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Until 1956, French children attending school were served wine with their lunch.
2025 Feb 3, 6:01am 122 views 4 comments
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HeadSet
2025 Feb 3, 8:56am
HeadSet
2025 Feb 3, 8:56am
When I was in France in the 1990s, I noticed that the French KC-135 crews had wine in their flight lunches.
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stereotomy
2025 Feb 3, 10:12am
stereotomy
2025 Feb 3, 10:12am
In the vast swath of human history before modern clean water supplies and sewers/sanitation, beer and wine drinkers enjoyed pathogen-free (but not lead, at least if you were Roman) beverages because of fermentation. Low alcohol beverages were, as some claim, the key to cities/civilizaton.
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TheAntiPanicanLearingCenter
2025 Feb 3, 10:27am
TheAntiPanicanLearingCenter
2025 Feb 3, 10:27am
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WookieMan
2025 Feb 3, 10:31am
WookieMan
2025 Feb 3, 10:31am
stereotomy says
Bingo. None of us are here without it. Moderation obviously for consumption. We still have crap water sources in a lot of places. Radium is the biggie here in IL. Our town was beyond the EPA specs/rules for decades. I hadn't move in yet, but a lot of towns around me were as well. Fertilizer?
I prefer to hydrate with a light beer. Honestly also think it kills viruses and other bacteria. I eat well for a mostly lazy guy, not fat, but am rarely sick. Knock on wood it's been 5 years since I got a serious flu or bug. 4 covid infections between. Heavy vitamin D and beer. Veggies. Not too many carbs besides beer. Lots of dairy being close to WI and pizza. Besides my knee, I feel great, and that was me just being a dumb ass.
In the vast swath of human history before modern clean water supplies and sewers/sanitation, beer and wine drinkers enjoyed pathogen-free (but not lead, at least if you were Roman) beverages because of fermentation. Low alcohol beverages were, as some claim, the key to cities/civilizaton.
Bingo. None of us are here without it. Moderation obviously for consumption. We still have crap water sources in a lot of places. Radium is the biggie here in IL. Our town was beyond the EPA specs/rules for decades. I hadn't move in yet, but a lot of towns around me were as well. Fertilizer?
I prefer to hydrate with a light beer. Honestly also think it kills viruses and other bacteria. I eat well for a mostly lazy guy, not fat, but am rarely sick. Knock on wood it's been 5 years since I got a serious flu or bug. 4 covid infections between. Heavy vitamin D and beer. Veggies. Not too many carbs besides beer. Lots of dairy being close to WI and pizza. Besides my knee, I feel great, and that was me just being a dumb ass.
Photos and videos of the practice can still be found, most of which are remarkable for how casual they are — as though choosing between red and white was as normal for a second grader as deciding between plain and chocolate milk. That’s probably because it was.
Wine has been an integral part of French culture for more than 2,000 years, and you don’t have to be a sommelier to know that France is widely considered the best wine-producing country in the world. And though consumption has been consistently dropping in the country as younger generations across the globe have opted to drink less than their parents and grandparents, wine is still a staple of daily life.
https://historyfacts.com/world-history/fact/french-schoolchildren-served-wine-with-lunch/