Re: [CH] Peppers in vodka
Wesley R. Dean (wdean@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca)
Sun, 15 Oct 2000 04:28:24 -0600
At 08:32 AM 10/16/00 +1000, Tara Deen wrote:
> > Any other languages out there that use a form of water as their word
> > for liquor?
>
>Yep. Latin: Aquavit, roughly translated by me as "water of life".
Hello,
I have been lurking for a few weeks and I thought Tara's question seemed as
good a time as any to jump in.
Aguardiente (agua = water in Spanish) is a very popular, or at least often
consumed, alcoholic beverage all over Central America. I believe it is a
kind of sugar cane liquor, sort of a low quality and super high alcohol
content version of white rum. It's usually consumed warm with coca cola
and a squeeze of key lime. I suspect people would rather have it with some
ice, but there just weren't refrigerators or even electricity in most of
the places I drank these poor man's Cuba Libres. They go great with the
fruity habanero sauces found all over the Caribbean coast of Central
America although they certainly don't cut the heat, just make you care
about it a little less.
I wouldn't be surprised if every language had an equivalent for 'firewater.'
yours,
Wesley