Miss Piggott’s Special

During the heyday of the California Gold Rush San Francisco it wasn't uncommon for ships to set sail with a number of young men shanghaied from the saloons. Miss Piggott was a ferocious old harridan who operated a saloon and boarding house in the raw and raucous City by the Bay during the 1860s and 1870s. She also acted a bartender and bouncer. Her weapon of choice was a wooden mallet that doubled as a bung starter, used to knock the bung out of the whiskey barrels. On the side she procure