Friday, October 1, 2010

"Rum emerges as the cause - and supposed cure - for many illnesses and injuries at sea."

"On the same voyage, a scorpion sting nearly paralysed a sailor. He was revived by 'application of rum to the part'. Another man bitten by a tarantula received some 'rum and oil'."

Fascinating. 
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2 comments:

  1. Prippy HandbookOctober 2, 2010 at 6:28 PM

    Great quote. I'd love to know more about the history of rum.

    By the way, any rum recs for Dark and Stormy's that are a bit different? Would love to update that drink a bit.

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  2. AJROctober 16, 2010 at 7:12 PM

    You know Tom Gjelten wrote an interestiing book called Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba. You might want to check that out.

    I recently found a rum from Hawaii called Kōloa Kaua`i Dark. I thought about getting a bottle and trying a new D&S with it. I'll let you know if I toy with that. You should also check out the Rusty Root on this blog - it's basically a D&S subbing the rum for Root liqueur.

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