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Rum with it — Mixing drinks with spirits made from fresh sugar cane :: by Jacob Grier :: Culinate
Rum with it
Mixing drinks with spirits made from fresh sugar cane
By Jacob Grier
September 1, 2010
There is perhaps no spirit whose classification is as complicated as rum. There are light rums, white rums, dark rums, gold rums, spiced rums, flavored rums, funky Jamaican rums, overproof rums, and more. The one thing all rums have in common is the plant they’re distilled from: sugar cane. And while most rums are made from molasses or other sugar products, some use only fresh-pressed sugar-cane juice, capturing the aroma, flavor, and sweetness of newly cut cane.
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ROI: A Stock for Cheap Drinkers – WSJ.com
Interesting story. But as he said, it was a rather unscientific survey on his part. With vodka, there shouldn’t be that much difference between brands, especially with untrained palates. But, with other liquors, i.e. bourbon, scotch, tequila, etc. I would expect a slightly different result.
A Stock for Cheap Drinkers
By BRETT ARENDS
Article
If you’re going to charge me $23 a bottle for vodka instead of $9, shouldn’t the more expensive stuff taste at least twice as good?
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Darth Vader does Tai Chi – Boing Boing
Darth Vader, Tai Chi Master.
Darth Vader does Tai Chi
Cory Doctorow at 10:09 AM Sunday, Aug 29, 2010
Here’s some clever (if initially long-winded) CGI video of Darth Vader doing a 42-movement Tai Chi sword form, created by John Leo. It works very well, presumably because the lightsaber choreography has some nexus with actual swordplay, as do Tai Chi’s stylized sword forms.
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2-1-1 is the E=mc2 of Intellectual Cocktail Circles | served raw
2-1-1 is the E=mc2 of Intellectual Cocktail Circles
If Einstein were a mixologist, he would’ve used this formula for calculating the perfect drink every time.
We’re calling it The Theory of Mixology and it’s mathematical cocktail genius: 2 parts Strong + 1 part Sweet + 1 part Sour add up to Sip Nirvana every time you shake, relatively speaking. Put this formula into action whether you’re mixing in ounces for a single cocktail, cups for a few friends or gallons for a massive house party (or post domestic squabble). As with any scientific method, a few factors come into play.
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Weight loss elixir — water – Boing Boing
Yep, water. Shocking, huh?
Weight loss elixir — water
Mark Frauenfelder at 1:21 PM Monday, Aug 23, 2010
“An appetite-control agent that requires no prescription, has no common side effects, and costs almost nothing? Scientists today reported results of a new clinical trial confirming that just two 8-ounce glasses of the stuff, taken before meals, enables people to shed pounds. The weight-loss elixir, they told the 240th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), is ordinary water.”
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