The Bluestocking Womens Pub in an Adventure with Pirates!

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New thread. You know the deal - women's pub, men to the Staunch Ally next door.

Some of us are currently on the trail of an international seed smuggling ring, just for background information.

Not to mention, whiskey has nothing to do with Scotland!

Aha! well -spotted!

Oh, they were playing a friendly. I missed that. Curacao is actually in Germany's group.
This reminds me when my brother who lives in Hannover got a call from a friend from the Faroe Islands (who he knew because of playing table tennis) if he could put him and a bunch of friends up because they would be in Hannover for the football. Only when they arrived did he realize that they didn't come to watch the Euro qualifying match against Germany, they were playing for the Faroe Island national football team.

I can usually take liqueurs or leave them alone. I don't mind some Grand Marnier now and again, but not often.

Though it's very weird to me how marketing in the English-speaking world has managed to present Jagermeister as a young-person party drink. My understanding from Germany is that it was traditionally something that middle-aged blue-collar men drank after dinner to settle their stomachs. I don't like to stereotype, but German men are often obsessed with their digestion.

Also, I've seen Airplane! once too often

It was during the war, I was stationed in Drambuie off the Barbary Coast...

I also have deep misgivings about turning whisky blue!😧
And I agree that the Gosie Chronicles are really really gripping - who or what is Aurelia? what kind of perks and annual leave entitlement does Myrtle have? why had I never heard of a Kanban board ?....

Though it's very weird to me how marketing in the English-speaking world has managed to present Jagermeister as a young-person party drink. My understanding from Germany is that it was traditionally something that middle-aged blue-collar men drank after dinner to settle their stomachs. I don't like to stereotype, but German men are often obsessed with their digestion.

Not Jaegermeister where I come from, but a Schnapps, especially after a a very fatty meal. Jaegermeister feels Northern to me. Tbf, a digestif uis not restricted to Germany. Italians like to drink a Grappa after dinner, or an aquavit in Denmark.

Yes, and I do know of Czech friends who need their regular Becherovka.

I wonder if a map of Europe by men drinking a digestif after dinner would be revealing, like those election maps in Poland where the bits of Poland that used to be in Germany vote one way and the bits that used to be in Russia vote the other way.

I've been to Poland for the first time two weeks ago and I was amused to see that you can buy chilled vodka in the shops.
A map of digestifs would be interesting although fashions could get in the way. In Germany for a while all you got offered after dinner or when you were visiting anywhere was a Ramazotti, although that was women more than the men.

I'm very impressed by posters who can actually tackle cooking and baking in the morning before breakfast. It's as much as I can do to be bothered to pour cereal and milk into a bowl.

I'm the same. Barely human before I've had my coffee!

I have to have a couple of teas before being able to reliably make coffee.

I buy beans from my fabulous local independent, grind them & spoon them into my moka pot. Amazing and simple coffee.

You win!! 😁

I used to have coffee machines, programmed to be ready for me when I stumbled down the stairs at 6am, barely awake, hand in front of me, reaching for the mug, and woe betide anyone who got between me and my brew.

But I got tired of appliances that broke and had to constantly be replaced, so, now that I have more time in the morning, I use a kettle and a filter-less stainless steel pour over coffee maker that needs no electricity and will never break , then chuck the grounds around the wild parts of my garden to deter the cats.

ps. love the idea of grinding my own beans, but must be honest with myself, that ain't happening when all I want is coffee. Now.

I usually set it up the night before so I can just get up & put it on the hob.

Do you know, I'm sure I used to have a pot. Might have a look in the backs of the cupboards tomorrow. I could set it up the night before. Do you use an electric grinder?

One of these, @AngleofRepose. I use it for grinding seeds etc too.

https://www.johnlewis.com/john-lewis-coffee-grinder-stainless-steel/p4839606

I could have written this!

The most important thing about choosing a grinder is that it grinds criss cross. Apparently. DH is the real coffee pro

I didn’t know that, @ChristmasStars. But I bet Grinder the barista gerbil does.

It was probably Grinder who told DH. Apparently it gives a more even taste to the coffee sounds a bit emperor's new clothes to me

DH stole my spice grinder for his bloody coffee.

This can be a dangerous pool in which to fish. My DGF was born in eastern Poland which magically became part of Ukraine in 1946. He never got the chance to go back to his home.

In France, a cognac, a marc de bourgogne, un p'tit coup de calvados, an armagnac, a marc de champagne or - my favourite- a home-made génépi.

Wrt what starts your engine. DH brews a strong pot of tea while I stumble through a shower, getting my hair vaguely dry and pulling on clothes that won't make me look like a clown. I drink a large mug of said brew and then set off to work. That is the last cup of tea that I drink before lunch. It is an absolute life saver but, once I have achieved normal functionality, my morning needs a double espresso every 30 minutes. But I don't have any addiction issues, honestly.