On 12 June 2000, stephen holden wrote:
: I'm reading Robert Polito's exellent biography of Jim
Thompson at the
: moment. He mentions that when Thompson was a hobo he was
sometimes
: reduced to drinking moonshine, white lightning, 'canned
heat.' Can any
: rara-avians tell me what exactly is 'canned heat'?
You've seen those little cans of Sterno, which you light to
make a small cooking flame (like under a fondue pot)? As I
understand it, they'd take those cans, filter out the
alcohol, and drink it. It'd be cheap, but it must have done a
number on the body and brain.
Bill
-- William Denton : Toronto, Canada : http://www.miskatonic.org/ : Caveat lector.
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