John, breath a sigh of relief ... you can get it in the US as well ... and
it seems in both countries, they have cut down on the quinine over the
years. Alas, you won't find Raffles in the US however ....
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Tony Gordon
72 TR6
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
To: <mblunsfordsr@yahoo.com>; <6pack@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 6:23 PM
Subject: Re: [6pack] Lubricants
> Schweppes Indian Tonic Water (still widely available in the UK) had a
> dollop of quinine added to it
> during manufacture. Schweppes still claim there's quinine in there but as
> we don't have malarial
> mosquitoes in the UK, the drug's existence in the elixir is academic.
> Personally, I prefer a Gin
> Sling and the best I've ever had was in Singapore at Raffles - where else?
>
> Jonmac
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "michael lunsford" <mblunsfordsr@yahoo.com>
> To: <6pack@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2008 7:37 PM
> Subject: [6pack] Lubricants
>
>
>> In extolling the virtues of the lime as a cure for scurvy Ashford failed
>> to
>> also mention the virtue of the quinine in the tonic. The tonic part of
>> the
>> Gin and tonic was reportedly added to the Brit's Gin in Singapore to
>> combat
>> the effects of the malarial mosquitoes, or so the old wife's tale I heard
>> indicated.
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