Bovril beef tea was the main warm drink that Ernest Shackleton's team had to drink when they were marooned on Elephant Island during the Endurance Expedition.

Beer had replaced cider as a fashionable drink in the main export markets, and even the home market had switched to beer as the population became more urban.

While working as the main bartender at Barrachina ( a restaurant in Puerto Rico ), Ramon mixed pineapple juice, coconut cream, condensed milk and ice in a blender, creating a delicious and refreshing drink, known today as the Piña Colada.

The White Russian is the favorite drink of Jeffrey " The Dude " Lebowski, the main character of the 1998 film The Big Lebowski.

The character Cedric comments on his friend Athelstane, whose main character trait is a love for food and drink, that " The soul of Hardicanute hath taken possession of him, and he hath no pleasure save to fill, to swill, and to call for more.

For the main meal Sicilians drink mostly wine.

The main body of the Kenites dwelt in cities, and adopted settled habits of life ; but Jehonadab forbade his descendants to drink wine or to live in cities.

In this book, Rabelais sings the praises of the wines from his hometown of Chinon through vivid descriptions of the " eat, drink and be merry " lifestyle of the main character, Pantagruel, and his friends.

They say, for example, that the rubrics have reduced the number of genuflections and other gestures associated with reverence for the sacred elements ; that phrases such as " spiritual drink " are deliberately ambiguous ; and that the GIRM directs the removal of the tabernacle from its previous place on the main altar to another part of the church ( albeit one that is " truly noble, prominent, readily visible, beautifully decorated and suitable for prayer " – GIRM 314 ).

* Cachaça is Brazil's native liquor, distilled from sugar cane, and it is the main ingredient in the national drink, the Caipirinha.

The popular alcoholic drink Jägermeister is produced in Wolfenbüttel, as well as the main headquarters for the company that produces it.

Fentimans, a beverage company based in the United Kingdom offers a faithful recreation of the naturally brewed dandelion and burdock drink, containing true extracts of both plants ( although its main ingredients are sugar and pear juice concentrate ).

It is also the main ingredient of a very well known soft drink in Egypt, called عرقسوس (' erk-soos ).

The drink itself became illegal in the United States when its other main drug, alcohol, was banned just a few years later.

Calle Portales is the main street in the old town, where people like to walk and sit in the terraces to eat a meal or drink wine.

* In Poppy Z. Brite's novel Lost Souls, Chartreuse features heavily, serving as the main drink of the New Orleans ' Vampire protagonists.

Though the main prize for PepsiCo was Gatorade noncarbonated sports drink, Quaker's cereal and snack food division serves as seemingly healthier complement to the existing Frito-Lay salty-snacks division.

The Happy Meal contains a main item ( typically a hamburger, cheeseburger, or small serving of Chicken McNuggets ), a side item ( french fries, apple slices, or a salad in some areas ), and a drink ( milk, juice, or a soft drink ).

* " Constant set " ( 常餐 )-Provided all day long, hence the name ( it usually consists of a main course, omelette, white bread with butter and a drink )

As the four main characters drink their lagers, the size of the head in their glasses keeps changing ; as they drive into the square, the location of which is in fact Cathedral Square in Tripoli, Libya, a 1956 Morris Minor can be seen ; and as van der Poel / Lutz leaves, a Series 1 Land Rover and a Renault Fregate are in the frame.

The main difference between a forming operation and a bending operation is the bending operation creates a straight line bend ( such as a corner in a box ) as where a form operation may create a curved bend ( such as the bottom of a drink can ).

Since 2010, soft drink brand Pepsi is the club's main shirt sponsor.

* The British Empire of The Peshawar Lancers by S. M. Stirling features a massive water powered engine at Oxford, used by two of the main characters.

Along with the Bill of Rights 1689, it remains today one of the main constitutional laws governing the succession to not only the throne of the United Kingdom, but, following British colonialism, the resultant doctrine of reception, and independence, also to those of the other Commonwealth realms, whether by willing deference to the act as a British statute or as a patriated part of the particular realm's constitution.

British and American forces also deployed vehicles designed for a close support role, but these were conventional tanks whose only significant modification was the replacement of the main gun with a howitzer.

The British Virgin Islands consist of the main islands of Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada, and Jost Van Dyke, along with over fifty other smaller islands and cays.

The British introduced sugar cane which was to become the main crop and source of foreign trade, and slaves were brought from Africa to work on the sugar cane plantations.

When the Union of South Africa was formed in 1910 out of the main British colonies in the region, the Bechuanaland Protectorate, Basutoland ( now Lesotho ), and Swaziland ( the " High Commission Territories ") were not included, but provision was made for

The French initially reported just 11 British ships, as Swiftsure and Alexander were still returning from their scouting operations at Alexandria, and so were to the west of the main fleet, out of sight.

By 16: 00, Alexander and Swiftsure were also in sight, although some distance from the main British fleet, and Brueys gave orders to abandon the plan to remain at anchor and instead for his line to set sails, although Blanquet protested the order on the grounds that there were not enough men aboard the French ships to both sail the ships and man the guns.

Following the rapid change from a loose formation to a rigid line of battle both fleets raised their colours ; each British ship added additional Union Flags in its rigging in case its main flag was shot away.

The third British ship into action was HMS Orion under Captain Sir James Saumarez, which rounded the engagement at the head of the battle line and passed between the French main line and the frigates that lay closer inshore.

Other than Culloden, the only British ships seriously damaged in their hulls were Bellerophon, Majestic and Vanguard, while Bellerophon and Majestic were the only ships to lose masts: Majestic the main and mizzen and Bellerophon all three.

More recently, William D. Rubinstein, Professor of Modern History at Aberystwyth University, Wales, wrote that Conservative politician and pro-Zionist Leo Amery, as Assistant Secretary to the British war cabinet in 1917, was the main author of the Balfour Declaration.

The British Army of the Rhine was the Germany garrison formation, with the main fighting force being I ( BR ) Corps.

Continuing violence by British troops escalated, and eventually the order was given to mobilise the troops in an arrest operation, chasing the tail of the main group of marchers to the edge of the field by Free Derry Corner.

The Campaign for Real Ale ( CAMRA ) is an independent voluntary consumer organisation based in St Albans, England, whose main aims are promoting real ale, real cider and the traditional British pub.

Sorrow ( released in December 1968 ) by British group the Pretty Things is generally considered to be among the first creatively successful rock concept albums-in that each song is part of an overarching unified concept – the life story of the main character, Sebastian Sorrow.

Over 80 British destroyers and 60 German torpedo-boats took part in the Battle of Jutland, which involved pitched small-boat actions between the main fleets, and several foolhardy attacks by unsupported destroyers on capital ships.

" His next order was to turn away by two points, and, in any case, a few minutes later he reversed his fleet's course to fulfill its anticipated role of leading the German forces towards the main British fleet.

* Failing in his role as fast armoured scout to report to Jellicoe the exact position of the German ships he encountered, or to keep in contact with the German fleet while he retreated to the main British Grand Fleet.

Roberts then led the main British force from Kabul and decisively defeated Ayub Khan in September at the Battle of Kandahar, bringing his rebellion to an end.

Afghan forces achieved success in the initial days of the war, taking the British and Indians by surprise in two main thrusts as the Afghan regular army was joined by large numbers of Pashtun tribesmen from both sides of the border.

In the United Kingdom, the Society for Endocrinology and the British Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes are the main professional organisations.

Equipment from the Soviet Union is being progressively replaced by more modern U. S., French, and British equipment, a significant portion of which is built under license in Egypt, such as the M1A1 Abrams tank which makes Egypt the owner of the second largest number of latest generation main battle tanks in the region after Israel, and the second after Syria in case of the older generations.

Lord and Lady Mountbatten with Muhammad Ali JinnahNotwithstanding the self-promotion of his own part in Indian independence — notably in the television series The Life and Times of Admiral of the Fleet Lord Mountbatten of Burma, produced by his son-in-law Lord Brabourne and Dominique Lapierre, and Larry Collins's Freedom at Midnight ( of which he was the main quoted source ) — his record is seen as very mixed ; one common view is that he hastened the independence process unduly and recklessly, foreseeing vast disruption and loss of life and not wanting this to occur on the British watch, but thereby actually causing it to occur, especially in Punjab and Bengal.