FOOD & ENTERTAINMENT
Come and try hearty food cooked by Sue in her newly refurbished kitchen at
MILTON ARMS
Delicious homemade food served: Mon-Fri 12 -2pm and 5-8pm (except Wed evening) Sat 12-3pm and Sun 12 – 4pm
£6 MAIN MEALS All day Mon-Sat
As with many spirits, gin’s origins started in medicine. Although thought to be a quintessentially British drink, first examples of the juniper-based spirit were discovered in the Netherlands in the 1269 reference of jenever, a national malt wine liqueur of Holland and Belgium. Taken from the Dutch word for
juniper, jeneverbes, the distilled jenever was used medicinally in the late 16th century, with British soldiers coming across the drink during the Eighty Years’ War when Dutch soldiers drank it before battle to boost morale and calm nerves – where the term Dutch Courage is thought to come from. Jenever has a neutral pot-stilled taste and so herbs were added to mask the flavour. It then began to be added to the likes of the bitter Quinine when dissolved in carbonated water as a tonic for malaria to make it more palatable. Gin was also used to treat kidney and stomach infections, as well as gallstones and gout. It was another 150 years before gin started to be distilled in the UK, with many famous distilleries still existing today. Yet its arrival on the streets of London in the late 17th Century started Britain’s first drug craze – or the Gin Craze – which led to a mass bane on society.
Often, gin was legally distilled at home due to the heavy taxes on imported spirits, but it was often flavoured with turpentine to alcoholic strengths of 50 percent ABV.
Cheaper than beer and safer than unclean water, gin had a reputation as the drink of the poor, particularly favoured by females. Colloquially named Mother Geneva after its original
namesake, gin became the opium of the people. Known as Mother’s Ruin, strong gin was blamed for social problems, impotence in men and sterile women as well as the high death rates in the early 1700s.
The government brought in the Gin Act 1736 which saw higher retail taxes and prohibition cause rioting on the streets of London. People were desperate for a gin fix; mothers sold everything from their furniture to their daughters to take a sip form the underground Black Markets, too drunk to care what happened next.
The act was abolished six years
later, with the more successful Gin Act 1751 meaning traders needed a license to buy or sell gin and found themselves under the jurisdiction of the Magistrates if they didn’t comply.
The insatiable appetite for gin appeared to quieten, with an infusion of more modern botany taking hold of the drink to be enjoyed socially and not dependently. Today, we’re blessed with a whole variety of gins with no two the same. Some are pungent with lemongrass, black pepper and liquorice. Others are cool and refreshing with cucumber and rose. While others add herby influences with lavender and coriander.
As you enjoy all things gin this summer at sell-out gin tasting days, celebratory festivals, or even on the back garden with your favourite brand of choice, remember the struggles the spirit has gone through to get to where it is today.
crumpets, tea cakes, a full English, plus tea, coffee and juice £7.95
plus tea, coffee and juice £7.95
Breakfast menu served 10.00am-12.00noon with fresh fruit, cereals, toast, crumpets, tea cakes, a full English,
ome mad e wi t h lDelicious cakes
and scones baked fresh daily Jacket Potatoes
includes filling and salad £5.50
Homemade quiches, pies and soups
Dietary needs catered for including gluten and dairy-free cakes
Ploughmans Lunch Pl hL h
Special 2 for £20
Perfect gift for Father’s Day
Private parties for up to 20 people BYO alcohol
(£1 corkage charge) Godfrey Garden Centre,
Hardwick Lane, Aston, Sheffield S26 2BE (just off Jct 31 M1/A57) Tel: 0114 287 2447
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Selected menu includes – Lasagne, Scampi and Homemade Pie Wed – OAPS 2 Courses £6.50
Fish Friday – Catch of the day served all day Sunday Lunch - 2 Meals for £12 Choice of roasts Sweets only £2.99
CHURCH STREET, GREASBROUGH | TEL 01709 512353
Father’s day Italian style
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Sunday 18th June open 1 – 5pm Dads eat for £6.99: includes a starter and main (excludes fillet steak) Monday & Tuesday 2 for 1 on pizza & pasta (all night)
Vegetarian options available Fully licensed with amazing food and great company Private parties catered for
Greasbrough road,
Parkgate, Rotherham S62 6HG Tel: 01709 522922
Christenings and Funerals catered for
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Children welcome
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