This is the second message I've gotten from Dan M. dated Saturday, August 23rd of 1980. Is something weird going on?
--- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dave Land" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 5:43 PM > Subject: Re: Alcohol and neuron function (was: The > Mercies of The Vatican) > > > The alcohol in Vanilla Extract is, at least in the > USA, legal > > requirement: FDA regulations require at least 35% > alcohol, but there > > does not appear to be an upper limit. I was told > by my grandmother that > > it was not unusual for women who wanted to get > high (but didn't want to > > drink the so-called hard stuff) to take a hit off > the vanilla bottle > > from time to time. I guess they got baked without > having do to any > > baking... > > I've heard stories about that too; a women being > happy her alcoholic > husband stopped drinking but wondered why he > developed such a taste for > vanilla. > > With kids, I was thinking more about comparing a sip > of communion wine with > eating home made vanilla ice cream. I know that 100 > people can sip about 4 > oz of wine for communion, but lets be generous and > say 100 sip=8 oz. . So, > one person sips .08 oz. At 12.5% alcohol, that's > about 0.01 oz of pure > alcohol. Then, lets look at a child's home made > vanilla ice cream recipe I > pulled off the web: > > <quote> > Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream recipe for kids (or > anyone wanting something > quick and delicious!) > Ingredients: > 1/2 pint (250ml) single/light cream, small tin of > condensed milk, 1-2 > teaspoons vanilla extract (according to taste) > > <end quote> > This makes about 1 pint or 16 oz. Lets say the > child makes it with 2 > teaspoons, and each of two kids gets one cup of ice > cream each. That is > one teaspoon of vanilla per child. There are three > teaspoons in a > tablespoon and two tablespoons in an oz: a teaspoon > is 1/6 oz or .1666 oz. > Multiple by 40%, and each child has 0.067 oz of pure > alcohol, more than 6x > the communion sip. > > Dan M. > > > _______________________________________________ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l > ===== Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Freedom is not free" http://www.mukunda.blogspot.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
