In Case You Find Yourself in San Quentin

While posting on the prison-tatted Nazi I remembered reading about an especially ingenious alcoholic beverage inmates brew in prison called Pruno. The following are the required ingredients you'll need to get started:

* Ten oranges. In our prison commissary, Valencia oranges were on sale, ten for $2. Your prison commissary may differ.

* An eight ounce can of fruit cocktail. In this case, an 8.5 ounce can of Del Monte's "fruit cocktail in heavy syrup," for 90 cents.

* Forty to sixty sugarcubes. Either hang out with old people who still use sugarcubes or steal a ton of sugar packets from the local deli.

* Sixteen ounces of water. Tap is fine, since like, you *are* in prison.

* A big plastic bag that can be sealed. Trashbags and rubber bands are totally cool. We used Ziploc bags.

* Some ketchup. Six packets of ketchup from the local deli should cover things nicely. Please use Heinz, because anything else is kinda nasty and will ruin your Pruno.

* A towel.

Read the full article - "Make Your Own Pruno and May God Have Mercy on Your Soul" - at The Black Table.