Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Henning Yes, most of them are OK, except the one in Japan called Umi; sour, bitter and salty. The only Japanese drink that I could not tolerate. Jerry Henning Wulff wrote: > At 9:48 AM -0400 9/27/03, Emanuel Lowi wrote: > >It can be spelled either way. Often Croatian, but sometimes Czech. A > >kissing cousin > >of sloe gin (blue plums are the shared ingredient). Fiery, a bit raw > >sometimes, often > >yellow-tinged from barrels. Many Jewish boys first real drink (Manishewitz > >notwithstanding). > > > >The Alsatian quetsch , also made from plums, is a colourless eau-de-vie. > > > >May you be inscribed and sealed in the big book! > > > >Emanuel Lowi > >Montreal > > Also Austrian, Hungarian, German, Italian.... I've had some in these > and other countries. Basically anywhere decent plums are grown. As > with anything else, if a fruit or other produce has or can be induced > to have sugar, someone has fermented it and distilled it. > > -- > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html