Stephen wrote:
> Mike Raiford <mra### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
>> Brian Elliott wrote:
>>
>>> That's basically all I do, except replace the G&T with V&T.  I drink it
>>> soley for taste, not effect.  I make Margarita Sours for Woman, but it's
>> Vodka has a taste? I thought vodka was what you spiked the punch with at
>> a party because it's basically neutral.
>>
>> Gin on the other hand...
> 
> Yes vodka has a taste, try it straight up, straight from the freezer.
> Also there are varieties of vodka flavoured with herbs. It is subtle, though.

You can get some extraordinary vodkas from scandinavia and eastern 
europe that have distinct smooth flavours. They're often very strong, 
too, but I find this has no effect on taste.

Ethanol is not very tasty. :-/

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"Mike Raiford" <mra### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message 
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> Stephen wrote:
>> Yes vodka has a taste, try it straight up, straight from the freezer.
>> Also there are varieties of vodka flavoured with herbs. It is subtle, 
>> though.
>
> Of course... the flavored vodkas. They have to infuse it with something to 
> give it some taste.

Whether considered flavoured or not, I use Smirnoff.   That's it.  Adds some 
sharpish bitterness back to the tonic water, which too often is muffled by 
being sweetened, a stupid manufacturer's practice that masks the whole point 
of quinine's own dry bitter-sweetness.

Food and bev manufacturers of all kinds need a bloody good bust around the 
chops, because it seems almost all of them refuse to sell any food to you 
without first dousing it in sugar (or artificial substitutes) and/or fat.

But they're remarkably honest and virtuous when making pet food.

Uh-oh, "change of subject".  Move on folks, nothing to see here.

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Bill Pragnell <bil### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> Stephen wrote:

> > Yes vodka has a taste, try it straight up, straight from the freezer.
> > Also there are varieties of vodka flavoured with herbs. It is subtle, though.
>
> You can get some extraordinary vodkas from scandinavia and eastern
> europe that have distinct smooth flavours. They're often very strong,
> too, but I find this has no effect on taste.
>
> Ethanol is not very tasty. :-/


ago when I was working in Croatia, one of my fellow workers brought in some
home made vodka flavoured with cannabis.
But I prefer a bite to my spirits, (Flavoured with thistles :)


Stephen

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Stephen wrote:
> But I prefer a bite to my spirits, (Flavoured with thistles :)
Or a sting... flavoured with a dead scorpion?



Why did the Mexican push his wife off a cliff?

...

..

.

Tequila!

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On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:25:54 +1000, Brian Elliott wrote:

> "Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message
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>> On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:34:19 +1000, Brian Elliott wrote:
>>>
>>> I haven't tried that one before.
>>
>> After the second time I got so drunk I was sick, I decided that was the
>> best option for me.
> 
> That has never happened to me, because...

Because you learned from others' mistakes? ;-)

>> I limit myself to one or two drinks when going out somewhere, but
>> rarely drink at home any more.  Occasionally G&T, Margarita, or glass
>> of wine, and the very occasional beer.
>>
>> Probably all told I have a couple of drinks a month unless I'm
>> traveling for work - then if I'm eating out, I'll have something with
>> dinner.
> 
> That's basically all I do, except replace the G&T with V&T.  I drink it
> soley for taste, not effect.  I make Margarita Sours for Woman, but it's
> not very often now.  You can keep Tequila and Cointreau in the freezer
> and because of their high Alc. content, they don't freeze, even at -15
> C, though there'll be a rime of ice on the outside of the bottle.
>   :-)

If only I had room in my freezer. :-)

> And of course you knew my other post was a joke and you merely felt like
> sharing.
>   :-)

But of course. :-)

Jim

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On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 07:38:39 -0600, Mike Raiford wrote:

> It
> takes a real man to appreciate the resinous flavor of Gin :D

Amen to *that*. :-)

Jim

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On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:04:30 +0000, Phil Cook wrote:

> And lo on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:32:43 -0000, Jim Henderson
> <nos### [at] nospamcom> did spake, saying:
> 
>> On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 11:22:34 +0000, Phil Cook wrote:
>>
>>>> You know, when I was in Europe for six or seven weeks, people would
>>>> ask me where I was from. I'd say "The United States."  The answer was
>>>> invariably "You mean America?"
>>>
>>> As opposed to Mexico.
>>
>> Mexico isn't part of the United States (in Spanish, "Los Estados
>> Unidos" refers to the United States of America - and ask any Mexican if
>> that includes Mexico and you're likely to get laughed out of the
>> country).
> 
> Sorry I thought Mexico was a republic with 31 states and could therefore
> be refered to as the United States of Mexico.

Well, it is, but in Mexico, the residents there don't call it "Los 
estados unidos de Mexico", but rather just "Mexico".  "Los estados 
unidos" is reserved specifically for the USA.  :-)

Jim

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Bill Pragnell <bil### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> Stephen wrote:
> > But I prefer a bite to my spirits, (Flavoured with thistles :)
> Or a sting... flavoured with a dead scorpion?
>
Funnily enough, I was speaking to someone last night who had been offered


>
> Why did the Mexican push his wife off a cliff?
>
> ...
>
> ..
>
> .
>
> Tequila!

It is also a long way to tip an Airy :)

Stephen

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"Stephen" <mcavoys_AT_aolDOT.com> wrote in message 
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> Bill Pragnell <bil### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
>> Stephen wrote:
>> > But I prefer a bite to my spirits, (Flavoured with thistles :)
>> Or a sting... flavoured with a dead scorpion?
>>
> Funnily enough, I was speaking to someone last night who had been offered
> scorpions dipped in chocolate. It's a strange world.
>
>>
>> Why did the Mexican push his wife off a cliff?
>>
>> ...
>>
>> ..
>>
>> .
>>
>> Tequila!
>
> It is also a long way to tip an Airy :)

I'd rather have this bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy.

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Brian Elliott wrote:
>>> Why did the Mexican push his wife off a cliff?
>>>
>>> Tequila!
>>
>> It is also a long way to tip an Airy :)
> 
> I'd rather have this bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy.

Some thinkle peep I'm under the alkafluence of inkahol. Trouble is, the 
drunker I sit here the longer I get...

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