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Cooking pasta without draining the water
Hello All:
I looked in the archives of this newsgroup but could not find any discussions on this. A friend of mine says that there is an alternate way of cooking pasta: - Put enough water in a pot. Add pasta and salt. - Bring the mix to a boil. - Then simmer until water is gone. The process is much like cooking rice. He could not give me the amount of water needed off hand, but suggested that I start with a 1 to 1 ratio. He operates an Italian restaurant so I assume he knows what he is saying. Has anybody else run into cooking pasta this way? Deguza |
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Kompu Kid wrote:
> Hello All: > > I looked in the archives of this newsgroup but could not find any > discussions on this. > > A friend of mine says that there is an alternate way of cooking pasta: > > - Put enough water in a pot. Add pasta and salt. > - Bring the mix to a boil. > - Then simmer until water is gone. > > The process is much like cooking rice. > > He could not give me the amount of water needed off hand, but > suggested that I start with a 1 to 1 ratio. > > He operates an Italian restaurant so I assume he knows what he is > saying. > > Has anybody else run into cooking pasta this way? > > Deguza It will be sticky if you do that because starch will dissolve in the water and then thicken up as you boil the water away. But it will be OK if you're gonna use a starchy or cheese-based sauce where the extra starch will just mix into the sauce. Don't try to boil away all the water; cook until the pasta is done and the water is almost gone, then add the overly-thick sauce and let the cooking water thin it out. It's not a very good method, but it works for making skillet casseroles. Bob |
On 2004-09-25, Kompu Kid > wrote:
> He could not give me the amount of water needed off hand, but > suggested that I start with a 1 to 1 ratio. Either he's lying to you or you're lying to us. It's all bullshit! nb ...nobull |
"Michael Odom" > wrote in message
... > On 24 Sep 2004 20:01:29 -0700, (Kompu Kid) wrote: > >>Hello All: >> >>I looked in the archives of this newsgroup but could not find any >>discussions on this. >> >>A friend of mine says that there is an alternate way of cooking pasta: >> NO! Don't do that. Please... Luca |
Kompu Kid wrote:
> Hello All: > > I looked in the archives of this newsgroup but could not find any > discussions on this. > > A friend of mine says that there is an alternate way of cooking pasta: > > - Put enough water in a pot. Add pasta and salt. > - Bring the mix to a boil. > - Then simmer until water is gone. > > The process is much like cooking rice. > > He could not give me the amount of water needed off hand, but > suggested that I start with a 1 to 1 ratio. > > He operates an Italian restaurant so I assume he knows what he is > saying. He's doing that famous Italian thing called "tirare la gamba." (tee-rah-reh la gahm-bah) means to tug on a lower limb hoping you will actually do this dumb thing so he can point and laugh at you. In the nicest possible way, as only a friend can. Pastorio (Pahs-tor-ee-oh) |
Bob (this one) wrote:
> Kompu Kid wrote: > >> Hello All: >> >> I looked in the archives of this newsgroup but could not find any >> discussions on this. >> >> A friend of mine says that there is an alternate way of cooking >> pasta: - Put enough water in a pot. Add pasta and salt. >> - Bring the mix to a boil. >> - Then simmer until water is gone. >> >> The process is much like cooking rice. >> >> He could not give me the amount of water needed off hand, but >> suggested that I start with a 1 to 1 ratio. >> >> He operates an Italian restaurant so I assume he knows what he is >> saying. > > He's doing that famous Italian thing called "tirare la gamba." > (tee-rah-reh la gahm-bah) means to tug on a lower limb hoping you will > actually do this dumb thing so he can point and laugh at you. In the > nicest possible way, as only a friend can. Hey, Bob, do you know that this means to die? It's Lobardy dialect. You will extend your legs fully and finally only in a coffin... ;-) I wish you will do it as far as possible. |
Luca Pinotti wrote:
> Bob (this one) wrote: > >>Kompu Kid wrote: >> >>>Hello All: >>> >>>I looked in the archives of this newsgroup but could not find any >>>discussions on this. >>> >>>A friend of mine says that there is an alternate way of cooking >>>pasta: - Put enough water in a pot. Add pasta and salt. >>>- Bring the mix to a boil. >>>- Then simmer until water is gone. >>> >>>The process is much like cooking rice. >>> >>>He could not give me the amount of water needed off hand, but >>>suggested that I start with a 1 to 1 ratio. >>> >>>He operates an Italian restaurant so I assume he knows what he is >>>saying. >> >>He's doing that famous Italian thing called "tirare la gamba." >>(tee-rah-reh la gahm-bah) means to tug on a lower limb hoping you will >>actually do this dumb thing so he can point and laugh at you. In the >>nicest possible way, as only a friend can. > > Hey, Bob, > do you know that this means to die? It's Lobardy dialect. > You will extend your legs fully and finally only in a coffin... ;-) > I wish you will do it as far as possible. In English it means to play a joke (fare un scherzo) on someone. I like the English better... Pastorio |
"Bob (this one)" > wrote in message
... > Luca Pinotti wrote: > >> Bob (this one) wrote: >> >>>Kompu Kid wrote: >>> >>>>Hello All: >>>> >>>>I looked in the archives of this newsgroup but could not find any >>>>discussions on this. >>>> >>>>A friend of mine says that there is an alternate way of cooking >>>>pasta: - Put enough water in a pot. Add pasta and salt. >>>>- Bring the mix to a boil. >>>>- Then simmer until water is gone. >>>> >>>>The process is much like cooking rice. >>>> >>>>He could not give me the amount of water needed off hand, but >>>>suggested that I start with a 1 to 1 ratio. >>>> >>>>He operates an Italian restaurant so I assume he knows what he is >>>>saying. >>> >>>He's doing that famous Italian thing called "tirare la gamba." >>>(tee-rah-reh la gahm-bah) means to tug on a lower limb hoping you will >>>actually do this dumb thing so he can point and laugh at you. In the >>>nicest possible way, as only a friend can. >> >> Hey, Bob, >> do you know that this means to die? It's Lobardy dialect. >> You will extend your legs fully and finally only in a coffin... ;-) >> I wish you will do it as far as possible. > > In English it means to play a joke (fare un scherzo) on someone. > > I like the English better... (fare unO scherzo) You bad bguddy ;-) |
"Bob (this one)" > wrote in message
... > Luca Pinotti wrote: > >> Bob (this one) wrote: >> >>>Kompu Kid wrote: >>> >>>>Hello All: >>>> >>>>I looked in the archives of this newsgroup but could not find any >>>>discussions on this. >>>> >>>>A friend of mine says that there is an alternate way of cooking >>>>pasta: - Put enough water in a pot. Add pasta and salt. >>>>- Bring the mix to a boil. >>>>- Then simmer until water is gone. >>>> >>>>The process is much like cooking rice. >>>> >>>>He could not give me the amount of water needed off hand, but >>>>suggested that I start with a 1 to 1 ratio. >>>> >>>>He operates an Italian restaurant so I assume he knows what he is >>>>saying. >>> >>>He's doing that famous Italian thing called "tirare la gamba." >>>(tee-rah-reh la gahm-bah) means to tug on a lower limb hoping you will >>>actually do this dumb thing so he can point and laugh at you. In the >>>nicest possible way, as only a friend can. >> >> Hey, Bob, >> do you know that this means to die? It's Lobardy dialect. >> You will extend your legs fully and finally only in a coffin... ;-) >> I wish you will do it as far as possible. > > In English it means to play a joke (fare un scherzo) on someone. > > I like the English better... (fare unO scherzo) You bad bguddy ;-) |
"Bob (this one)" > wrote in message
... > Luca Pinotti wrote: > >> Bob (this one) wrote: >> >>>Kompu Kid wrote: >>> >>>>Hello All: >>>> >>>>I looked in the archives of this newsgroup but could not find any >>>>discussions on this. >>>> >>>>A friend of mine says that there is an alternate way of cooking >>>>pasta: - Put enough water in a pot. Add pasta and salt. >>>>- Bring the mix to a boil. >>>>- Then simmer until water is gone. >>>> >>>>The process is much like cooking rice. >>>> >>>>He could not give me the amount of water needed off hand, but >>>>suggested that I start with a 1 to 1 ratio. >>>> >>>>He operates an Italian restaurant so I assume he knows what he is >>>>saying. >>> >>>He's doing that famous Italian thing called "tirare la gamba." >>>(tee-rah-reh la gahm-bah) means to tug on a lower limb hoping you will >>>actually do this dumb thing so he can point and laugh at you. In the >>>nicest possible way, as only a friend can. >> >> Hey, Bob, >> do you know that this means to die? It's Lobardy dialect. >> You will extend your legs fully and finally only in a coffin... ;-) >> I wish you will do it as far as possible. > > In English it means to play a joke (fare un scherzo) on someone. > > I like the English better... (fare unO scherzo) You bad bguddy ;-) |
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"Bob (this one)" > wrote in message ... > Kompu Kid wrote: > >> Hello All: >> >> I looked in the archives of this newsgroup but could not find any >> discussions on this. >> >> A friend of mine says that there is an alternate way of cooking pasta: >> >> - Put enough water in a pot. Add pasta and salt. >> - Bring the mix to a boil. >> - Then simmer until water is gone. >> >> The process is much like cooking rice. >> >> He could not give me the amount of water needed off hand, but >> suggested that I start with a 1 to 1 ratio. >> >> He operates an Italian restaurant so I assume he knows what he is >> saying. > > He's doing that famous Italian thing called "tirare la gamba." > (tee-rah-reh la gahm-bah) means to tug on a lower limb hoping you will > actually do this dumb thing so he can point and laugh at you. In the > nicest possible way, as only a friend can. > > Pastorio (Pahs-tor-ee-oh) > > Haha! Jack Leg (not to be confused with Jake Leg) |
"Bob (this one)" > wrote in message ... > Kompu Kid wrote: > >> Hello All: >> >> I looked in the archives of this newsgroup but could not find any >> discussions on this. >> >> A friend of mine says that there is an alternate way of cooking pasta: >> >> - Put enough water in a pot. Add pasta and salt. >> - Bring the mix to a boil. >> - Then simmer until water is gone. >> >> The process is much like cooking rice. >> >> He could not give me the amount of water needed off hand, but >> suggested that I start with a 1 to 1 ratio. >> >> He operates an Italian restaurant so I assume he knows what he is >> saying. > > He's doing that famous Italian thing called "tirare la gamba." > (tee-rah-reh la gahm-bah) means to tug on a lower limb hoping you will > actually do this dumb thing so he can point and laugh at you. In the > nicest possible way, as only a friend can. > > Pastorio (Pahs-tor-ee-oh) > > Haha! Jack Leg (not to be confused with Jake Leg) |
"Jack Schidt®" > wrote in news:iue5d.10573$Qv5.1754
@newssvr33.news.prodigy.com: > > Haha! > > Jack Leg (not to be confused with Jake Leg) > > Ha, I haven't heard anyone refer to Jake Leg since I was a kid. Takes me way back. -- Wayne in Phoenix unmunge as w-e-b *If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it. *A mind is a terrible thing to lose. |
"Jack Schidt®" > wrote in news:iue5d.10573$Qv5.1754
@newssvr33.news.prodigy.com: > > Haha! > > Jack Leg (not to be confused with Jake Leg) > > Ha, I haven't heard anyone refer to Jake Leg since I was a kid. Takes me way back. -- Wayne in Phoenix unmunge as w-e-b *If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it. *A mind is a terrible thing to lose. |
"Jack Schidt®" > wrote in news:iue5d.10573$Qv5.1754
@newssvr33.news.prodigy.com: > > Haha! > > Jack Leg (not to be confused with Jake Leg) > > Ha, I haven't heard anyone refer to Jake Leg since I was a kid. Takes me way back. -- Wayne in Phoenix unmunge as w-e-b *If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it. *A mind is a terrible thing to lose. |
"Kompu Kid" > wrote in message
om... > Hello All: > > I looked in the archives of this newsgroup but could not find any > discussions on this. > > A friend of mine says that there is an alternate way of cooking pasta: > > - Put enough water in a pot. Add pasta and salt. > - Bring the mix to a boil. > - Then simmer until water is gone. > > The process is much like cooking rice. > > He could not give me the amount of water needed off hand, but > suggested that I start with a 1 to 1 ratio. > > He operates an Italian restaurant so I assume he knows what he is > saying. > > Has anybody else run into cooking pasta this way? > > Deguza Have you ever noticed all the starch in the water that you drain off after cooking pasta? With your friend's method, guess where all that starch ends up? -- Peter Aitken Remove the crap from my email address before using. |
"Kompu Kid" > wrote in message
om... > Hello All: > > I looked in the archives of this newsgroup but could not find any > discussions on this. > > A friend of mine says that there is an alternate way of cooking pasta: > > - Put enough water in a pot. Add pasta and salt. > - Bring the mix to a boil. > - Then simmer until water is gone. > > The process is much like cooking rice. > > He could not give me the amount of water needed off hand, but > suggested that I start with a 1 to 1 ratio. > > He operates an Italian restaurant so I assume he knows what he is > saying. > > Has anybody else run into cooking pasta this way? > > Deguza Have you ever noticed all the starch in the water that you drain off after cooking pasta? With your friend's method, guess where all that starch ends up? -- Peter Aitken Remove the crap from my email address before using. |
Kompu Kid wrote:
> Hello All: > > I looked in the archives of this newsgroup but could not find any > discussions on this. > > A friend of mine says that there is an alternate way of cooking pasta: > > - Put enough water in a pot. Add pasta and salt. > - Bring the mix to a boil. > - Then simmer until water is gone. > > The process is much like cooking rice. > > He could not give me the amount of water needed off hand, but > suggested that I start with a 1 to 1 ratio. > > He operates an Italian restaurant so I assume he knows what he is > saying. > > Has anybody else run into cooking pasta this way? > > Deguza Your friend is nuts. You may let pasta *stand* in the hot water off the heat to finish cooking, but do not cook the water away like you are cooking rice. That's simply insane. Jill |
Kompu Kid wrote:
> Hello All: > > I looked in the archives of this newsgroup but could not find any > discussions on this. > > A friend of mine says that there is an alternate way of cooking pasta: > > - Put enough water in a pot. Add pasta and salt. > - Bring the mix to a boil. > - Then simmer until water is gone. > > The process is much like cooking rice. > > He could not give me the amount of water needed off hand, but > suggested that I start with a 1 to 1 ratio. > > He operates an Italian restaurant so I assume he knows what he is > saying. > > Has anybody else run into cooking pasta this way? > > Deguza Your friend is nuts. You may let pasta *stand* in the hot water off the heat to finish cooking, but do not cook the water away like you are cooking rice. That's simply insane. Jill |
> "Peter Aitken" writes:
> >"Kompu Kid" wrote: >> >> A friend of mine says that there is an alternate way of cooking pasta: >> >> - Put enough water in a pot. Add pasta and salt. >> - Bring the mix to a boil. >> - Then simmer until water is gone. >> >> The process is much like cooking rice. >> >> He operates an Italian restaurant so I assume he knows what he is >> saying. So what... the vast majority of successful restaurants are owned/operated by people who can't cook. >Have you ever noticed all the starch in the water that you drain off after >cooking pasta? With your friend's method, guess where all that starch ends >up? I often cook rizo (rice-like pasta) with rice, half n' half. Tuns out perfect every time, much prefered by most to plain rice. I use the same amount of water as for plain rice but I also add butter and/or oil, and sauted veggies, kind of a pilaf. Were I to try say plain spaghetti by that method I imagine the result a solid gluey clump, probably badly burned on the bottom... exactly the kind of cookery as done by those who are too proud dagos... if yoose gotta play the WOP card to gain crediblity then in actuality yoose a low-life with low self-esteem issues. ---= BOYCOTT FRANCE (belgium) GERMANY--SPAIN =--- ---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =--- ********* "Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation." Sheldon ```````````` |
"Wayne" > wrote in message ... > "Jack Schidt®" > wrote in news:iue5d.10573$Qv5.1754 > @newssvr33.news.prodigy.com: > >> >> Haha! >> >> Jack Leg (not to be confused with Jake Leg) >> >> > > Ha, I haven't heard anyone refer to Jake Leg since I was a kid. Takes me > way back. > > -- Check out this site for some Jake Leg tunes: http://www.ibiblio.org/moonshine/drink/jakesongs.html Jack Moonshine |
"Wayne" > wrote in message ... > "Jack Schidt®" > wrote in news:iue5d.10573$Qv5.1754 > @newssvr33.news.prodigy.com: > >> >> Haha! >> >> Jack Leg (not to be confused with Jake Leg) >> >> > > Ha, I haven't heard anyone refer to Jake Leg since I was a kid. Takes me > way back. > > -- Check out this site for some Jake Leg tunes: http://www.ibiblio.org/moonshine/drink/jakesongs.html Jack Moonshine |
"Jack Schidt®" > wrote in
m: > > "Wayne" > wrote in message > ... >> "Jack Schidt®" > wrote in >> news:iue5d.10573$Qv5.1754 @newssvr33.news.prodigy.com: >> >>> >>> Haha! >>> >>> Jack Leg (not to be confused with Jake Leg) >>> >>> >> >> Ha, I haven't heard anyone refer to Jake Leg since I was a kid. >> Takes me way back. >> >> -- > > Check out this site for some Jake Leg tunes: > http://www.ibiblio.org/moonshine/drink/jakesongs.html > > Jack Moonshine > > Oh, Jack, that's too funny! -- Wayne in Phoenix unmunge as w-e-b *If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it. *A mind is a terrible thing to lose. |
"Jack Schidt®" > wrote in
m: > > "Wayne" > wrote in message > ... >> "Jack Schidt®" > wrote in >> news:iue5d.10573$Qv5.1754 @newssvr33.news.prodigy.com: >> >>> >>> Haha! >>> >>> Jack Leg (not to be confused with Jake Leg) >>> >>> >> >> Ha, I haven't heard anyone refer to Jake Leg since I was a kid. >> Takes me way back. >> >> -- > > Check out this site for some Jake Leg tunes: > http://www.ibiblio.org/moonshine/drink/jakesongs.html > > Jack Moonshine > > Oh, Jack, that's too funny! -- Wayne in Phoenix unmunge as w-e-b *If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it. *A mind is a terrible thing to lose. |
"Jack Schidt®" > wrote in message m... > > Check out this site for some Jake Leg tunes: > http://www.ibiblio.org/moonshine/drink/jakesongs.html > > Jack Moonshine Fantastic! What I can't understand is why, at an Advanced Old Age and with a mother from an Old Southern Family, I never ever heard of jakeleg. Maybe we were too genteel. But I DO remember downing "grain and grape juice" in my misspent youth. Felice |
"Felice Friese" > wrote in
news:bjh5d.259013$mD.65463@attbi_s02: > > "Jack Schidt®" > wrote in message > m... >> >> Check out this site for some Jake Leg tunes: >> http://www.ibiblio.org/moonshine/drink/jakesongs.html >> >> Jack Moonshine > > Fantastic! What I can't understand is why, at an Advanced Old Age and > with a mother from an Old Southern Family, I never ever heard of > jakeleg. Maybe we were too genteel. But I DO remember downing "grain > and grape juice" in my misspent youth. > > Felice Heh, my mother was also from an Old Southern Family, and genteel to boot, but there was still occasional talk about some town ne'er-do-well who had developed jake-leg after getting some bad moonshine. It was a very small town, and people (genteel or not) loved tot alk. -- Wayne in Phoenix unmunge as w-e-b *If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it. *A mind is a terrible thing to lose. |
Wayne wrote:
> "Felice Friese" > wrote in > news:bjh5d.259013$mD.65463@attbi_s02: > > >>"Jack Schidt®" > wrote in message . com... >> >>>Check out this site for some Jake Leg tunes: >>>http://www.ibiblio.org/moonshine/drink/jakesongs.html >>> >>>Jack Moonshine >> >>Fantastic! What I can't understand is why, at an Advanced Old Age and >>with a mother from an Old Southern Family, I never ever heard of >>jakeleg. Maybe we were too genteel. But I DO remember downing "grain >>and grape juice" in my misspent youth. >> >>Felice > > > Heh, my mother was also from an Old Southern Family, and genteel to boot, > but there was still occasional talk about some town ne'er-do-well who had > developed jake-leg after getting some bad moonshine. It was a very small > town, and people (genteel or not) loved tot alk. > "Jake-leg" was a very specific problem during Prohibition caused by triorthocresyl phosphate added to a patent medicine called Jamaican Ginger. It's not something you would get from bad moonshine -- at least not since about 60 or 70 years ago. They were probably talking about someone who was too drunk to walk and used the term incorrectly. I just learned about this today. Thanks Jack for bringing it up. Best regards, Bob |
Wayne wrote:
> "Felice Friese" > wrote in > news:bjh5d.259013$mD.65463@attbi_s02: > > >>"Jack Schidt®" > wrote in message . com... >> >>>Check out this site for some Jake Leg tunes: >>>http://www.ibiblio.org/moonshine/drink/jakesongs.html >>> >>>Jack Moonshine >> >>Fantastic! What I can't understand is why, at an Advanced Old Age and >>with a mother from an Old Southern Family, I never ever heard of >>jakeleg. Maybe we were too genteel. But I DO remember downing "grain >>and grape juice" in my misspent youth. >> >>Felice > > > Heh, my mother was also from an Old Southern Family, and genteel to boot, > but there was still occasional talk about some town ne'er-do-well who had > developed jake-leg after getting some bad moonshine. It was a very small > town, and people (genteel or not) loved tot alk. > "Jake-leg" was a very specific problem during Prohibition caused by triorthocresyl phosphate added to a patent medicine called Jamaican Ginger. It's not something you would get from bad moonshine -- at least not since about 60 or 70 years ago. They were probably talking about someone who was too drunk to walk and used the term incorrectly. I just learned about this today. Thanks Jack for bringing it up. Best regards, Bob |
Wayne wrote:
> "Felice Friese" > wrote in > news:bjh5d.259013$mD.65463@attbi_s02: > > >>"Jack Schidt®" > wrote in message . com... >> >>>Check out this site for some Jake Leg tunes: >>>http://www.ibiblio.org/moonshine/drink/jakesongs.html >>> >>>Jack Moonshine >> >>Fantastic! What I can't understand is why, at an Advanced Old Age and >>with a mother from an Old Southern Family, I never ever heard of >>jakeleg. Maybe we were too genteel. But I DO remember downing "grain >>and grape juice" in my misspent youth. >> >>Felice > > > Heh, my mother was also from an Old Southern Family, and genteel to boot, > but there was still occasional talk about some town ne'er-do-well who had > developed jake-leg after getting some bad moonshine. It was a very small > town, and people (genteel or not) loved tot alk. > "Jake-leg" was a very specific problem during Prohibition caused by triorthocresyl phosphate added to a patent medicine called Jamaican Ginger. It's not something you would get from bad moonshine -- at least not since about 60 or 70 years ago. They were probably talking about someone who was too drunk to walk and used the term incorrectly. I just learned about this today. Thanks Jack for bringing it up. Best regards, Bob |
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On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 12:16:07 -0500, zxcvbob >
wrote: > >"Jake-leg" was a very specific problem during Prohibition caused by >triorthocresyl phosphate added to a patent medicine called Jamaican >Ginger. It's not something you would get from bad moonshine -- at least >not since about 60 or 70 years ago. I've wondered for a long time *why* the TOCP ended up in a batch of Ginger Jake. This stuff has even been a contaminant in other beverages (not in the US) in the past 10 yr.. After reading these rfc posts I did another web search and got a couple of different clues on the "why"/"how," still nothing definitive except that it was intentional (in the Jake instance). Also, thanks Jack for the refernce to the song! Sue(tm) Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself! |
Curly Sue wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 12:16:07 -0500, zxcvbob > > wrote: > > >>"Jake-leg" was a very specific problem during Prohibition caused by >>triorthocresyl phosphate added to a patent medicine called Jamaican >>Ginger. It's not something you would get from bad moonshine -- at least >>not since about 60 or 70 years ago. > > > I've wondered for a long time *why* the TOCP ended up in a batch of > Ginger Jake. This stuff has even been a contaminant in other > beverages (not in the US) in the past 10 yr.. > > After reading these rfc posts I did another web search and got a > couple of different clues on the "why"/"how," still nothing definitive > except that it was intentional (in the Jake instance). > > Also, thanks Jack for the refernce to the song! > Ain't topic drift wonderful? (well... sometimes, anyway) Bob |
Curly Sue wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 12:16:07 -0500, zxcvbob > > wrote: > > >>"Jake-leg" was a very specific problem during Prohibition caused by >>triorthocresyl phosphate added to a patent medicine called Jamaican >>Ginger. It's not something you would get from bad moonshine -- at least >>not since about 60 or 70 years ago. > > > I've wondered for a long time *why* the TOCP ended up in a batch of > Ginger Jake. This stuff has even been a contaminant in other > beverages (not in the US) in the past 10 yr.. > > After reading these rfc posts I did another web search and got a > couple of different clues on the "why"/"how," still nothing definitive > except that it was intentional (in the Jake instance). > > Also, thanks Jack for the refernce to the song! > Ain't topic drift wonderful? (well... sometimes, anyway) Bob |
what a disappointment! i thought this was a cooking NG. not a bunch of
folks making insulting and racist remarks. Dago? not too nice. you all need to grow up a bit.......... |
what a disappointment! i thought this was a cooking NG. not a bunch of
folks making insulting and racist remarks. Dago? not too nice. you all need to grow up a bit.......... |
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