I thought that the quinine was to keep the sailors from getting scurvy.
No that is vitamin C, ascorbic acid, US Navy sailors took to calling their Royal Navy counter parts “limeys” because of their daily ration of Lime juice which started in 1875.
I thought that the quinine was to keep the sailors from getting scurvy.
The Fever Tree tonic is great & their light version is a nice step up from say Polar diet tonic, which is good but not in the same league.You may want to check the entire Fever Tree line. I too am diabetic and they make a light tonic, very low in sugar, and I believe all the blends use natural agave sugar and lower in content than typical tonic water
Gordon's is my mainstay gin, but whenever I go to Costco I pickup a bottle of Kirkland Signature London Dry Gin it's excellent and inexpensive.
sfox52 said:I had a bad experience with gin probably 40 plus years back, still can't get near it.
If they could make something that tastes like gin* but had no alcohol the world would be a better place, at least in my book
*Gordon's Dry Gin, in particular.
I can't take gin either. You can put 1 drop into 1 glass of mix and taste the gin to the bottom. I guess it's cause I'm in the Carolina's. Pine tree country.
Looking good! I'm having a coupl e too. After a couple bourbons.
The Cinchona tree ( Cinchona officinalis) is the source of the bark used to extract quinine. This is a rather handsome tree that grows in the Peruvian jungles. It’s use as a cure for Yellow Fever was well known by the native people in the region but first came to the attention of the Europe in 1633 when the Italian physician Sebastiano Bado reported he used the plant to cure the wife of the viceroy in Lima. The Cinchona tree itself is available in US nurseries and can be grown in the southern part of the US.
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I want that tree in my back yard.The Cinchona tree ( Cinchona officinalis) is the source of the bark used to extract quinine. This is a rather handsome tree that grows in the Peruvian jungles. It’s use as a cure for Yellow Fever was well known by the native people in the region but first came to the attention of the Europe in 1633 when the Italian physician Sebastiano Bado reported he used the plant to cure the wife of the viceroy in Lima. The Cinchona tree itself is available in US nurseries and can be grown in the southern part of the US.
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