Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thats how Gin and Tonic originated, our erstwhile colonial masters used to put gin and sugar in quinine water - to take the bitterness out - as a cure for malaria.... Cheers Jayanand Govindaraj Chennai, India SonC@aol.com wrote: > > >In a message dated 9/7/2006 4:54:27 P.M. Central Daylight Time, >hoppyman@bigpond.net.au writes: > >but I find that repellent externally and beer internally minimises that >problem. >----------- > > > >I hear there's still a threat of malaria about. You should be taking a >dose >of quinine water against that. Of course, it tastes pretty bad, so in >Louisiana we use sparkling quinine water, A little gin to take the edge >off the >bitter. A slice of lime helps against the taste too. > >One cannot be too careful. > > >Regards, >Sonny >http://www.sonc.com >Natchitoches, Louisiana >Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane >?galit?, libert?, crawfish > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > >