5 Jun
2004
5 Jun
'04
3:59 p.m.
On Sat, Jun 05, 2004 at 06:04:30PM -0600, Kevin Handy wrote:
But then there was the Roman "artificial
sweetener" (powdered lead).
Lead Acetate, IIRC... used to sweeten wines. ISTR a scandal or two in
the 20th C. in Europe (Austria?) involving lead acetate adulteration of
wine by a vinyard.
-ethan
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