"Cherrycoke" sounds a bit like a scrambled version of "Cherokee" to me.

[David Morris]

Charry coke?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coke_%28fuel%29

*Coke* is a fuel with few impurities and a high carbon
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon> content, usually made fromcoal
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal>. It is the solid carbonaceous
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon> material derived from destructive
distillation <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destructive_distillation> of
low-ash, low-sulfur bituminous coal
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bituminous_coal>. Cokes made from coal are
grey, hard, andporous <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porous>. While coke can
be formed naturally, the commonly used form is man-made. The form
known as petroleum
coke <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum_coke>, or pet coke, is derived
from oil refinery coker units or other cracking processes.

Great Britain[edit
<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Coke_(fuel)&action=edit&section=3>
]

In 1589 a patent was granted to Thomas Proctor and William Peterson for
making iron and steel and melting lead with "earth-coal, sea-coal, turf,
and peat". The patent contains a distinct allusion to the preparation of
coal by "cooking". In 1590 a patent was granted to the Dean of York
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_of_York> to "purify pit-coal and free it
from its offensive smell".[3]
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coke_%28fuel%29#cite_note-3> In 1620 a patent
was granted to a company composed of William St. John and other knights,
mentioning the use of coke in smelting ores and manufacturing metals. In
1627 a patent was granted to Sir John Hacket and Octavius de Strada for a
method of rendering sea-coal and pit-coal as useful as charcoal for burning
in houses, without offense by smell or smoke.[4]
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coke_%28fuel%29#cite_note-Special_reports-4>

In 1603 Hugh Plat <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Plat> suggested that
coal might be charred in a manner analogous to the way charcoal
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charcoal> is produced from wood. This process
was not put into practice until 1642, when coke was used for roasting malt
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malt> in Derbyshire
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbyshire>; previously, brewers had used
wood, as uncoked coal cannot be used in brewing because its sulfurous fumes
would impart a foul taste to the beer <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer>.
[5] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coke_%28fuel%29#cite_note-5> It was
considered an improvement in quality, and brought about an "alteration
which all England admired"—the coke process allowed for a lighter roast of
the malt, leading to the creation of what by the end of the 17th century
was called pale ale <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_ale>.[4]
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coke_%28fuel%29#cite_note-Special_reports-4>

On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 4:46 AM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I'm sure it means nothing, but I still wanted to throw it into the aether.
>
> MT
>
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