Today 222 years ago, 4 battle ships with 1400 French troops landed near Fishguard/Wales. Trouble was, they confiscated too much alcoholic stuff and in the end were too drunk to fight. Do you believe that? I thought, the French drink wine only. cheers Stefan.
They also like their Cognac, their 'Rhum' from colonies in the Caribbean, and its also interesting to see today the shelves in the supermarkets [obviously not around in 1797] covered with makes of whisky and whiskey most of which I have never heard off before Off to try some some DT
Not to mention fiery Calvados (from Calvados), Mirabelle (from various areas, but the Vosgian variety has my preference) as well as dozens of other spirits. For a non-exhaustive list see: Liste des liqueurs et alcools français AOC — Wikipédia Wine is traditionally drunk during meals, preceded with "aperitif" and followed by "digestif" and/or "pousse-café", with possibly one or more "trou normand" ("Norman hole"), i.e. some apple sherbet floating in Calvados, to be consumed in the middle of large banquets and supposed to enable further vast amounts of food to be swallowed. But we have always been keen to discover new sources of Dionysian delight, even foreign ones, which seems to be the cause of the 1797 fiasco. Michel
Michel I notice one important one is missing from that list - Lambig - Wikipedia - also known as Fine Bretagne I zinc I ned too goo an cheek on me bottl a sea ow fur down it I ave drinked DT
Heavens TD, I did not know about this one! Where can it be found? Makes sense for the cider-loving Bretons to have a spirit derived from it though. Given the linguistic and cultural proximity between Wales and Brittany, you may have found the French cousin of the Welsh culprit. Another remarkable production of Britanny, albeit a much milder one, is the chouchen, a kind of hydromel which goes down very well before a couple of galettes washed down with a bolée (or two) of cider. Michel
Ahh - galette saucisse in the hand, or galette forestiere with a few bols of Breton cider then ..... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz helped by the warm sunshine nighty night DT PS - if you want some real eau de vie - I have some brewed by the villagers, often use it to start engines that dont want to be started
And once again, I'm reminded of the lost art of Llap Goch that Monty Python tried to revive... Sorry, Stefan. Doesn't help with your query at all.
That's OK. However, My post was supposed to be serious, but you guys, thank god can be so very witty and funny. Sometimes, I would like to see my folks just having more of it though. Stefan.
There are some places in France where they even make beer! I was going to mention Calvados on account of Normandy but that's already been done. In a recent episode of the Fighting Through podcast, Stan Perry made a reference to Calvados made even stronger by "freeze distillation" which is not really distillation, but removing the frozen portion of the beverage during the winter.
Post in * Pre-War section then, Barracks is meant to be more light-hearted. * "Military or political history of the period before World War 2"
Oh but discussing about drinks is a very serious subject here in France. We can talk for hours about the respective merits of different varieties of grapes and vinification methods, especially if we have sufficient samples to illustrate our argumentation, needless to say from a purely scentific standpoint. Michel
Breton beers - breton beers - Google Search Breton ciders - breton ciders - Google Search I muss goo an tri sum moore DT
In the Canadian Forces Calvados is the regimental drink of The Royal Canadian Hussars, Le Régiment de Hull, and Le Régiment de Maisonneuve, The Sherbrooke Hussars having been taken up as the units passed through Normandy following the D-Day invasion.[citation needed] Known as le trou normand, it is normally taken between courses at a regimental dinner.[citation nee Calvados - Wikipedia
Yuk! These do not deserve the sacred name of wine! Alcoholised syrup perhaps, but wine...! Our open mindedness perhaps does not extend to such beverages (if indeed these products are remotely drinkable)... Michel
Ahah, now I get it! You got me with this hoax Dave! For a minute I thought these were actual drinks, whereas it is now obvious to me that it's just nicely packaged scented liquid car wax. Michel
Stefan, Quite a few reports on the internet but this link is fun to read. The last invasion of Britain by the French at Fishguard Regards Tom
