tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post6529053205099022081..comments2023-10-12T02:21:40.102-07:00Comments on English Historical Fiction Authors: Flip, Shrub and other drinks favored of Georgian LondonersDebra Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03256313302199653185noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-69489355476640914582011-10-30T14:24:13.509-07:002011-10-30T14:24:13.509-07:00Shrub is still a drink which you can buy - not eve...Shrub is still a drink which you can buy - not everywhere,but certainly in Plymouth (Devon) and the surrounding areas.Funny how some things live on in certain areas and die out in others....Mike Rendellhttp://georgiangentleman.posterous.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-32153288886927011172011-10-10T20:07:38.184-07:002011-10-10T20:07:38.184-07:00Thanks, Linda and Lauren. Glad you liked it.Thanks, Linda and Lauren. Glad you liked it.Tim Queeneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09338935318384628270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-47198497371363800722011-10-05T07:12:39.159-07:002011-10-05T07:12:39.159-07:00This was so interesting! I love to cook, and my h...This was so interesting! I love to cook, and my husband brews beer, so this article was helpful and insightful on multiple levels. It is great to know what those drinks are, when I run across them in novels!Lauren Gilberthttp://www.heyerwood.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-55618535120824518092011-10-04T18:38:28.278-07:002011-10-04T18:38:28.278-07:00This great! I wish you had written it two years ag...This great! I wish you had written it two years ago when I was trying to figure out what small beer was! Thanks for sharing.Linda L Grahamhttp://www.lindaleegraham.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-26271742908825030132011-10-04T12:40:10.618-07:002011-10-04T12:40:10.618-07:00Thanks, Sophia, Debbie and Barbara!Thanks, Sophia, Debbie and Barbara!Tim Queeneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09338935318384628270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-77834298994698467282011-10-04T02:44:49.791-07:002011-10-04T02:44:49.791-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Barbara Monajemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06740868750916582900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-42640929112377021192011-10-04T02:44:44.314-07:002011-10-04T02:44:44.314-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Barbara Monajemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06740868750916582900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-20283334478553900012011-10-04T02:44:40.027-07:002011-10-04T02:44:40.027-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Barbara Monajemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06740868750916582900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-51401106742710477832011-10-04T02:44:18.964-07:002011-10-04T02:44:18.964-07:00Very entertaining and informative. Thanks! (The de...Very entertaining and informative. Thanks! (The description of the refreshments made me hungry. Ox palates...? Must try!)Barbara Monajemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06740868750916582900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-73240407770970629962011-10-03T18:55:07.606-07:002011-10-03T18:55:07.606-07:00Thanks, Tim. I've never been a big drinker, so...Thanks, Tim. I've never been a big drinker, so didn't even know the name of the horrid drink that tastes like pine trees. Must be gin, the juniper berry concoction. I do like rum, though!Debra Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03256313302199653185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-73844506645912974062011-10-03T08:46:47.973-07:002011-10-03T08:46:47.973-07:00That was a great explanation about many of the dri...That was a great explanation about many of the drinks available and I was amused by the fanciful names as they remind me of the names today.. I confess that hearing of all those eggs being put to use that way made me queasy.<br />Thanks!Sophia Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01389029835067242765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-72082739752284735352011-10-03T06:57:16.736-07:002011-10-03T06:57:16.736-07:00Thanks, Teresa.
Jane, yes the run fustian does s...Thanks, Teresa. <br /><br />Jane, yes the run fustian does sound like quite a concoction doesn't it? Imagine if we had heard one of the characters on Sex and the City order one?Tim Queeneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09338935318384628270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-91850236009258090352011-10-03T04:49:40.810-07:002011-10-03T04:49:40.810-07:00Fascinating! Rum fustian for me please!Fascinating! Rum fustian for me please!Jane Odiwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10712868693656060688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-60431097577602890662011-10-03T03:27:58.882-07:002011-10-03T03:27:58.882-07:00Thanks for sharing the insights into the eating an...Thanks for sharing the insights into the eating and drinking habits and fads among the British in Georgian England.Teresa Thomas Bohannonhttp://www.ladysilk.netnoreply@blogger.com