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mahina

(17,712 posts)
Sun Jul 5, 2015, 04:38 PM Jul 2015

Sake is the beverage of choice here today. World cup rules:

eat the cuisine of the country that will win, and drink the bevvy of the one who will not.

On the menu today we have marinated flank steak, corn on the cob, veggie stir fry and assorted noms. But we are drinking sake, oh yes!

What's on the menu at your World Cup pa'ina?

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Sake is the beverage of choice here today. World cup rules: (Original Post) mahina Jul 2015 OP
Sake... ailsagirl Jul 2015 #1
Are you sure that was sake (rice wine)? Art_from_Ark Jul 2015 #13
Or ruou de , the Vietnamese rice "wine" that is actually a rice liquor pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #14
Wow-- 13 dead snakes Art_from_Ark Jul 2015 #15
Eat the worm! Eat the worm! LOL! pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #16
That could be ailsagirl Jul 2015 #20
Sake is usually 12-14% alcohol Art_from_Ark Jul 2015 #21
Made chiptole season pork loin chops mackerel Jul 2015 #2
yum mahina Jul 2015 #8
If the peppermint doesn't work then use the d-con pellets mackerel Jul 2015 #3
Sake tastes TERRIBLE with D-Con pellets pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #4
LMAO!!!!!!!!!!! That's what I get for posting from my phone! mackerel Jul 2015 #5
After the pea guacamole thread... pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #6
You soooooo funny!!!!!!!! You're the main reason I come to the Lounge :) mackerel Jul 2015 #7
ok raja, mahina Jul 2015 #10
o. k.... mahina Jul 2015 #9
Dayum - I sure hope that peppermint works. surrealAmerican Jul 2015 #11
If you think that, you don't know shitake pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #12
That one I never heard KamaAina Jul 2015 #17
I'll second that. mahina Jul 2015 #19
Good thing Hawai'i doesn't have its own team, then KamaAina Jul 2015 #18
Or South Korea pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #22
Ewww. But soju is available all over the place. KamaAina Jul 2015 #23
I saw Donald Trump drinking sake olddots Jul 2015 #24

ailsagirl

(22,899 posts)
1. Sake...
Sun Jul 5, 2015, 04:50 PM
Jul 2015

I once had a screwdriver made with sake instead of vodka-- I stupidly assumed there wouldn't be much difference in terms of the effect. Was I ever wrong. Without going into detail, let's just say I've never had so much as a sip of sake ever since!!

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
13. Are you sure that was sake (rice wine)?
Tue Jul 7, 2015, 04:00 AM
Jul 2015

Sake has about the same potency as European wines. It sounds to me like you may have actually had shochu, which I call "Japanese vodka"

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
14. Or ruou de , the Vietnamese rice "wine" that is actually a rice liquor
Tue Jul 7, 2015, 04:18 AM
Jul 2015

Many call it rice wine, but it's usually 80 proof or more. It was hard to avoid on my trips to Vietnam, because my hosts always insisted on bringing out their best stuff for a visitor and it would be considered impolite to refuse. In the case of one host, his "best stuff" was a Culligan Man bottle that had 13 dead snakes floating in it. Good times!

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
16. Eat the worm! Eat the worm! LOL!
Tue Jul 7, 2015, 04:43 AM
Jul 2015

Bottles of ruou de with snakes are sold in the tourist shops. But they're also kept by many Vietnamese who believe the snakes have medicinal properties. Each type of snake is considered good for a different ailment, but the most popular both among the tourists and the Vietnamese is the cobra. It's all cobracetic, dude. Peace out.

ailsagirl

(22,899 posts)
20. That could be
Tue Jul 7, 2015, 01:28 PM
Jul 2015

Or else they might have made it 50% sake and 50% OJ??

It's hard to know for sure but it packed a significant wallop!!

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
21. Sake is usually 12-14% alcohol
Wed Jul 8, 2015, 11:09 PM
Jul 2015

Watering it down with 50% orange juice would essentially make it a mild cocktail.

Shochu would be a little stronger.

However, there is also what the Japanese call "white liquor" which can be up to 70 proof. That can really do a number on you, even if it's mixed with 50% orange juice.

mackerel

(4,412 posts)
2. Made chiptole season pork loin chops
Sun Jul 5, 2015, 06:48 PM
Jul 2015

with cauliflower mashed potatoes and a huge green salad with just about everything I could find in the vegetable bin in it. Made a apple cider & raisin vinaigrette. We're drinking lots of ice water and ice tea.

mackerel

(4,412 posts)
3. If the peppermint doesn't work then use the d-con pellets
Sun Jul 5, 2015, 06:52 PM
Jul 2015

but you have to use a lot of it. Mouse traps are great for one or two mice but if you have a major problem like I once had you have to use those pellets.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
6. After the pea guacamole thread...
Sun Jul 5, 2015, 07:14 PM
Jul 2015

...some might believe that was your sake recipe, not realizing you meant to post that in the rat thread.

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
18. Good thing Hawai'i doesn't have its own team, then
Tue Jul 7, 2015, 12:29 PM
Jul 2015

supporters of the other side would have to track down 'okolehao (liqueur made from the ti plant), or perhaps spike POG (passion-orange-guava juice, ubiquitous in the islands) with vodka.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
22. Or South Korea
Wed Jul 8, 2015, 11:36 PM
Jul 2015

I was at an American veterans' event once when a Korean couple came by to give us a couple of bottles of Korean liquor. It was a thick, milky white stuff that I didn't find tempting at all.

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
23. Ewww. But soju is available all over the place.
Wed Jul 8, 2015, 11:42 PM
Jul 2015

A Korean strong liqueur (in the 40-proof range) that's supposed to be (but not always) made from sweet potatoes. Not shabby, though a bit weak for my taste.

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