was 1976, as I remember, and the temperatures reached the 100F.

anyway - I was giving these bloomin' giant marrows away, and one friend of mine took one of the marrows, hollowed it out (removed the pips and thread), stuffed it with brown sugar, made a hole in the base of the marrow and hung it over a bucket in his garage.

Voila!  Marrow Rum dripped freely into the welcoming bucket.

And all in the open air, Hashin!