Hooch ! National Moonshine Day June 5th
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Posted:Jun 3, 2020 6:27 pm
Last Updated:Jun 4, 2020 12:10 pm 669 Views
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Moonshine—which is often also known as white lightning, hooch, mountain dew, rotgut, firewater, skullpop, and Tennessee white whiskey—is a high-proof distilled spirit that is illegally made in its truest form. It often is about 150 proof, or about 75% alcohol by volume. Although it is illegal to make moonshine at home, we celebrate it today anyway.
The name "moonshine" may come from "moonrakers," a historic term for English smugglers. "Moonshining" in Britain also meant any job that was done at night. Americans may have adopted the term because the drink was made clandestinely or by the light of the moon. Early moonshiners often made it with rye or barley, but since the nineteenth century, almost all moonshine has been made with corn. A common recipe for it is cornmeal, sugar, yeast, and water. During Prohibition, white sugar was often used in place of cornmeal. Moonshine is clear because it is not aged in oak barrels like whiskey is. Aging in barrels also mellows whiskey out, and as moonshine doesn't use this process, it has a kick to it. Bad batches of moonshine can be harmful to humans. In the past, some unsafe materials were sometimes added to it to give it a bigger kick, which also made it dangerous.
Throughout history, moonshine has sometimes been made to avoid taxes, and at other times has been made to circumvent full bans on alcohol. In America, moonshine was first made in Pennsylvania and other states where grain was an important commodity. The extra grains from harvest were distilled so they wouldn't go to waste. In 1791, a tax on liquor known as a "whiskey tax" was implemented in the United States. Three years later, the Whiskey Rebellion broke out in Pennsylvania and President Washington sent in 13,000 troops to bring order. The tax was repealed in 1801.
Moonshining still continued after the Whiskey Rebellion and was common in Kentucky, Virginia, the Carolinas, and in Southern states. The alcohol is still often associated with the South today. Prohibition went into effect in 1920, which actually helped moonshiners, as there was no longer legal alcohol that could be purchased—their market greatly expanded and there was much more demand. But with the repeal of Prohibition in 1933, demand went way down and continued to do so over the years. Today moonshining is rare. Some "moonshine" is nowadays sold in stores, and follows a similar recipe as the bootleg kind, but is not illegal.
The Great Depression hit American farmers long before the New York Stock Market crash of 1929. My Great Grandfather began running shine in his trucks to supplement the farm income and build a business. Leaving Alden with a dump-truck equipped with a hidden compartment up forward in the box he would load on coal down by Des Moines. Then proceed towards Templeton where fivegallon jugs of shine were stacked into the hidden compartment with some coal shoveled over to disguise the illicit load. The drive back to Alden where the coal was unloaded and the shine handed over to the local produce manager: Art.
When enough shine was acquired and payment arrangements made the semi load of "eggs" were delivered to Chicago; SMC Cartage Co. a Bugs Moran Cartage Co. From there the highly prized "Templeton Rye" was watered down and rebottled for the local Florist by the name of Dean O'banion .
Dean O'banion
Those wanting a bottle would then call Schofield Florist asking for four-roses the "secret prohibition code" to get a bottle delivered to their door.
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For My Mom
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Posted:Jun 3, 2020 10:03 am
Last Updated:Jun 3, 2020 9:41 pm 744 Views
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I just won this coin on ebay. It's kind of rare. It is a 1788 half guinea ( 10/6 ) gaming token. They were popular over the years as a necklace, charm bracelet or a man's watch chain fob.
As worn as the coin is it has graced the neck or wrist of many women.... Now it's my mom's turn.
This is the reverse of one not worn as jewelry.
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trust
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Posted:Jun 2, 2020 8:08 pm
Last Updated:Jun 3, 2020 9:12 am 1121 Views
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I seen a factious business name a few days ago and just got around to making the card for it. Take a moment................ let it sink in....................
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WTF ????????
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Posted:Jun 1, 2020 10:28 pm
Last Updated:Jun 3, 2020 5:31 pm 1235 Views
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Yaaaaaaaaa WTF good does it do you to post a blog if you never go back to see if anyone has bothered to read it OR comment???
Blogs are intended to develop relationships and build a line of communication--- does NOT mean you must agree on the topic, however, it is inclined towards an exchange of ideas.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted:Jun 1, 2020 8:36 pm
Last Updated:Jun 8, 2020 5:16 pm 1237 Views
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A BIG Happy 280th Birthday to the Marquis de Sade
Born Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade; 2 June 1740 a French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher, writer and serial sex offender famous for his libertine sexuality.
Sade was incarcerated in various prisons and an insane asylum for about 32 years of his life passing away 2 December 1814.
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Try Me !
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Posted:May 31, 2020 9:43 pm
Last Updated:Jun 4, 2020 5:57 am 1481 Views
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I am not a crook, terrorist, or running a fever with Covid........ yet I can't enter the system to converse with anyone. This is what I see...
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You may not enter this room until your profile has been approved by our review team.
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I am an educated professional, self employed, no police record. My BF goes to bed with the chickens........... and I am left up later after I tuck him into bed... Yes I do tuck him in with a kiss... then I come looking for someone with a modicum of intelligence just to talk to.
We live way... Way... WAY... in the styx of Iowa where most people go to bed after the PM news. I just don't need that much sleep ! 3-4 hours and I am fine. I get up about 6ish and make our breakfast then go into town if I need but my manager is so well trained he doesn't really need .
Sooo here is my plan until SOMEONE FriendFinder takes notice and flips the switch to "Approve" ... UNLIKE some others who Post a blog.. run off and never bother to come back to see if anyone has commented.. I Will and I promise to respond , in person, to each and every comment left on my blogs... go back and if you like.
I also promise a wide variety of topics. You are not going to get a volume introduction to keeping my goldfish tank clean. I/we have a fairly decent art collection ( NOT reprints from Walmart ) We've traveled through most of Europe and for my 25th birthday a trip on the Nile River.
Egyptian Birthday Cake.
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Have You Seen................???
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Posted:May 31, 2020 6:23 pm
Last Updated:Jun 1, 2020 9:58 am 1458 Views
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Have you seen either the 1973 historical drama prison film Papillon directed by Franklin J. Schaffner? The screenplay by Dalton Trumbo and Lorenzo Semple Jr. The film stars Steve McQueen as Charrière.
There is a 2017 Papillon biographical drama film directed by Michael Noer. It also tells the story of French convict Henri Charrière (Charlie Hunnam), nicknamed Papillon ("butterfly" due to a largebutterfly tatoo on his chest. )
Henri "Papillon" Charrière, a safecracker from the Parisian underworld, is framed for murder, is convicted and condemned to the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island in French Guiana — a hellish prison from which nobody has escaped.
Why this intense fascination with butterflies you might ask? This hellhole of a prison set in remotest French Guiana?
Because French Guiana is home to the Blue Morphos butterfly. What makes this so important you might ask?
The wings of the Blue Morphos was used to make the exceptional dye used in the blue ink for the French 500 franc banknote. France's highest denomination in circulation at the time.
This rare blue dye was used as a counterfeiting deterrent . France needed a cheap labor force to gather these butterflies to print their currency.
and Now you know the rest of the story.... Good day!
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Geranium maculatum
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Posted:May 30, 2020 6:58 pm
Last Updated:May 31, 2020 8:09 pm 1533 Views
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Spring is in full bloom here in Iowa and our Wild Geranium ( Geranium maculatum ) of the prairie is doing it's share to brighten the corners of our lawn. This geranium grows from thick rhizomes that are generally not far under the soil. Overtime, a single plant can produce a clump of 60 to 100 centimeters (2 to 3 feet) in diameter. The toothed leaves that emerge in late spring, are about 8 to 10 centimeters (3 to 4 inches) in breadth placed on long petioles. Summer leaves are up to 15 cm (6 in) long and wide. The flowers are produced in small clusters at the end of long stems. They are rose-purple 2.5 to 4 centimeters (1 to 1.5 inches) across. The blossoms are present from April to July depending on location.
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OPEN for Business !
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Posted:May 29, 2020 11:48 pm
Last Updated:May 30, 2020 1:14 pm 1598 Views
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After a L O N G 2 month hiatus due to the Covocrap, our local Mexican Restaurant is finally reopened! Newly decorated with a fresh coat of paint, it was so nice to just go IN, set down, be waited on, enjoy a meal, and NOT have to do the dishes or clean up afterwards.
I had the quesadillas and fresh mushrooms sauteed in butter... Fantastic!
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A Small Piece
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Posted:May 29, 2020 3:21 am
Last Updated:May 30, 2020 7:04 pm 1581 Views
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I recently purchased a small piece of history.... This 1917 50 pfennig Kreigsgelt was issued by Fokker...
The company that made the plane flown by the Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen.
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