[Omah]

Originally Posted by Pyramid*

Wasn't Stout a drink that used to be given in hospitals decades ago due to it's nutritional value - can remember my grandparents discussing this....?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stout

Milk stout

Milk stout (also called sweet stout or cream stout) is a stout containing lactose, a sugar derived from milk. Because lactose is unfermentable by beer yeast, it adds sweetness, body, and calories to the finished beer. Milk stout was claimed to be nutritious, and was given to nursing mothers, along with other stouts, such as Guinness. The classic surviving example of milk stout is Mackeson's, for which the original brewers claimed that "each pint contains the energising carbohydrates of 10 ounces of pure dairy milk". In the period just after the Second World War when rationing was in place, the British government required brewers to remove the word "milk" from labels and adverts, and any imagery associated with milk.

http://www.corrieblog.tv/2007/09/in_celebration.html

Corrie A-Z: M is for milk stout

What would Coronation Street be without milk stout? Ena Sharples & Co. may not have been as outspoken had they not enjoyed their daily stimulant.

Note : 1 small bottle = 192 kcal !

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by Omah

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stout




http://www.corrieblog.tv/2007/09/in_celebration.html




Note : 1 small bottle = 192 kcal !

Ahhh...so that's where it all came from, I was sure there had been some nutritional reasons for the Stout..!!


Calories - not something I need to worry about thankfully.... if anything I could do with more!! In fact, now I think of it, that's an excellent point Omah... I should stock up on Stout, drink it aplenty, put on a few lbs and get blind drunk into the bargain !!

Ena Sharples... I'd need to age a bit and buy a hairnet. *adds to shopping list*

[Omah]

Originally Posted by Pyramid*

Ena Sharples... I'd need to age a bit and buy a hairnet. *adds to shopping list*

Violet Carson as Ena Sharples in 1968 (att) .....