[John_D]

Re: Ethical dilemma : Tue Apr 02, 2013 12:37 pm  

Pink wafers dunked in green chartreuse.

Re: Ethical dilemma : Tue Apr 02, 2013 12:38 pm  

John_D wrote:

Pink wafers dunked in green chartreuse.

Flamboyant.

Re: Ethical dilemma : Tue Apr 02, 2013 1:13 pm  

I have recently experienced a "Benny and hot", a popular winter beverage at working mens clubs over the other side of the Pennines in Burnley.

It's Benedictine and hot water.

It tastes as though it's doing you good, in the same way that cough medicine does, in that it is syrupy and herbal.
Apparently, it was a taste brought back from France as soldiers came home from the trenches in WWI and the habit persists to this day in Burnley, to the extent that Burnley Miner's Club is the largest customer of Benedictine in the world.

Mind you, they are welcome to it.

Re: Ethical dilemma : Tue Apr 02, 2013 6:43 pm  

El Barbudo wrote:

I have recently experienced a "Benny and hot", a popular winter beverage at working mens clubs over the other side of the Pennines in Burnley.

It's Benedictine and hot water.

It tastes as though it's doing you good, in the same way that cough medicine does, in that it is syrupy and herbal.
Apparently, it was a taste brought back from France as soldiers came home from the trenches in WWI and the habit persists to this day in Burnley, to the extent that Burnley Miner's Club is the largest customer of Benedictine in the world.

Mind you, they are welcome to it.

I achieve a similar effect by whacking a shotglass of Ginger Wine in the microwave and nuking it for 30 seconds

Re: Ethical dilemma : Thu Apr 04, 2013 2:00 pm  

John_D wrote:

Pink wafers dunked in green chartreuse.

I don't even know what that is, but i like dunking pink wafers in milk

[John_D]

Re: Ethical dilemma : Thu Apr 04, 2013 2:18 pm  

100% Wire wrote:

I don't even know what that is

It's a harmless liqueur with barely a kick to it. Give it a bash next time you're out and about.

Re: Ethical dilemma : Thu Apr 04, 2013 4:34 pm  

John_D wrote:

It's a harmless liqueur with barely a kick to it. Give it a bash next time you're out and about.

And to think, I had you down as a drinker of decent bitter.
To whit, a drinker of some some discernment.
Well, one lives and learns.

What colour does the pink wafer go, after it's been dipped in green?
Brown?

Re: Ethical dilemma : Thu Apr 04, 2013 4:35 pm  

cod'ead wrote:

I achieve a similar effect by whacking a shotglass of Ginger Wine in the microwave and nuking it for 30 seconds

Sounds preferable to the Benny and Hot.
But it requires a microwave, so no can do.

[John_D]

Re: Ethical dilemma : Fri Apr 05, 2013 8:03 am  

El Barbudo wrote:

And to think, I had you down as a drinker of decent bitter.
To whit, a drinker of some some discernment.

Just because I normally drink decent ales, quality lagers and rum doesn't mean I'm not privy to occasionally ruining my palate with something green and obscene.