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> Once again i am asking for a early drink recipe used during colonial
> times.It was called Grog. Mainly in the Royal Navy. I was watching a
> History Channel and they mentioned that the rum back in the 1700's
> was 5 times more powerful than today's. Man!! I would like to have
> had some of that rum. But,anyway,can anyone offer up a version of
> Grog that more than likely was used in the colonial days??? Thanks.
This link sends you to a history of grog - well annotated and interesting, If
I don't say so myself:
http://www.contemplator.com/history/grog.html
The recipie from that particular website reads as so:
Grog
1 shot rum
1 teaspoon sugar (preferably superfine)
Squeeze of lime juice
Cinnamon stick
Boiling water
Stir all ingredients, adding enough boiling water to fill mug or glass.
These are just other interesting tidbits I gound in my search.
Grog \'gräg\ n [Old Grog, nickname of Edward Vernon 1757 E admiral responsible
for diluting the sailors' rum] : spirituous liquor; specif : liquor (as rum)
cut with water.
Grog: Traditionally, 2 parts water, 1 part Pusser's rum