Today I Learned - Page 20

Aliantha · 10-28-2015, 10:52 PM

Well I don't know much about it, but my friends make it by mixing sugar, vodka and lemons. It's a bit cloudy, but not too much really. Clearer than most store bought I've seen.

Aliantha · 10-29-2015, 01:12 AM

What about liquifying the sugar before you mix? If you heat sugar, as if you're making toffee, and bring it to the boil but stop the heat before it starts to change colour, then let it cool, that might work. You only need a tiny bit of water to get it started.

classicman · 10-30-2015, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

What about liquifying the sugar before you mix? If you heat sugar, as if you're making toffee, and bring it to the boil but stop the heat before it starts to change colour, then let it cool, that might work. You only need a tiny bit of water to get it started.

Correct - sort of.
That would allow me to dissolve MORE sugar in the same amount of water. However that won't change its solubility in the grain alcohol (190 proof, 95%) Also, when I cool the limoncello this will make it MORE cloudy, not less.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-30-2015, 05:12 PM

Use Sweet and Low.

I learned the WW II Underwater Demolition Teams (Frogmen), wore, "trunks with an inflatable belt, canvas shoes and a mask, he said. No neoprene or oxygen tanks for these underwater soldiers of the Pacific. Even the fins didn’t come until later"
No fins.

classicman · 10-30-2015, 06:49 PM

Now there is an interesting alternative ... Damn you Bruce, that would mean starting all over with the recipe.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-30-2015, 08:53 PM

Then you end up with twice as much. Is that bad?

I think Splenda would taste better.

classicman · 11-01-2015, 08:32 PM

Hmm ... I am still mulling that over.
I would NOT end up with twice as much, I'd just have less sugar in it. I'm not altering the quantity of the liquids.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-01-2015, 08:39 PM

You have a batch you're not happy with, so you start over with a different method and end up with another batch. Now you have two batches, twice as much.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-01-2015, 11:29 PM

Everyone knows James Bond drinks Vodka Martinis, shaken not stirred.
Today I learned, In, "On Her Majesty’s Secret Service",(11th book), Bond drinks: Pouilly-Fuissé white wine, Taittinger champagne, Mouton Rothschild ’53 claret, calvados, Krug champagne, 3 bourbon & waters, 4 vodka & tonics, 2 double brandy & ginger ales, 2 whisky & sodas, 3 double vodka martinis, 2double bourbons on the rocks, at least 1 neat whisky, a flask of Enzian schnapps, Marsala wine, the better part of a bottle of fiery Algerian wine, 2 more Scotch whiskies, half a pint of I.W. Harper bourbon, a Jack Daniel’s Tennessee whisky & water, on the rocks, a bottle of Riquewihr wine, 4 steins of Franziskaner beer, and a double Steinhäger gin.

In the whole book series, Bond drinks 19 Vodka Martinis, but 37 bourbons, 21 Scotches and 35 sakes.

Gravdigr · 11-02-2015, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Everyone knows James Bond drinks Vodka Martinis, shaken not stirred.
Today I learned, In, "On Her Majesty’s Secret Service",(11th book), Bond drinks: Pouilly-Fuissé white wine, Taittinger champagne, Mouton Rothschild ’53 claret, calvados, Krug champagne, 3 bourbon & waters, 4 vodka & tonics, 2 double brandy & ginger ales, 2 whisky & sodas, 3 double vodka martinis, 2double bourbons on the rocks, at least 1 neat whisky, a flask of Enzian schnapps, Marsala wine, the better part of a bottle of fiery Algerian wine, 2 more Scotch whiskies, half a pint of I.W. Harper bourbon, a Jack Daniel’s Tennessee whisky & water, on the rocks, a bottle of Riquewihr wine, 4 steins of Franziskaner beer, and a double Steinhäger gin.

In the whole book series, Bond drinks 19 Vodka Martinis, but 37 bourbons, 21 Scotches and 35 sakes.

That's interesting.

classicman · 11-04-2015, 08:23 PM

XOB - You need to come by and give the latest batch a test drive.
Its pretty damn good, if I do say so myself.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-04-2015, 10:10 PM

Latest batch of Netflix and chill?

Gravdigr · 11-23-2015, 04:13 PM

Today I learned about the pink fairy armadillo.

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Lamplighter · 11-24-2015, 02:06 PM

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Lamplighter · 11-26-2015, 10:10 AM

Today, I learned that the standards of discourse here in the Cellar are quite remarkable.

It's OK to "blame the victim" for being abused, so long as the abuser is not "intolerably annoying"

I don't quite know what "intolerably annoying" really means.
At least the following mode of trolling does not meet that standard.

a) pick a target
b) goad with ad hominem insults
c) gloat by self-aggrandizement
d) deny fallibility
Repeat, ad nauseum

So, I've decided to leave.
For the most part, I've enjoyed my stay here.
But I will enjoy dealing with the Donald Trump's of the world elsewhere.

Take care.

10-28-2015, 10:52 PM	#1
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Well I don't know much about it, but my friends make it by mixing sugar, vodka and lemons. It's a bit cloudy, but not too much really. Clearer than most store bought I've seen. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

10-29-2015, 01:12 AM	#2
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	What about liquifying the sugar before you mix? If you heat sugar, as if you're making toffee, and bring it to the boil but stop the heat before it starts to change colour, then let it cool, that might work. You only need a tiny bit of water to get it started. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

10-30-2015, 05:12 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Use Sweet and Low. I learned the WW II Underwater Demolition Teams (Frogmen), wore, "trunks with an inflatable belt, canvas shoes and a mask, he said. No neoprene or oxygen tanks for these underwater soldiers of the Pacific. Even the fins didn’t come until later" No fins. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-30-2015, 06:49 PM	#5
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Now there is an interesting alternative ... Damn you Bruce, that would mean starting all over with the recipe. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

10-30-2015, 08:53 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Then you end up with twice as much. Is that bad? I think Splenda would taste better. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-01-2015, 08:32 PM	#7
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Hmm ... I am still mulling that over. I would NOT end up with twice as much, I'd just have less sugar in it. I'm not altering the quantity of the liquids. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

11-01-2015, 08:39 PM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	You have a batch you're not happy with, so you start over with a different method and end up with another batch. Now you have two batches, twice as much. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-01-2015, 11:29 PM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Everyone knows James Bond drinks Vodka Martinis, shaken not stirred. Today I learned, In, "On Her Majesty’s Secret Service",(11th book), Bond drinks: Pouilly-Fuissé white wine, Taittinger champagne, Mouton Rothschild ’53 claret, calvados, Krug champagne, 3 bourbon & waters, 4 vodka & tonics, 2 double brandy & ginger ales, 2 whisky & sodas, 3 double vodka martinis, 2double bourbons on the rocks, at least 1 neat whisky, a flask of Enzian schnapps, Marsala wine, the better part of a bottle of fiery Algerian wine, 2 more Scotch whiskies, half a pint of I.W. Harper bourbon, a Jack Daniel’s Tennessee whisky & water, on the rocks, a bottle of Riquewihr wine, 4 steins of Franziskaner beer, and a double Steinhäger gin. In the whole book series, Bond drinks 19 Vodka Martinis, but 37 bourbons, 21 Scotches and 35 sakes. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-04-2015, 08:23 PM	#11
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	XOB - You need to come by and give the latest batch a test drive. Its pretty damn good, if I do say so myself. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

11-04-2015, 10:10 PM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Latest batch of Netflix and chill? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-23-2015, 04:13 PM	#13
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Today I learned about the pink fairy armadillo. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

11-26-2015, 10:10 AM	#15
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Today, I learned that the standards of discourse here in the Cellar are quite remarkable. It's OK to "blame the victim" for being abused, so long as the abuser is not "intolerably annoying" I don't quite know what "intolerably annoying" really means. At least the following mode of trolling does not meet that standard. a) pick a target b) goad with ad hominem insults c) gloat by self-aggrandizement d) deny fallibility Repeat, ad nauseum So, I've decided to leave. For the most part, I've enjoyed my stay here. But I will enjoy dealing with the Donald Trump's of the world elsewhere. Take care.

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