I wasn't thinking in terms of "I want to brew moonshine", but in terms of "could people make dietary use of things we don't think of as edible?". Fernand Braude

I wasn't thinking in terms of "I want to brew moonshine", but in terms of "could people make dietary use of things we don't think of as edible?". Fernand Braudel talked about cider as a serious competitor to beer in the 17th and 18th centuries, since making cider didn't mean going without bread; it sounds like other crops (and non-crops) could have been used similarly. But still, you answered my question with what I was asking; thank you!