29 Mar
2012
29 Mar
'12
11:57 a.m.
On 28 Mar 2012 at 20:45, Tony Duell wrote:
Oh yes, we have sheep... I even once saw some genius try to take one on a
London Omnibus (no, I don't mean a toy sheep, I mean a real one).
But by 'here' I meantt this house, not England or the UK. And I don't
personally keep sheep.
OK, I am also sure there are plenty of other organinc substances around
where which include an -OH group and thuys are techncially alcohols.
Doubtless some are in foods that are not normally considered 'alcoholic'.
Which has just suggestesd a totally OT queestion to me. Some cultures
prohibit the drinking of alcohol. This is normally taken to mean drinks
containing ethanol. But how do they handle other -OH molecules in foods?
-tony
FWIW, the only alcohol that is used in
significant quantities here is
CH_3.CHOH CH_3, and I certainly don't drink that.
Oh, there are other plentiful alcohols--how about lanolin on toast?
You do have sheep over there in Blighty, don't you?