" BOB" > wrote in message
...
> Tess wrote:
>> "sf" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Sun, 6 Feb 2005 14:46:41 -0800, "Internet Traveler"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear Food Experts
>>>> I remember flour having the designation of XXX on the
>>>> label back in the '60's (think it was Pillsbury). When I went to look
>>>> it up I found it meant
>>>> super fine confection - sugar. Does anyone know what
>>>> the XXX really means?
>>>>
>>> I see xxx in cartoons all the time... it's hooch (and not
>>> the good stuff)!
>>>
>>> sf
>>
>> Has anyone ever *had* moonshine? I did once when I was a
>> teenager - from a teaspoon in a mason jar. Fortunately,
>> it was a metal spoon, because a wooden one would've never
>> made it.
>> Oooo, mama, that stuff is Heavy-Duty. ( Industrial
>> strength booze - take the varnish clean off a table : )
>>
>> Cheers ( *hic*! )
>>
>> - Tess
>
> Excellent stuff. In my college days, we had an all glass still going 24/7
> in the basement of the chemistry building. The StillMaster (that's what
> we called him any way) was from the hills of Kentucky. He said that he
> used his great grampappy's recipe. Wouldn't tell anyone.
>
> Talk about smoooooooooth. I don't think there are enough "ooooo"s around
> to describe it. But boy, what a kick? Better not be sitting down when
> you take a swig, or you won't be getting up.
>
> BOB

Ooo, hoo hoooo ....... BOB! I haven't had any since college, and that was
.... well, never mind when that was : ) Also had some PGA ( Pure Grain
Alcohol ) once - ONCE. And you're right, I *didn't* get up. Crawled right
over to the bathroom, and the rest .... well, I thankfully pretty well
didn't remember the rest. I *do* remember that it was *BAD*.

AaCK!

- Tess, who's sipping away on a hurricane whilst the beans and rice cook

"Hey, Missus! Throw something!"