18th-century bottles of preserved fruit unearthed at George Washington's mansion
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Published 2024-06-15
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All Comments (21)
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That's pretty cool. We can get baseline environmental readings from those preserves as well as information on the exact specific types of fruits maybe get these heirloom varieties going again in popularity
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Wow!! 200 years old and perfectly preserved😮
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In China they found mummy that was perfectly preserved with skin and organs intact and even hair, ancient world was amazing and full of surprises
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Wow! GW was brilliant! His cherries, so it seems have a linger shelf life than a Twinkie!
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"Researchers removed the contents of each bottle to refrigerate them." Yeah, before eating them.
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Shes not gonna hesitate, She is going to say YAAAAS..But she wont fuck with last years thin mints.
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I bet they would go well with mammoth steak.
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Wow, this changes everything. Thanks, news.
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Alriiiiiiiiight ! .. Cherry Wine ... Thank's George ! 😀
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this is berry interesting
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cant hear about the things they found, instead they want to do a lame comedy routine
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Even wine goes bad over too much time.
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Might be (cherry bounce) moon shine 🤭
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I can not tell a lie. I preserved the cherries for cherry wine 200 years later
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Why are they digging up his house?
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It gon' git ya drunk
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Knowing the time period I would say probably preserved in brandy 👍
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You wouldn’t eat an expired cookie that’s not even a year old but preserves that may or may have not been properly sealed? Someone’s gots dumz brains
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Remarkably one case was signed by Joe Biden.
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Favorite drink of the Washington family is this one for Cherry Bounce, a brandy-based drink popular in the eighteenth century.
