Glad you like, Roger. I forgot - it is not mentioned in most books and bios, but in August 1861, on her way to Niagara Falls, Mary had payed a call on Frances Seward in Auburn, and W. Seward had accompanied her and her sons from Albany to his home.

What former Civil War officer invented a beverage still in use today?

What 19th-century American city has been described thusly?

It wasn’t so much a melting pot as a gumbo pot: Each group blended with the others while retaining some of its own flavor. Racial mixing was not only rampant but exuberant.

New Orleans?

(08-23-2016 02:14 PM)L Verge Wrote:  What 19th-century American city has been described thusly?

It wasn’t so much a melting pot as a gumbo pot: Each group blended with the others while retaining some of its own flavor. Racial mixing was not only rampant but exuberant.

NYC was/is called melting pot.

A+ Gene! Have you read Empire of Sin by Gary Krist? That's the book that I quoted from.

Eva - The U.S. in general has been termed the world's "melting pot," and NYC is certainly the premier example of that. I thought that Krist was spot on, however, in showing how the various races and ethnic groups retained their own "personalities" while developing New Orleans.

(08-23-2016 04:03 PM)L Verge Wrote:  A+ Gene! Have you read Empire of Sin by Gary Krist? That's the book that I quoted from.

Haven't read it. The mention of Gumbo made me think Cajun food, Louisiana and New Orleans.

The mention of gumbo makes Joe Beckert salivate. He's quite the gumbo gourmet (or is the proper word gourmand?). To my English/French tongue, good gumbo is a tad too spicy. I think Yankee Joe prefers it when flames shoot out of his mouth.

No guesses on my question? It's not that difficult!

(08-23-2016 01:14 PM)LincolnMan Wrote:  What former Civil War officer invented a beverage still in use today?

(08-23-2016 09:26 PM)LincolnMan Wrote:  No guesses on my question? It's not that difficult!

Bill, Eva guessed John S. Pemberton and Coca Cola yesterday, but I cannot find her reply right now. But if Pemberton is correct, then Eva gets the credit, not me.

Eva is correct. I did not see her guess. He was a confederate officer.
There was a union officer that also invented a beverage that we still drink today. Any idea?

Gail Borden and condensed milk?

Great guess. That's not the one I'm looking for.
Clue: the veteran in question was from Detroit.

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I don't think Borden served in the Civil War.

(I was hoping no one had seen my Pemberton reply as I wanted to give others the chance on a great question. I had written on herbal drugs in biology, thus felt in advantage. BTW, Coke originally was made from kola nuts and coca leaves.)

Eva: I never saw your reply but you are spot on! Any guess on the other Civil War veteran that invented a beverage still used today?