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Food – Drinks

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As per Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary – A mixture of spirituous liquors usually consisting of rum and molasses. Among sailors Blackstrap was (maybe still is) considered any common wine…

2 quarts boiling water2 pounds brown sugar2 quarts grape juice2 cups raisins1 yeast cake1. Boil water in stone crock2. Dissolve brown sugar in boiling water3. Add grape juice…

Two ounces of powdered ginger root (or more if it is not very strong)Half an ounce of cream of tartarTwo large lemons, slicedTwo pounds of broken loaf sugarTwo…

Any mixture of spirits and water, especially rum and water.  The term comes from the nickname of ‘Old Grog’ for Admiral E. Vernon (1684-1757) of the Royal Navy…