockered. It was a the number 1 medicine for >many years, hundreds probably. It was an antiseptic even before they knew >about such things. It is used for its yeast properties in some baking, fruit >cake needs it for flavor, and everybody laughs about passing the same >fruitcake around every Christmas, but they don't know anything about real >fruit cake. The dried fruit you buy in the store is nothing like what they >used to dry at home and put into these cakes. Yes, let's have a moonshine >discussion. Of course, the recipe is only as good as the equipment too. >Norma > >DVS1119@aol.com wrote: >> >> When I belonged to a NC list last year, they got into a big discussion on >> moonshine and even gave a recipe. It was quite interesting on how the >> families had handed it down and how they made it. >> >> Doris >> >> ==== VAAUGUST Mailing List ==== >> **************************************************************** >> The Augusta County mailing list page has instructions on how to >> subscribe and unsubscribe from the list >> Visit it at: >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~vapulask/augustaquery/augustalist.htm >> *************************************************************** > > >==== VAAUGUST Mailing List ==== >**************************************************************** > Visit the Augusta County VAGenWeb Site at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vaaugust/ >****************************************************************