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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2009 16:48:48 GMT
The pastis hour has arrived in France, at least in my apartment.
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Post by imec on Jun 8, 2009 17:08:42 GMT
Pernod? Ricard? Or some special elixir known only to the locals? Ice? No ice? Tap or bottled water?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2009 17:16:54 GMT
The hypermarket house brand! (However, if I wanted to pay the price of the brand names, I would choose Pernod, whereas just about everyone I know would choose Ricard or Pastis 51.)
Plus: more ice than normal French people use and tap water. I buy maybe one bottle of water a year and that's only when I have worn out the previous one that I keep in the refrigerator filled with tap water.
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Post by hwinpp on Jun 9, 2009 1:50:45 GMT
Duh, I can see the coffee dripping into the measuring cup. I'm talking about the dish the carafe is SITTING in,isn't that liquid? Ah, yes, now I see it. It's hot water to keep the coffee hot longer.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2009 2:18:44 GMT
Ah,brilliant idea,never would have thought of that. Thank you hw.
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Post by hwinpp on Jun 9, 2009 4:01:38 GMT
Sometimes Lady Luck just dumps something nice in your lap and you don't even know how you deserved it.
Now, standing on my table beside my PC, I see a bottle of Chateau d'Issan '96, grand cru classe. That is something special! I will have to find the right opportunity. It will definitely not go into my KFC mug.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2009 4:40:37 GMT
You make it sound like you didn't know it was there before. Maybe the jungle pixies sneaked in and left it there. It is bewitched and one sip will put you to sleep for 100 years.
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Post by lagatta on Jun 9, 2009 15:35:48 GMT
I love the expression "council pop", though I was imagining some cheapo brand from a cut-price supermarket. There is also the "council facelift"...
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Post by rikita on Jun 9, 2009 21:07:40 GMT
was at my dad's place today, got offered the same rosé, looked up the name this time. it is called mas lunette.
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Post by imec on Jun 15, 2009 1:44:36 GMT
A delightful Spanish red (from Bierzo) that I bought on sale. And now, a small glass of iced Limoncello I'm thinking...
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Post by rikita on Jun 15, 2009 6:06:04 GMT
Ayran
(well ok it isn't really in a glass but in the plastic cup i bought it in)
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2009 6:19:39 GMT
Last night I had a pint (50cl actually) of micro-brewed white beer in Lille. The brewery is on the premises of "Les 3 Brasseurs."
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Post by hwinpp on Jun 19, 2009 8:12:27 GMT
I miss ayran. Good one, Rik. Is it just yoghurt mixed with milk and salt? Basically the same as a plain lassi?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2009 10:41:39 GMT
Ayran (well ok it isn't really in a glass but in the plastic cup i bought it in) Don't know Ayran rikita,what is it?
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Post by hwinpp on Jun 20, 2009 5:16:40 GMT
It's a yoghurt based drink. Not yoghurt mixed with milk but with water. In Turkey they sometimes mix it with soda water to make it more refreshing. Same as the Indian lassi. Though lassis in India are much more versatile. Good stuff on a hot day.
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Post by rikita on Jun 22, 2009 12:46:31 GMT
well the one i had i already bought ready made, so not sure how they made it. sometimes i make it myself, mixing the yoghurt and water, and depending on mood i add salt and maybe spices or also some chives if i feel like it... not sure if anyone in turkey would do that, but i like it...
well i only had lassi a few times in indian restaurants, and those were always sweet and thicker than ayran... so while they are somewhat similar, i associate very different tastes with them... like when i think of lassi i think of something sweet and filling, and with ayran i think more of something slightly salty and refreshing...
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Post by rikita on Jun 22, 2009 12:48:17 GMT
oh yes and currently i am drinking a citrus mix juice (lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, mandarin)
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 22, 2009 13:19:38 GMT
Interesting. I frequently drink a plain yogurt-water combination, but didn't know it had a name.
Is that itty-bitty Rikita?
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Post by pookie on Jun 22, 2009 13:41:28 GMT
I have a Singapore Sling. I had more than a few on my recent holiday and brough back a few bottles of pre mixed duty free.
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Post by rikita on Jun 22, 2009 15:31:40 GMT
yes, it is...
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Post by spindrift on Jun 22, 2009 18:32:53 GMT
I am drinking Les Petites Recoltes, Vin du Pays des Cotes de Thon. 2008. White.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 22, 2009 20:46:46 GMT
I'm having a lovely, large cup of oolong.
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Post by lagatta on Jul 1, 2009 23:20:22 GMT
Oh, lovely tea! I haven't been drinking enough tea in the summertime, in the winter I drink it all day. Summertime just usually plain water as I work, but I miss the wonder of tea. I ran out of coffee a few days ago, and was not at all unhappy, although the green tea with spices I was sipping took longer to give me the slight caffeine high I need to work.
I'm sipping on a mixture of white wine and Perrier-citron (or use any bubbly water with a squeeze of lemon or lime). Real lemon or lime better, of course. You don't need expensive wine for this, just dry white plonk.
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Post by cigalechanta on Jul 1, 2009 23:35:21 GMT
It's raining and gloomy so drinking an Armagnac
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Post by imec on Jul 2, 2009 1:24:12 GMT
How could I not have a Caesar on Canada day?
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Post by lagatta on Jul 2, 2009 1:28:25 GMT
I don't get the relation of the two. C'est quoi le rapport?
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Post by imec on Jul 2, 2009 1:35:11 GMT
Have you ever asked for a Caesar outside of Canada? Except for a few border towns and a few Mexican or Floridian destinations frequented by lots of Canadians, no one has a clue what you're talking about. Surely it's the quintessential Canadian cocktail, no? (nobody drinks rye and ginger anymore - even in Winnipeg... )
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Post by traveler63 on Jul 2, 2009 1:53:51 GMT
In my glass is 10 year Glenmorangie scotch, neat with just a drop of water and no ice.
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Post by imec on Jul 2, 2009 2:09:50 GMT
In my glass is 10 year Glenmorangie scotch, neat with just a drop of water and no ice. It's so encouraging to hear of someone who knows the proper way to enjoy a fine single malt. Cheers t63!
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Post by lagatta on Jul 2, 2009 10:31:54 GMT
I haven't been to the US for a couple of decades, and it wouldn't even occur to me to ask for such a cocktail in countries I often travel to. I've only had one when it was made for me by a friend; I'm not really very fond of cocktails or usually of hard liquors, except for some exceptionally good ones such as aged single-malts I (perhaps fortunately) rarely consume. No, I didn't know that Caesars were rare in the US. You are correct, even Wikipedia calls the Caesar "a cocktail popular mainly in Canada"; it was invented in Calgary.
As for my "glass", it is 6:30 am here, so espresso in my cup; if it were Caesar or anything boozy that would tend to indicate a serious problem... After, I have to force myself to drink some water as I'm going to ride my bicycle around a large park for some laps before I get down to my work. I've been forgetting to drink water and you know what that does if one is exercising at all.
People in Québec don't drink a lot of cocktails, in general. Mostly beer and wine. We consume a large percentage of the wine consumed in Canada (though of course southern Ontario and BC are the only serious wine-producing provinces, with warm microclimates in Niagara and nearby and in the famous Okanagan valley), and a much smaller percentage of "hard stuff". One of them cultural patterns, I guess.
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