On Sat, 31 Jul 2004 12:25:50 -0700, "Ken Blake"
> wrote:

>In ,
>Michael Pronay > typed:
>
>
>> "Sammy" > wrote:
>>
>>> BTW, Ron, Manzanilla is Fino: just Fino from the seaside
>rather
>>> than the town
>>
>> <nitpickmode>
>>
>> You are right, normally Manzanilla is Manzanilla Fina, although
>> Manzanilla Amontillada does exist.
>
>
>Manzanilla is also chamomile tea, as I learned to my chagrin at a
>bar in Madrid some years ago.
>
>Tea (chamomile or otherwise) was what *not* what I expected to
>get when I asked for manzanilla.

In fact, you should have said that "manzanilla" is also the name of a
type of sherry. Because "manzanilla" means first and foremost,
chamomile... ;-)

Mike


Mike Tommasi, Six Fours, France
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