Thursday, October 14, 2010

Give me a beer and a shot of vitamin C bartender

I'm not a wimpy gal. Yes, sometimes I cry at World Vision commercials and even get a lump in my throat while watching Extreme Makeover: Home Edition but nothing makes me want my mom more than a friggin' cold. I don't get sick that often, but dammit when I do its always a head cold - like the bastard cold that is brewing right as we speak. I have a lump in my throat but its not from a deserving, fly infested child on TV.

So here I sit, with Mr. Alexander Keith's next to me, wondering if they make beer with vitamin C. Yeah, as far as I can see they don't really but I did find this interesting fact:

Spruce beer

Spruce beer is a beverage flavored with the buds, needles, or essence of spruce trees. Spruce beer can refer to either alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverages.
The fresh shoots of many spruces and pines are a natural source of vitamin C.

[1] Captain Cook made alcoholic sugar-based spruce beer during his sea voyages in order to prevent scurvy in his crew. - from Wikipedia

Now to find me a spruce tree. Pretty sure they planted one at the local elementary school. They're always having some sort of tree planting ceremony at those places.



2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I think you're on to something here.... Hmmmmm We could make a true life Drew Carey and make vitamin fortified beer (instead of caffiene) in the basement!!!

hrmmmmm Catch line?? "Its good for what ails ya!" or "Its what's on the inside that counts!"

huh? huh?? We onto something yet???

~G~

skivels said...

Well I think there should be some experimenting. You can try it first - I'm to young to die of tree poisioning.