The Banana, Its Cultivation, Distribution And Commercial Uses
The Banana, Its Cultivation, Distribution And Commercial Uses
William Fawcett
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When I first went to Jamaica, I could relish no other drink they had there. It drinks brisk and cool, and is very pleasant. " Speke mentions that plantains in Central Africa yield " a wine resembling hock in flavour. " Stanley in "Darkest Africa" relates that "two large troughs equal in size to small canoes were stationed in the village, in which the natives pressed the ripe fruit and manufactured their wine. " Dr. Parke, in his " Personal Experiences, " says : " Nelson treated us to some pornb...t (banana wine) to-day ; it was really very good, although made from bananas which were not at all ripe. This beverage is prepared by cutting two or three bunches of ripe bananas into pieces of half an inch in length, adding two gallons of water, and leaving it to stand. On the third day it is really a delicious drink. At first it has a sweet tart taste, which after four or five days becomes very acid. In a day or two more it changes to a fluid, having qualities very like those of vinegar. " Banana Spirit.
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