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The term "plum cake" and "fruit cake" have become interchangeable. Since dried fruit is used as a sweetening agent and any dried fruit used to be described as "plums", many plum cakes and plum puddings do not contain the plum fruit now known by that name.
Umeshu (梅酒), sometimes known as "plum wine", is a beverage popular in both Japan and Korea, made by steeping ume, or Japanese plums, in shōchū or another clear liquor such as sake. [10] It is not a true fruit wine, as the plums are not fermented.
The Great Bath of Mohenjo-Daro is called the "earliest public water tank of the ancient world". [5] It measures approximately 12 metres (40 ft) by 7 metres (23 ft), with a maximum depth of 2.4 metres (8 ft). [6] Two wide staircases, one from the north and one from the south, served as the entry to the structure. [7]
The Tosefta speaks of oil and wine also being stored in skin bottles. [5] The Bedouins of the Negev would occasionally store clarified butter (samen) and olive-oil in special skins called عُكة (ʿukkah). [6] Their volume would be between 15 and 25 L (4 and 6.5 US gallons; 3.5 and 5.5 imperial gallons).
Mijiu (Chinese: 米酒; pinyin: mǐjiǔ; Wade–Giles: mi-chiu; lit. 'rice wine'), also spelt michiu, is a Chinese rice wine made from glutinous rice. [1] It is generally clear in appearance with balanced sweetness and acidity, similar to its Japanese counterpart sake and Korean counterpart cheongju. The alcohol content ranges between 15% and 20%.
The marble would make a distinctive "kara-kara" sound to let people know the vessel was empty. These vessels are still found in Okinawa, but the clay marbles are often absent. Another name for awamori used in Okinawa is "island sake" (島酒, shima-zake), or shima for short. In general, the price of awamori increases with the beverage's age.
A cooling bath or ice bath, in laboratory chemistry practice, is a liquid mixture which is used to maintain low temperatures, typically between 13 °C and −196 °C. These low temperatures are used to collect liquids after distillation , to remove solvents using a rotary evaporator , or to perform a chemical reaction below room temperature ...
The grape material from pomace (pictured) was used to make lora, a low-quality wine commonly drunk by Roman slaves. As in much of the ancient world, sweet white wine was the most highly regarded style. Wine was often diluted with warm water, occasionally seawater. [5]