OT: Supremely Bad Taste (literally)

Caj · Post by **Caj** » Mon Jul 21, 2003 12:03 pm

Raymond wrote: Isopropyl alcohol ingestion can be fatal, but it does not cause blindness.

That must be a neat trick, dying without losing your eyesight.

--Caj

Jerry Freeman · Post by **Jerry Freeman** » Mon Jul 21, 2003 12:12 pm

Lorenzo wrote:The soda/milk thing is kinda like a diet cream soda. Rootbeer floats, etc., although pure whipping cream is nicely used in cream sodas.

Yeah. That's the idea. You can do it with instant coffee and milk, too.

As to the "endogenous winery" effect, Lorenzo's right, though it varies a lot from individual to individual.

It's particularly noted in cases where there is "intestinal dysbiosis," meaning that the normal, beneficial bacteria in the gut have become overcrowded with Candida albicans yeast or other not-so-beneficial organisms.

Candida produces acetyldehyde as a waste product in some quantity, which is why some people with the condition get dizzy, headachy, spacy, etc., upon exposure to seemingly tiny amounts of chemicals, like the scents in the detergent aisle at the grocery; their detox metabolism's already overtaxed from detoxing the endoginous acetaldehyde.

The endogenous winery effect happens in some such cases, when the body chemistry favors a pathway that produces more ethanol instead of acetyldehyde.

madguy · Post by **madguy** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 7:51 am

When in college back in '70, '71, we used to mix Boone's Farm Apple Wine with Schlitz Malt Liquor.

~Larry

Henkersbraut · Post by **Henkersbraut** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 10:22 am

Foul drinks... what a nice play to start posting. (Hi, all!)

Ever tried a 'cement mixer' or 'mouse brain'? Baileys and Apfelkorn. Absolutely disgusting and leaves you feeling like

madguy · Post by **madguy** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 10:32 am

Welcome to this wild and wonderful world, Henkersbraut!

~Larry

Post by **Nanohedron** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 10:45 am

Well, I've been so obsessed with that abomination that got me started in the first place, I finally decided to try some empirical research.

Yes, I had the barkeep make me one. You should have seen the look he gave me.

It wasn't bad; tasty, actually, if you like "Jäger". As for the scotch, anything other than a blend would be truly wrong. Anyway, it had that characteristic licorice taste but not nearly as cloying, and the overall effect was definitely high-test considering that this was only a shot in volume, not a lowball (remember, this was an experiment). Not for your light social drinker at all. That baby is a brain-hammer. Hmm...that might be a good name for it.

Would I try it again? No. Besides, I'd have to pay for it next time around.

Would I recommend it? No more than I would recommend casually giving people firearms to play with.

Lorenzo · Post by **Lorenzo** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 11:00 am

Nanohedron wrote:Yes, I had the barkeep make me one. You should have seen the look he gave me.

Would I try it again? No. Besides, I'd have to pay for it next time around.

Would I recommend it? No more than I would recommend casually giving people firearms to play with.

Ah, ah...do you, ah, recall, ah, ah, which drink the bartkeep, ah, mixed, ah, for you? recite, I mean recipe please?

Kar · Post by **Kar** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 11:05 am

I've had whiskey mixed with Hawaiian Punch, and lived to tell about it.

As for non-alcholic drinks, if you have a cold, hot Dr. Pepper (say, 30 seconds in the mircowave) and lemon juice is very comforting and surprisingly good.

Post by **Nanohedron** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 11:09 am

Lorenzo wrote:
Nanohedron wrote:Yes, I had the barkeep make me one. You should have seen the look he gave me.

Would I try it again? No. Besides, I'd have to pay for it next time around.

Would I recommend it? No more than I would recommend casually giving people firearms to play with.
Ah, ah...do you, ah, recall, ah, ah, which drink the bartkeep, ah, mixed, ah, for you? recite, I mean recipe please?

OK, Lorenzo, get one of your crayons and a piece of paper (be careful with that), and write this down: equal portions. No ice. Be sure that you (or others) are wearing protective gear.

madguy · Post by **madguy** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 11:13 am

How about Gatorade and whatever brand of liquor you prefer?

~Larry

Post by **Nanohedron** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 11:16 am

Kar wrote:...if you have a cold, hot Dr. Pepper...

Erm...and that would be a shoplifted soft drink straight out of the fridge?

chas · Post by **chas** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 11:34 am

madguy wrote:When in college back in '70, '71, we used to mix Boone's Farm Apple Wine with Schlitz Malt Liquor.

This one gets my vote. And when I was in college, I actually drank Schlitz bull. I tried one a few years ago and totally grossed myself out. But, Mixing it with Boon's Farm Apple? BLECH!!!

Anyone ever try Doc's recipe for a beer milkshake from Steinbeck's Cannery Row?

madguy · Post by **madguy** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 11:50 am

chas, you even grossed me out!!

~Larry

Brigitte · Post by **Brigitte** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 2:00 pm

I have come across some weird mixtures of Absinth with fruit juices, champagne etc. So far what tastes best to me in 1toxy-order

Absinth and sour cherry juice
.. mango juice
.. blue grape fruit juice
.. pine apple juice
.. apricot juice
.. peach juice
.. grape fruit juice (but I do not like grape fruit so that might be the reason)
.. champagne

mixture is 2 to 4 cl Absinth, at least 3 or 4 ice cubes and the rest of the cocktail glass gets filled up with the juice.

Enjoy
Brigitte

Pat Cannady · Post by **Pat Cannady** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 2:26 pm

Try a poitin screwdriver sometime, using one of the now legally distilled and bottled spirits now made in Ireland, of course, such as Bunratty, Hackler, or Knockeen Hills. Not for the faint of heart