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because I'm am, or was, a backpacker.
Sterno was the last resort alcohol of abuse among many hobos and the homeless during prohibition and then the depression. It is also called Canned Heat after an original sterno brand meant for camping.
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In urban areas, especially among the homeless during Prohibition and the Depression, "canned heat" was the cheap, easy and often deadly way to get stoned. Desperate drinkers would take cans of Sterno — denatured and jellied alcohol fuel — strain them through socks and make "jungle juice" with cheap fruit drink mixers.
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In his youth Woody Guthrie actually sold strained sterno under the table in one of his jobs as a soda jerk
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 06/17/2020 04:15PM by zn.
