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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 2, 2009 15:30:20 GMT
10:30 am here, & I'm still drinking coffee.
That's interesting about the Caesar. I've only had two in my life, both prepared beautifully by a friend from Calgary. I'd never heard of them until she introduced me to this delight.
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Post by Don Cuevas on Jul 2, 2009 17:07:11 GMT
I'm having a couple of small, medicinal brandys to combat the onset of a cold.
Also some bruschetta/pa amb tomaquet, with lots of raw garlic, pimentón picante, and lime juice over all. A bit of chorizo estilo Español on the side.
(Actually, now that I've looked up "pa amb tomaquet". I can see that what I'm eating is more like brschetta, with coarsely cut pieces of tomato.
Time for another swig of medicinal brandy. I feel better already.
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Post by rikita on Jul 3, 2009 21:10:31 GMT
coke
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2009 18:40:18 GMT
Badoit Rouge (the extremely fizzy verison of Badoit created to compete with Perrier)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2009 9:09:42 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. It's called "doogh" in Iran and "tahn" or "tan" in Central Asia (in Kyrgyzstan at least) but it's the same stuff. I miss it too. |
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Post by Jazz on Jul 5, 2009 11:51:27 GMT
Badoit Rouge (the extremely fizzy verison of Badoit created to compete with Perrier) Badoit was my favorite non-alcoholic drink in Paris (the non fizzy). It has a fresh unique taste, like the champagne of waters. I searched Toronto for it, but could only find the Badoit Rouge and that was only for a very short time.  |
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Post by lagatta on Jul 5, 2009 12:36:33 GMT
Yes, I really like Badoit as well. I haven't found it here either. Another water I like is the German Gerolsteiner, high in calcium. Of course I usually drink tap water, but sometimes specific waters make great refreshing drinks.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2009 14:51:21 GMT
The pastis hour has arrived, and the temperature is ideal for it (26° at the moment).
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Post by lagatta on Jul 6, 2009 22:31:26 GMT
Too cool for pastis here, and showers on and off. Oh, it must be at least 20°, but it doesn't feel pastisy.
I remember a friend in a certain French city (not yours) who'd have a pastis at the café while I had my morning espresso, but he did have a serious problem. At one point he became maudlin and violent. I don't even like thinking about that; I do like this friend but he had become more than a bit screwed up on various substances.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 16, 2009 2:58:19 GMT
Well, this wasn't in my glass today -- it was day before yesterday.
There is a place I cut through the side of a field when I walk that's atop a low embankment butting up to the newly settled area. One plot there is quite tidy and nice, so I always check it out to see how it's growing & salute the people who own it if they happen to be there.
When I passed the other day, the husband, wife, & 10-12 year old daughter were all there. The husband hollered out, "Güera, ven!" (Come here, Paleface!) He had cut some nice steps in the embankment, but they weren't finished & he told me to give me his hand & he'd help me down. That's when I realized he was bow-wow drunk. Anyway I went on down & greeted his quite pleasant (& sober) wife and the girl. Husband (never got his name) insisted that he wanted to give me a drink of mezcal. Finally I said okay, but just a little. He had the kid fetch a styrofoam cup and the bottle, and did stop pouring when I said "stop!". I took a sip, and it was really exceptional -- good stuff and with a hard-to-pinpoint complex flavor. It had a slight, pleasant note of turpentine, something spicy, and a tiny hint of vanilla. That's the best I can describe it. While I discussed the flavor with the wife, the guy sent the girl to fetch the bottle again and showed it to me. At the bottom was a VERY large scorpion.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2009 3:21:09 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 16, 2009 4:13:41 GMT
I was truly of two minds about it. I'd heard of putting scorpion in mezcal, and long ago assimilated the idea of the worm. Really, I learned to enjoy the worm flavor the same way -- because I didn't know about it at first. So there was that part of me that already found the drink good and thought, "Oh ~~ how interesting!". Then there was that other part that thought, "Eeeeeeewwwww -- icky big bug!"
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Post by hwinpp on Jul 16, 2009 4:23:49 GMT
Do they put the worm or scorpion in because of taste or to 'become strong'? You get all kinds of liquors with all kinds of critters here, I don't think it's for taste.
In Saigon I once had goat testicle rice wine, no testicle in the bottle so I don't think the physical presence of whatever is required.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 16, 2009 4:43:43 GMT
The worm is there for the taste. Those "worms" are also used in cooking. They really do taste good!
My reaction to the taste of the mezcal was pure, since I didn't know it had the scorpion in it. It was emphatically a different taste from plain mezcal.
There is a long tradition of eating "worms" (really more like grubs), ants, wasp eggs and other stuff here so culturally, tossing a scorpion into a bottle of liquor isn't that strange.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2009 23:56:13 GMT
I find it incredibly intriguing.
I am less squeamish about these things then I used to be.
I'd love to learn more about it.
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Post by hwinpp on Jul 17, 2009 4:14:33 GMT
They eat a lot of insects here as well.
I like fried silk and bamboo worms (actually grubs as Bixa has pointed out), crickets and water beetles.
I don't like grasshoppers, they're very spiny and I always tear the inside of my cheeks, and I don't like the spiders, they're too oily and sweet (from frying them in oil and not draining them properly).
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Post by bazfaz on Jul 17, 2009 7:07:09 GMT
On a train in cengtral Thailand last year a man came round with gtrays of fried grasshoppers. I said: I don't snack between meals.
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Post by bjd on Jul 17, 2009 10:40:37 GMT
Recently I was in a restaurant here and after lunch the owner came around with a bottle of homemade pear liqueur for those who wanted some in their coffee. At the table, several people mentioned that in parts of the Pyrenees, dried frogs are added to alcohol and, as they swell up, they add taste. Also, in some places, snakes (garter snakes or vipers, I don't remember which) are put in bottles, and they add some taste to the alcohol. But the snakes are not supposed to be dried first.
I find it all sounds revolting, but I don't drink hard stuff anyway.
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Post by rikita on Jul 17, 2009 12:58:30 GMT
must admit that other than some fried bugs i once had in thailand, i never ate bugs or similar things so far, so no idea if i would or not... not sure i could eat worms or grubs.
no drink right now, last thing i drank was kiba (KIrsch-BAnanensaft = cherry banana juice)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2009 14:27:42 GMT
I think the dried frogs in alcohol are just a joke from the "Bronzés" movies which are cult favorites in France.
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Post by traveler63 on Jul 17, 2009 20:41:31 GMT
No Bugs in any drinks for for me!!!!!! However our cat did find a gecko in the house. Made her leave it alone .
My glass in a couple of hours will have some more 7 Deadly Zins
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Post by imec on Aug 15, 2009 17:18:14 GMT
Guests tonight - chilling a bottle of this sparkling vodka (never tried it) |
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 15, 2009 17:34:44 GMT
*sparkling* vodka?!
Who knew?!!!
Report back on this, please.
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Post by imec on Aug 15, 2009 17:41:58 GMT
Will do. Can't get it locally. Brought it from Toronto - which meant I had to break the cardinal rule of business travel and check my bag  |
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Post by rikita on Aug 15, 2009 17:49:31 GMT
juice.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2009 10:30:34 GMT
I'm having a nice cold bottle of Chang Beer, imported from Thailand. I deserved it after going to the market.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2009 10:42:47 GMT
Sparkling Vodka,got to hear about this one.
I'm sipping my Sumatran Gayoland Free Trade coffee,my daily dark roast coffee fix.
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Post by imec on Aug 16, 2009 14:19:54 GMT
The Sparkling Vodka was a hit. Cork pops just like a bottle of Champagne, taste was vary clean, really cool mouthfeel, goes down very easy. Hangover just the same as the plain stuff.
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Post by Don Cuevas on Aug 16, 2009 14:50:11 GMT
After a very stressful yesterday, I had a good slug of Svedka Swedish Vodka with my midnight supper.
The last thing I drank this morning was an anomalous Diet Pepsi.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2009 19:04:46 GMT
Tonight is cheap red wine night, and I probably even have enough on hand for Big Iain if he drops in.
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