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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsSake 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?
ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)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)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)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!
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)That's taking the "tequila worm" thing to a whole new dimension
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)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)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)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)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.
Inspired!
mackerel
(4,412 posts)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)I'll never try THAT again!
mackerel
(4,412 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)...some might believe that was your sake recipe, not realizing you meant to post that in the rat thread.
mackerel
(4,412 posts)mahina
(17,712 posts)Ne'mind
Wut?
surrealAmerican
(11,364 posts)Sake with peppermint might be a reasonable cocktail choice.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)So on the men's side, I should be rooting for France to beat Germany?
mahina
(17,712 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)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)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)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.
olddots
(10,237 posts)on urinal cakes , he swears by it .