To: blam
Why would the Romans trade wine and olive oil for beer and lard? It must not have been their best. On the other hand, maybe they were trading for Scotch whiskey! I'd sure trade mediocre wine and olive oil for Lagavulin or something like that!
To: Savage Beast
bttt....
To: Savage Beast
Why would the Romans trade wine and olive oil for beer and lard? It must not have been their best. On the other hand, maybe they were trading for Scotch whiskey! I'd
Scotch whiskey was first distilled by Monks in the middle ages, quite a long time in the future.... Beer on the other hand is Egyptian in origin (surprising but true!) and wine seems to have it's origins in IRaq-Iran!
28 posted on
02/16/2004 8:26:11 AM PST by
Cronos
(W2K4!)
To: Savage Beast
I have one case of this stuff left to me by my grandfather.
Is it anygood?
36 posted on
02/16/2004 12:11:50 PM PST by
ASA Vet
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