Q. does the £10,000 bar tab at the pub for Keir Starmer's gathering after he left No.10 last week indicate the costs of drinks in London, or how the political class is different from the rest of us?
h/t Guardian
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British comedian Michael McIntyre has a bit in which he claims that any English word can be used to describe being drunk. Now, two German linguists have tested the claim. "It is highly surprising that drunkonyms are still under-researched from a linguistic perspective," the authors wrote in their new paper, which was published in the Yearbook of the German Cognitive Linguistics Association. @arstechnica's @JenLucPiquant has the TL;DR.
The original research paper lists 546 synonyms for drunkenness. We want to know which of these four did NOT appear.
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Options: (choose one)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgg80weHFwo
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Ik plyt feur 'n ferbod op alkolreklame, want «Geniet, maar drink met mate» is geen waarskuwing.
De foto hieronder lêt 'n plakplaatje op 'n Ierse wynfles siene, wêruut fry dudelik nafeure komp WÊROM de alkollobbie nie wil dâ jy weet wâ in hun produkte sit!
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I find the colour of vanilla extract fascinating. It starts completely clear like water and then turns into this black and red, depending on the lighting, magic potion of flavour. 😋
How to:
Cut a bunch of vanilla beans in half lengthwise and scrape roughly.
Stuff the beans in a clean bottle together with the scraped vanilla.
Cover with a neutral tasting vodka.
Make sure nothing sticks out and no vanilla is on the rim before closing the bottle. This is important.
Let it infuse at room temp for 6-12 months, tasting every ~3 months to determine if it is strong enough for you.
Strain.
If you notice mould or other growths or a rancid or rotten smell, toss the whole batch. This means there was vanilla sticking out or stuck to the rim of the bottle, or the bottle wasn't clean.
For this batch, I used 20 vanilla beans in 750ml of vodka and it took ~9 months to get a deep and intense flavour. The beans are still quite potent after this and I am doing a second run on them.
The amount of vanilla to use is a trade off between the cost of the vanilla, the intensity of the flavour, and the time it takes to infuse.
If you use less vanilla, it takes longer to infuse. Unless you go to extremes like adding a single bean to a whole bottle, in which case the flavour will never be super intense.
If you use more vanilla then it will go quicker and you may still have very flavourful beans when you're done, which you can use for a second run or for a dessert with a twist. 🍹
What I find very satisfying is that this extract is way stronger than what I can find on the store shelves here and it cost me less than half of the price per litre to make.
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Boozey Buck for Sunday, hope you enjoy! Available here: https://1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/boozey-buck-lisa-s-baker.html
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Happy Glasgow Fair Monday!
“…on one occasion the Highland Queen was berthed by the master and a boy, the rest of the crew being quite incapable…”
Steamships, “steaming”, drunkenness & “smùid” – Donald Meek on going doon the watter, & early Scottish booze-cruising
https://meekwrite.blogspot.com/2013/04/maritime-and-linguistic-studies.html
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📅 Bonjour, aujourd'hui 13 mai, c'est la journée mondiale des cocktails. Bonne fête aux Fatima, Nazaré et Servais.
TW: MAJORLY Depressive update on my life and situation. Death, loss, depression, drugs, and alcohol