yes, apples were not native to the colonies. They were planted to provide apple jack.
Cider was a pretty popular drink with everyone back then. Course now we'd all like a still so we could fuel our cars. Prob is it'd cost more to make a gallon of alky than just buying gasoline.Robert AdamsOn Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 5:19 PM, Mary McCarthy <printces@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:printces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:ohh. guess I'll never be a brit. Can't speak the language. No, the water wasn't very good in colonial America. And the taxeson stuff from England were high, so the colonists made their own. It is said our colonial army had better liquor than the brits("lobster backs") and were able to drink the poor brits under the table, thus making for several victories. Funny how we never think twice about names like BrandyWine or Kill Devil Hills, but those are slang for the colonists No. 1 product. the early history of America seems to have come in a barrel. Mary
