Re: first water
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- Subject: Re: first water
- From: "* a* C* W* <c*@digitalpla.net>
- Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 18:48:29 -0700 (MST)
Bill Shear writes:
> >There does remain one question though, if you could. What does "amateur
> >grower of the first *water*" mean?
>
> If I recall correctly, this is a term from distilling, in which the
"first
> water" (the first alcohol to come over the condenser) is the purest and
> finest. Later "waters" may be contaminated with other molecules as the
> distilling temperature fluctuated.
>
> Could be wrong--any other ideas?
I believe you are right on, Bill, and that as metaphor "first water" bears
the same significance as top notch, first rank, highest caliber, or creme
de la creme, meaning the highest category of whatever collectivity is under
evaluation.
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4, Sunset Zone 2)
cwalters@digitalpla.net
