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 > ***************************************************************