On Monday 14 November 2011 10:14 PM, ss wrote:
On Monday 14 Nov 2011 4:40:51 pm Eugen Leitl wrote:
DIY meaning starting completely from scratch, with the green plant.
Green plant? Why use tobacco?
Reminds me of the time in college where a bunch of us purportedly
studying for the exam ran out
Apart from that, surely far more entertaining as well?
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On Nov 15, 2011, at 10:50 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 10:33 AM, Biju Chacko wrote:
>
>> I've always thought of pot as fairly harmless (though I may be wrong
>> -- facts welcome), but I'm in two m
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 10:33 AM, Biju Chacko wrote:
> I've always thought of pot as fairly harmless (though I may be wrong
> -- facts welcome), but I'm in two minds about whether it should be
> legalized. On the one hand, I don't see why alcohol and tobacco are
> any different from pot -- they c
On Nov 15, 2011 4:05 PM, "Biju Chacko" wrote:
>
> On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 10:14 PM, ss wrote:
> > On Monday 14 Nov 2011 4:40:51 pm Eugen Leitl wrote:
> >> DIY meaning starting completely from scratch, with the green plant.
> >>
> > Green plant? Why use tobacco?
> I've always thought of pot as fa
On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 10:14 PM, ss wrote:
> On Monday 14 Nov 2011 4:40:51 pm Eugen Leitl wrote:
>> DIY meaning starting completely from scratch, with the green plant.
>>
> Green plant? Why use tobacco?
LOL!
I've always thought of pot as fairly harmless (though I may be wrong
-- facts welcome),
On Monday 14 Nov 2011 4:40:51 pm Eugen Leitl wrote:
> DIY meaning starting completely from scratch, with the green plant.
>
Green plant? Why use tobacco?
shiv
On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 7:10 PM, Eugen Leitl wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 03:32:37PM +0800, Chew Lin Kay wrote:
>
> > > Nevermind machorka, DIY from Nicotiana rustica.
> > >
> > >
> > DIY meaning self-cured, or self-rolled?
>
> DIY meaning starting completely from scratch, with the green plan
On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 03:32:37PM +0800, Chew Lin Kay wrote:
> > Nevermind machorka, DIY from Nicotiana rustica.
> >
> >
> DIY meaning self-cured, or self-rolled?
DIY meaning starting completely from scratch, with the green plant.
On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Eugen Leitl wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 09:46:28PM +0530, Indrajit Gupta wrote:
> > B.
> >
> > How nice never to have met a Russian cigarette.
>
> Nevermind machorka, DIY from Nicotiana rustica.
>
>
DIY meaning self-cured, or self-rolled?
CL
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> To: silklist@lists.hserus.net
> Sent: Sunday, 13 November 2011, 21:35
> Subject: Re: [silk] Query on wines and snobbery
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>
>
> On Nov 13, 2011 5:23 PM, "ss" <cybers...@gmail.com&
B.
How nice never to have met a Russian cigarette.
You HAVE been around quite a bit, haven't you, young-fella-me-lad?
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On Sunday 13 Nov 2011 2:59:21 pm Indrajit Gupta wrote:
> and the way to death ends with what used to be a Charminar; there was
> nothing stronger,
>
Gauloise. The worst. Ever.
shiv
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On Sunday 13 Nov 2011 2:59:21 pm Indrajit Gupta wrote:
> and the way to death ends with what used to be a Charminar; there was
> nothing stronger,
>
Gauloise. The worst. Ever.
shiv
On Nov 13, 2011 5:23 PM, "ss" wrote:
>
> On Sunday 13 Nov 2011 2:59:21 pm Indrajit Gupta wrote:
> > and the way to death ends with what used to be a Charminar; there was
> > nothing stronger,
> >
>
> Gauloise. The worst. Ever.
Obviously IG meant among the Indian-made cigarettes. Else, the strong
On Sunday 13 Nov 2011 2:59:21 pm Indrajit Gupta wrote:
> and the way to death ends with what used to be a Charminar; there was
> nothing stronger,
>
Gauloise. The worst. Ever.
shiv
11 November 2011, 6:47
Subject: Re: [silk] Query on wines and snobbery
That does explain why people tend to only smoke wills, or gold flake kings or
... and a wills smoker wouldn't dream of smoking gold flake. There's a
paanwallah I used to know in hyd who had an uncanny knack
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On Thursday 10 Nov 2011 11:14:46 pm Indrajit Gupta wrote:
> Frankly, I think we are hugely overdoing the wine snobbery bit; if we can
> distinguish between cigarette brands and their smokes, or between
> different brands of blended
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On Thursday 10 Nov 2011 11:14:46 pm Indrajit Gupta wrote:
> Frankly, I think we are hugely overdoing the wine snobbery bit; if we can
&
On Thursday 10 Nov 2011 11:14:46 pm Indrajit Gupta wrote:
> Frankly, I think we are hugely overdoing the wine snobbery bit; if we can
> distinguish between cigarette brands and their smokes, or between
> different brands of blended whiskey, what is the big deal in being able to
> distinguish bet
Yes please!
On Nov 10, 2011, at 9:09 AM, Eugen Leitl wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 03:24:19PM +, Sidin Vadukut wrote:
>
>> It turns out I like smokey malts. Cheers.
>
> Laphroaig, Lagavulin, Ardbeg?
>
On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 4:15 AM, Sriram ET. wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 5:03 PM, Charles Haynes
> wrote:
>> we were not influenced by brand or price. It was in the course of
>> years of these kinds of tastings that I determined my own preferences
>> in wine style and varietals
> Time and
ended whiskey, what is the big deal in being able to distinguish
between different types of wine?
And Indian wine has improved tremendously but ..
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S
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 5:03 PM, Charles Haynes wrote:
> we were not influenced by brand or price. It was in the course of
> years of these kinds of tastings that I determined my own preferences
> in wine style and varietals
Time and experimentation - that's the crux of the matter, isn't it? An
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 03:24:19PM +, Sidin Vadukut wrote:
> It turns out I like smokey malts. Cheers.
Laphroaig, Lagavulin, Ardbeg?
On 10-Nov-11 9:13 PM, Shoba Narayan wrote:
I enjoy wine. I find that the more expensive ones are flatter. Wine writers use the
phrase, "well-rounded" for this.
While on the topic of wine/food writers:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/silk-list/message/8375
Udhay
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In the second, the wines were exactly the same, but different music
was played during the tastings, and the human tasters gave the same
wines different notes.
Ambiance matters; better a poor wine in good company...
-Dave
I agree. Lots of people hold a glass of wine for the image it conjures:
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 11:46:40AM +0100, Aanjhan Ranganathan wrote:
> We (some 12 of us) in Zurich, had a blind wine tasting party. Each of
> us got a wine bottle (either expensive or cheap). The host wrapped the
> bottles in aluminium foil and numbered them. Everybody then tasted
> the wine and
I thought all whisky tasted the same till I went for a distillery
tasting recently. Where I was taught, a little, by a wonderfully down
to earth master distiller on tasting whiskies and generally drinking
them with a little insight. He said rather than worrying about whether
I got the same "honey"
Actually the evidence is on Charles' side. Practiced wine-tasters can
identify many different characteristics of wine with high statistical
significance.
This is not to say it isn't a major outlet for snobbery.
-T
On Nov 10, 2011 4:36 AM, "Charles Haynes" wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 9:24 P
On Thursday 10 Nov 2011 5:03:59 pm Charles Haynes wrote:
> Anyway, I'm just trying to say that no actually, real wine
> appreciation is a learned skill that can be used for snobbery or not
> as suits the inclination of the individual.
>
Charles - I am sure you are right. But there are some things
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Aanjhan Ranganathan wrote:
> http://xkcd.com/915/
Ironically, I spent some time yesterday hunting for deals on Lapsang
souchong and Pu'erh.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j25dBuXl907jffar2s64Bb_RYGhQ?docId=CNG.7d2b4a98d964b2797a1705c20a3e7c0
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 9:24 PM, ss wrote:
> On Thursday 10 Nov 2011 2:17:14 pm Deepa Mohan wrote:
>> I don't see anything wrong with liking the cheapest and most plonky wine in
>> the supermarket.
>>
> Deepa wine appreciation is pure snobbery nothing else.
Certainly there are wine drinkers who a
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 4:23 PM, Venkat Mangudi wrote:
> I agree that it is snobbish to say that cheap wine is bad . Case is point
> Sula Mosaic and Sante from Grovers. Rs 400 a bottle, eminently drinkable.
> There is a port from Sula called 'port 1000'. Rs 137 a bottle. Great after
> an hour of d
Wine tasting is fun. But inaccurate unles ypou're spitting it out. After a
flight, you can drink anything and say cool stuff like oak, plum, woody,
tannins, legs etc and nobody will disagree. :)
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Aanjhan Ranganathan wrote:
I agree that it is snobbish to say that cheap wine is bad . Case is point Sula
Mosaic and Sante from Grovers. Rs 400 a bottle, eminently drinkable. There is a
port from Sula called 'port 1000'. Rs 137 a bottle. Great after an hour of
drinking. :) not bad relly, especially compared to one from He
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 11:24 AM, ss wrote:
> On Thursday 10 Nov 2011 2:17:14 pm Deepa Mohan wrote:
>> I don't see anything wrong with liking the cheapest and most plonky wine in
>> the supermarket.
>>
> Deepa wine appreciation is pure snobbery nothing else. You might have read
> about the expert
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 3:54 PM, ss wrote:
>>The second test Brochet conducted was even more damning. He took a middling
>> Bordeaux and served it in two different bottles. One bottle was a fancy
>> grand-cru. The other bottle was an ordinary vin du table. Despite the fact
>> that they were actual
On Thursday 10 Nov 2011 2:17:14 pm Deepa Mohan wrote:
> I don't see anything wrong with liking the cheapest and most plonky wine in
> the supermarket.
>
Deepa wine appreciation is pure snobbery nothing else. You might have read
about the expert wine tasters who detected hint of rose etc when they
Hear, hear! Excellent exposition. I entirely concur.
J.A.P.
On 10 November 2011 14:17, Deepa Mohan wrote:
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>
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> From: Venkat Mangudi
> Date: Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 1:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [silk] Query on Indian-made wines
> To: silklist@lists.hserus.net
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From: Venkat Mangudi
Date: Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 1:57 PM
Subject: Re: [silk] Query on Indian-made wines
To: silklist@lists.hserus.net
** My previous mail does not imply Charles is a wine snob. :) sorry,
Charles. Just that wines have matured in India.
Well,
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