Rum Sling

From The Webtender Wiki
(Difference between revisions)
Jump to: navigation, search
m
m (Where does the word Sling come from?)
 
(4 intermediate revisions by one user not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
 +
==Where does the word Sling come from?==
 +
 +
"Sling" is the name of a sugar-making by-product. It is also known as "wet-sugar".
 +
 +
==="Women Writing the West Indies, 1804-1939" by Evelyn O'Callaghan===
 +
 +
"...pass their time in eating “sling” [wet sugar], or sucking sugar-canes"
 +
 +
 +
==="Antigua and the Antiguans", By Mrs. Flannigan, 18?? ===
 +
 +
"...and you stroll to the "boiling house" to see the preparation of sugar-boiling going on, and taste the "sling," (the name given to the sugar when in its liquid state,)..."
  
 
==Historical References==
 
==Historical References==
  
==Earliest Sling Reference (c.1675)==
+
===Earliest Sling Reference (c.1675)===
  
 
First recorded definition of a Sling, circa 1675, quoted in the 2 volume "Beverages Past & Present" (Edward R. Emerson, G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1908) as follows:
 
First recorded definition of a Sling, circa 1675, quoted in the 2 volume "Beverages Past & Present" (Edward R. Emerson, G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1908) as follows:

Latest revision as of 16:57, 30 September 2006

Contents

[edit] Where does the word Sling come from?

"Sling" is the name of a sugar-making by-product. It is also known as "wet-sugar".

[edit] "Women Writing the West Indies, 1804-1939" by Evelyn O'Callaghan

"...pass their time in eating “sling” [wet sugar], or sucking sugar-canes"


[edit] "Antigua and the Antiguans", By Mrs. Flannigan, 18??

"...and you stroll to the "boiling house" to see the preparation of sugar-boiling going on, and taste the "sling," (the name given to the sugar when in its liquid state,)..."

[edit] Historical References

[edit] Earliest Sling Reference (c.1675)

First recorded definition of a Sling, circa 1675, quoted in the 2 volume "Beverages Past & Present" (Edward R. Emerson, G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1908) as follows:

"Long-sup or sling was one half water and one half rum with sugar in it to taste."


[edit] "Proceedings ... & Papers," By Lexington Historical Society (Mass.)

"...called a “sling,” made by filling a tumbler about half full of rum, sweetened with brown sugar, and with warm water added to suit the taste."

Personal tools