The SNP and Christmas puddings! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Witzend

How much alcohol is in Christmas puddings anyway?
Mine (homemade) contains only brown ale - and TBH we prefer it to any of the shop ones.
OTOH before taking it - with a spring of holly - to the table, it’s doused with a really good slosh of flaming 50/50 brandy and vodka!

My mother's recipe states "A bottle of old ale"

I don't know what old ale is so I used a dark beer, such as Hobgoblin.

Sadly, nothing surprises me anymore.

J52

Aveline

Alcohol deaths? Highest in Europe. Reduced hospital admissions due to reduced places available for admission

Well they may still be, but I consider every life saved in that 13.4% worthwhile.
Of course everyone is entitled to their opinions, as long as they are not dressed up as facts from ‘data’.

I am not flippant about this matter. minimum unit pricing for alcoholic drinks I am sure has saved lives and is the main, if not only reason for this drop in alcohol related deaths.

But that still leaves the question of how many of these alcohol related deaths were the result of consuming food containing alcohol, whether Christmas puddings, cakes and mincemeat or, marmelade, honey or any of the wide variety of other foodstuffs that may be laced with alcohol. Not to mention that alcohol is also used to make some mouthwashes.

My dentist advises not to use mouthwash with alcohol in it. Apparently, it’s very harsh on the gums.

I do remember the case of the man who was arrested and charged for driving over the legal limit for alcohol one Christmas Day.
He claimed he had drunk moderately, but it was his auntie's trifle which had pushed him above the legal limit.

J52

My dentist advises not to use mouthwash with alcohol in it. Apparently, it’s very harsh on the gums.

Yes, me likewise, I use a non-alcoholic one - but some alcoholics will drink anything.

There is a reason methylated spirits (denatured alcohol) has additives in it to make it bad-tasting and/oror nauseating to discourage its recreational consumption.