tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post5131396216865444144..comments2024-03-06T11:07:23.753-05:00Comments on Ocracoke Island Journal: Mailboat AletaPhiliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-32415998217314154782012-08-30T19:04:46.843-04:002012-08-30T19:04:46.843-04:00Please check out my story on The Aleta!
http://s...Please check out my story on The Aleta! <br />http://simongphoto.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-aleta-ocracoke-mail-boat.html<br /><br />Somewhere I have a digital file of the Aleta Bow....maybe the boat...but will have to look.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02690622413282589477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-53036610990844591452011-10-05T22:13:11.901-04:002011-10-05T22:13:11.901-04:00Start with all five pounds of sugar...and add more...Start with all five pounds of sugar...and add more sugar later as necessary to keep the brew "working." Enjoy!Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-10958852584260639522011-10-05T22:04:26.270-04:002011-10-05T22:04:26.270-04:00Philip,
Further review of the recipe you posted r...Philip,<br /><br />Further review of the recipe you posted reveals some wiggle room (but perhaps that's what gives the wine its kick).<br /><br />For example, the recipe calls for five pounds of sugar, instructs one to mix the sugar (all five pounds I presume) with the other ingredients, but then goes on to indicate adding several pounds of sugar in a few days and then several more pounds of sugar yet again, in a few more days.<br /><br />Are you in a position to offer any further guidance regarding this matter? (And I understand if you'd rather not.)<br /><br />Thanks, as always.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-66878646373348325482011-10-05T21:49:22.682-04:002011-10-05T21:49:22.682-04:00Wring out the rat?!?
Oh, you've got me COLing...Wring out the rat?!?<br /><br />Oh, you've got me COLing again, Philip (chuckling out loud).<br /><br />Always a pleasure.<br /><br />And that recipe sounds like it just might be worth trying, sans rat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-15804443212099115432011-10-05T20:59:48.664-04:002011-10-05T20:59:48.664-04:00No "re-enactment" necessary. We old time...No "re-enactment" necessary. We old timers occasionally brew up a batch of meal wine. The tradition has not died out.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-73404476808470444842011-10-05T20:08:28.129-04:002011-10-05T20:08:28.129-04:00Has there been an historical re-enactment? That...Has there been an historical re-enactment? That's just so critical if one is to properly understand history.Kevinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-42058845494497244272011-10-04T21:20:46.049-04:002011-10-04T21:20:46.049-04:00Kevin, check out this post: http://villagecraftsme...Kevin, check out this post: http://villagecraftsmen.blogspot.com/2010/10/meal-wine.htmlPhiliphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-17157013218877492422011-10-04T19:41:07.528-04:002011-10-04T19:41:07.528-04:00I am curious as to another aspect of the story. Wh...I am curious as to another aspect of the story. What is the history of distillation on the island?<br /><br />Surely, so far from land, there must have been some need for a local source of, uh, industrial solvents.Kevinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-37595655666893654032011-10-04T16:14:03.558-04:002011-10-04T16:14:03.558-04:00I cant start my day without reading the journal fi...I cant start my day without reading the journal first, thanks Philip.anitanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-30855665504436931842011-10-04T16:10:00.019-04:002011-10-04T16:10:00.019-04:00Never miss a day--thanks for the reply.Never miss a day--thanks for the reply.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-2633702524791454352011-10-04T15:39:10.286-04:002011-10-04T15:39:10.286-04:00I know a little of the history of other mailboats ...I know a little of the history of other mailboats before the Aleta, but I'll have to do some more research. Maybe I will write a history of the post office on Ocracoke for a future Newsletter. Keep lookingPhiliphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-35906836213907126372011-10-04T15:37:57.205-04:002011-10-04T15:37:57.205-04:00Do you know the history of the others before the A...Do you know the history of the others before the Aleta?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-40972088584361966072011-10-04T11:01:18.971-04:002011-10-04T11:01:18.971-04:00Safety requirements were not as critical then as t...Safety requirements were not as critical then as they are today.... wait a minute-- it wasn't until Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle that muckracking journalist if ever there was one-- folks read the book and started getting upset at how business was conducted at the Chicago stockyards. people died in the course of events at the slaughter house due to unsafe working conditions -- But I think that didn't stop them from voting in local and national elections-- to this day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-19003074400080750912011-10-04T10:34:02.805-04:002011-10-04T10:34:02.805-04:00crazy dingbatters ;)crazy dingbatters ;)debbie s.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-89299565939040069242011-10-04T10:29:01.560-04:002011-10-04T10:29:01.560-04:00Hmm, what time of day was this. Sounds rather earl...Hmm, what time of day was this. Sounds rather early to be bending the elbow. Perhaps this woman was abusing her prescription drugs. There was a time folks were unaware of how medications interact with other medicines and this could be the case-- a misinterpretation of the events slighting this passenger as a lush. Is the source of this story a medical professional?. In addition, was it called whale mail back then when transported on a boat?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com