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tommy Eternal Order Devil's Island 16543 Posts 
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Sounds like turkey.
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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts
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Gobble gobble, have a wobble:
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epoptika Elite user Florida 477 Posts
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On 2010-11-27 20:18, jazzy snazzy wrote: Is that a bad thing? |
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balducci Loyal user Canada 227 Posts
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On 2010-11-28 05:59, stoneunhinged wrote: I see it is related to Artemisia / Wormwood based drinks. That just brought a question to my mind, how popular is Absinthe nowadays in Germany and / or parts of Europe you've been through? It wouldn't surprise me were Schierker_Feuerstein actually available in the States. There is one liquor store near where my sister lives (in more or less rural PA) that is the size of a football field and at least appears to sell every alcohol based drink known to mankind.
Make America Great Again! - Trump in 2020 ... "We're a capitalistic society. I go into business, I don't make it, I go bankrupt. They're not going to bail me out. I've been on welfare and food stamps. Did anyone help me? No." - Craig T. Nelson, actor.
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balducci Loyal user Canada 227 Posts
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On 2010-11-28 11:13, epoptika wrote: That was a very clever ambiguous response of yours. 
Do you mean it might be a good thing that they are pulling it off the shelves? Or that college kids are slipping into comas? I do know there was one forum user here who posted in another thread about how it was an outrage that the government was acting on these alcohol / caffeine drinks and banning them from sale. Another one of our liberties being stolen away, don't you know.
Make America Great Again! - Trump in 2020 ... "We're a capitalistic society. I go into business, I don't make it, I go bankrupt. They're not going to bail me out. I've been on welfare and food stamps. Did anyone help me? No." - Craig T. Nelson, actor.
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epoptika Elite user Florida 477 Posts
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I once had three women from Germany at my bar who could not decide what they wanted to drink. When I jokingly suggested a round of Jagermeisters they said, "Eww, no! We only drink that for a bad stomach!". Jager, like the above mentioned Ramazotti ( a specific brand of Amaro liquer ) are both considered "digestifs" - something to be consumed after a meal to aid digestion. I enjoy both ( along with most herbal distillations. Try Chartreuse sometime. ) but do not drink them as shooters in order to get hammered.
Amaretto, while it tastes like almonds, is actually made from apricot pits if I remember correctly. |
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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts
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On 2010-11-28 11:22, balducci wrote: Absinthe went through a sort of revival a couple years back with the imported Czech stuff, but I think it sort of died out. People are more interested in the authentic absinthe, which is rather more expensive. What's very interesting is that until I linked to the Wikipedia article, I had no idea that Schirker Feurstein even had wormword in it, which raises the question of why it has always been available and absinthe only until EU regulations changed. I'm way out of my knowledge base here, but it seems very contradictory to me. I'm gonna have to do some research. Any links to an authoritative "history of absinthe" laws? |
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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts
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On 2010-11-28 11:29, epoptika wrote: That's exactly correct, except for the point I mentioned above. One can get a four-pack of generic "digestives" for about a dollar or even less. That's 25 cents a shot. Just the right thing for people living on pennies collected in tin cups. Kinda sad. 
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balducci Loyal user Canada 227 Posts
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On 2010-11-28 11:29, epoptika wrote: "Amaretto is an Italian sweet almond-flavoured liqueur. It is made from a base of apricot or almond pits, sometimes both."
Make America Great Again! - Trump in 2020 ... "We're a capitalistic society. I go into business, I don't make it, I go bankrupt. They're not going to bail me out. I've been on welfare and food stamps. Did anyone help me? No." - Craig T. Nelson, actor.
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Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts
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On 2010-11-28 11:39, balducci wrote: Dang! I actually knew that (at least sometime in the past!), but failed in the memory department. Thanks for the correct info!
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RS1963 Inner circle 2734 Posts
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Speaking of Apricot pits. Aren't thy used for making arsnic too? or is that the peach pit?
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts
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Gaggermeister is licoricey.
Disaronno is liquid candy.
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balducci Loyal user Canada 227 Posts
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On 2010-11-28 16:58, RS1963 wrote: Ricin comes from castor beans. Bitter almonds and apricot pits both contain cyanide (heating destroys the cyanide, e.g., in almonds). Peach pits also contain cyanide, but apparently not nearly as much as these others. Arsenic (I've read) is mined, but recovered mainly as a side product from the purification of copper. It also appears in some seafood.
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RS1963 Inner circle 2734 Posts
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I knew about the castor beans. I knew there was something about the pits of Peaches or apricots that my parents had always warned me about. It was the peach pit but it was cyanide they were worried about.
Peach pits contain a number of chemicals called “cyanogenetic glycosides”. These are not cyanide, but when processed in the human digestive system, cyanide is one of the resulting by-products. One of these cyanogenetic glycosides is amygdalin, which is the same chemical that was once sold as a fraudulent cancer “cure”, under the names “laetrile” and “vitamin B-17”. The only way in which this substance was ever actually shown to have prevented anyone from dying of cancer was to cause them to die first from cyanide poisoning. Read more: Is it true that peach pits contain cyanide? If so, is it found in any other fruits? |Answerbag http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/24320#ixzz16cc9jFWf |
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