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RE: Extra Credit Questions - Eva Elisabeth - 08-14-2016 05:53 PM
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.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - LincolnMan - 08-23-2016 02:14 PM
What former Civil War officer invented a beverage still in use today?
RE: Extra Credit Questions - L Verge - 08-23-2016 03:14 PM
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.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - Gene C - 08-23-2016 03:36 PM
New Orleans?
RE: Extra Credit Questions - Eva Elisabeth - 08-23-2016 04:04 PM
(08-23-2016 03:14 PM)L Verge Wrote: What 19th-century American city has been described thusly?NYC was/is called melting pot.
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.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - L Verge - 08-23-2016 05:03 PM
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.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - Gene C - 08-23-2016 05:41 PM
(08-23-2016 05:03 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.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - L Verge - 08-23-2016 07:45 PM
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.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - LincolnMan - 08-23-2016 10:26 PM
No guesses on my question? It's not that difficult!
RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 08-24-2016 04:44 AM
(08-23-2016 02:14 PM)LincolnMan Wrote: What former Civil War officer invented a beverage still in use today?
(08-23-2016 10:26 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.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - LincolnMan - 08-24-2016 05:17 AM
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?
RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 08-24-2016 05:30 AM
Gail Borden and condensed milk?
RE: Extra Credit Questions - LincolnMan - 08-24-2016 07:00 AM
Great guess. That's not the one I'm looking for.
Clue: the veteran in question was from Detroit.
I don't think Borden served in the Civil War.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - Eva Elisabeth - 08-24-2016 08:50 AM
(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.)
RE: Extra Credit Questions - LincolnMan - 08-24-2016 08:53 AM
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?