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On Sun, 6/22/14, Bruce Johnson <xxxxxx@Pharmacy.Arizona.EDU> wrote:

 Subject: Re: Rum Rations; was Re: [TML]Deckplans
 To: "xxxxxx@simplelists.com" <xxxxxx@simplelists.com>
 Date: Sunday, June 22, 2014, 11:25 AM

 On Jun 21, 2014, at 2:53 PM, RFields <xxxxxx@actrix.co.nz>
 wrote:

 > As a rough guide, in low tech vessels where due to
 dietary deficiencies can occur due to poor food storage
 preserved foods, e.g. in alcohol, will be used to maintain
 general health.
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 Also, the main reason most people drank wine, beer or
 spirits back in the day: water was dangerously septic.

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Heck, in a lot places, maybe even most of the world, it still is...

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