Re: Drug Use in Korea

["Patricia Winston \(Trish\)" <winstonp001@hawaii.rr.com>]

Since they are sold in the spice rack, I would expect them to be readily
available.  They are absolutely de rigueur for creating authentic
sauerbraten.

Wunderfrau Trish


----- Original Message -----
From: "Janet Valentine" <valent03@bellsouth.net>
To: <KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu>
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 7:52 AM
Subject: Re: Drug Use in Korea


> Where do soldiers/sailors get the juniper berries?
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Hickcox" <cometkazie@earthlink.net>
> To: <KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 1:13 PM
> Subject: Re: Drug Use in Korea
>
>
> > At 08:06 8/2/01, Janet Valentine wrote:
> >
> > >LOL!  No doubt everyone on the list knows that gin is distilled from
> juniper
> > >berries.  I have to agree with Trish  on her assessment of  iodine as
> > >scotch - bleccchhhhh!  But those sorts of recollections are valuable
> > >historical evidence, and this one speaks of a long soldier tradition of
> > >creativity and flaunting of official regs.
> >
> > I believe gin is flavored with rather than distilled from juniper
> > berries.  At any rate, something has to be fermented to form the alcohol
> > first, then distilled.  At one time the juniper berries were placed in
the
> > distillation column so the distillate picked up their flavor.
> >
> > In Mister Roberts, his buddies tried to concoct Scotch from medicinal
> > alcohol & used iodine as an ingredient.
> >
> > FWIW,
> >
> > Tommy
> >
> >
>
>