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Claret (wine), port, Madeira and rum exist to this day, but what are "Lisbon" and "Mountain"? Update: Apparently "Kennedy's Lisbon Diet Drink" was a non-alcoho
by howlgarnish 6y ago
Claret (wine), port, Madeira and rum exist to this day, but what are "Lisbon" and "Mountain"?
Update: Apparently "Kennedy's Lisbon Diet Drink" was a non-alcoholic concoction of sarsaparilla and liquorice.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MEDICINE-John-LEAKE-Dissertation-Lisbon-Diet-Drink-SCURVY-VENEREAL-DISEASE-/163670382213 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MEDICINE-John-LEAKE-Dissertation-...
- phaemon 6y agoIt's described in the article linked above: "Some of these drinks are unfamiliar to us. “Lisbon” was probably a white wine from Carcavelos, near Lisbon. “Mountain” is a sweet and luscious wine from Malaga, in southern Spain. “Sitgis” is probably a muscatel or malvasia wine from Sitges, a port 20 miles southwest of Barcelona. " (it's unlikely to be that non-alcoholic drink, as he's specifically recording the alcoholic ones he's consuming)