Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sorry, VSOA should read "Very Special Old Arrack" Cheers Jayanand On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 8:56 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote: > Joseph, > Yes it is - and there are many flavours here made from palm nut, > coconut and cashewnut to name a few, and like all booze, you get from > the undrinkable garbage to the triple distilled stuff that smells OK. > My favourite is one made from the Mahua flower in Central India, it > has a very delicate taste, and never gives you a hangover. When the > flowers fall off the tree, they ferment, and deer, bears and other > forest animals eat it up and get high. I have also seen elephants > drunk on rice beer in Assam creating havoc, so this is probably not > just a human thing! > > A month ago I was in Sri Lanka and I picked up a bottle of aged (5 > years) coconut arrack, called VSOA (Very Special Aged Arrack) - and it > is superb, with a taste to rival a decent single malt, and it cost > only US$8 a bottle! > > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 8:36 AM, Joseph Low <joelct at singnet.com.sg> > wrote: >> >> We should ask Jayanand for his take on the popular coconut tapped drink >> "Toddy" which is >> another form of moonshine or Lalangtani >> >> Joseph >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: lug-bounces+joelct=singnet.com.sg at leica-users.org >> [mailto:lug-bounces+joelct=singnet.com.sg at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of >> Nathan Wajsman >> Sent: Thursday, 6 January, 2011 8:40 >> To: Leica Users Group >> Subject: Re: [Leica] What REAL MEN drink! >> >> Having read this horrible story, I must say that the Puerto Rican >> moonshine, >> called pitorro or ca?ita, is very tasty and does not lead to undue >> hangovers. I shall know more tomorrow, however, as I am working on a >> bottle >> tonight. >> >> Cheers :-))) >> >> Nathan >> >> On 5 Jan, 2011, at 17:35 , <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: >> >>> While covering the PAN AMERICAN GAMES in Indianapolis 1987 a couple of >>> the >> USA news photogs from the deep south had some moon shine.. ?"Hey Ted you >> ever have a taste of this good 'ol moonshine?" Said one of the lads with a >> very heavy accent of the south as he handed me a bottle of liquid. >>> >>> In my innocents, after all they'd been knocking it back like it was >>> water! >> I poured a big glass full and proceeded to drink it like they were doing. >> How many more??? Do you really think I have any recollection of later? :-( >> Oh suffer! >>> >>> The next morning as I tried to figure out whether I was alive and >>> hurting? >> Or died and hadn't quite finished dying! :-) >>> >>> I swore never ever ever again! Please let me live till noon and recovered >> and I'll never drink that stupid stuff again! >>> >>> Now most of us, those who during their lifetime have fallen to the fun of >> the evening and imbibed slightly more than we thought we were doing. >> WHY??? >> OH MY GOD YOU DON'T REMEMBER EITHER? :-( >>> >>> It's because we were all having such a good time, drinking was as simple >> as breathing, it came real easy! :-) >>> We lost count of how many glasses or bottles! "One more ain't goin' to >> hurt!" And we lose count! But truly it was a great evening.... I think ? >> Wasn't it? >>> >>> As I vaguely recall the Moonshine wasn't as tasteful as it appeared for >> the southern lads. Me being a single malt Scotch drinker I assume that >> influenced my taste buds. But being a polite Canadian when asked... "How >> is >> it?" What else could I say but... "Hey that's very nice, how much did you >> guys bring with you?" ?Not meaning to break out another bottle, only a >> rhetorical question being polite? >>> >>> One guy reached under the table and pulled out a box with at least a >>> dozen >> bottles in it! Me innocently offered. "Well that ought to do for tonight!" >> Damn I was joking! Do you know what it's like the next morning shooting a >> track event when your re-action time is so slow the winner has made two >> laps >> of the track with the winning flag before you realize the race even >> started! >> :-( Trust me that bad! Oh suffer suffer! NEVER AGAIN! And that night? >>> >>> Well no need to go on, just go back to the beginning of this post and >>> read >> it again! ;-) Photographers are actually simple minded fun creatures of >> life! :-) >>> >>> cheers and slightly wiser! :-) >>> ted >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> Nathan Wajsman >> Alicante, Spain >> http://www.frozenlight.eu >> http://www.greatpix.eu >> http://www.nathanfoto.com >> >> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >> Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman >> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >