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[Gwand]

A Quiz. Anyone know what alcoholic beverage this woman is drinking?

 

[GeoS]

This came up in conversation today. I bet some young whippersnappers here don't even know what this is. (This is a picture I took of the one in Seattle.)

Haven't seen one of those in years! However, I never really did use the blue part. My hand was just as good. At least until it smeared.

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[GreginND]

A Quiz. Anyone know what alcoholic beverage this woman is drinking?

Hmm, Mongolia - it could be a fermented milk product.

In the Andes - it could be chicha - a fermented corn beverage.

Chicha, in the Amazon, could be made from many starchy materials.

Am I close?

 

[Gwand]

Hmm, Mongolia - it could be a fermented milk product.

In the Andes - it could be chicha - a fermented corn beverage.

Chicha, in the Amazon, could be made from many starchy materials.

Am I close?

You nailed it. It's an Andean women in southern Peru drinking chicha. I tried her fresh batch but it was not to my liking. But it is a beloved drink there.

 

[GreginND]

Interesting! What a great picture. I would love to taste it some day.

 

[Pumpkinman]

chicha- Isn't that the drink they make using their own spit/saliva to ferment it....no thanks, not into drinking something that has as much backwash in as a spittoon.
I have to agree with Greg, that is a great pic, the kind we use to see in National geographic.

 

[plowboy]

Ok, now it's bugging me, what the heck is that thing? And yes, I'm a young whippersnapper but most times I can figure stuff that that out. Not this time

 

[sour_grapes]

Ok, now it's bugging me, what the heck is that thing? And yes, I'm a young whippersnapper but most times I can figure stuff that that out. Not this time

I gave a link in the first post that was supposed to help. But I can tell you that it is a giant version of one of these:

That helps you correct mistakes if you are using one of these:

 

[GreginND]

I recognized it right away. Great picture, Paul. I have to say the IBM Selectric II typewriter has to be one of the finest machines ever made. I wish I still had one. Typing on it was a dream. My father's career was in the typewriter repair business. He worked repair jobs but also spent over 20 years teaching the trade at a vocational school. Growing up my basement was filled with typewriters. He helped design and develop an IBM automatic typewriter in the 1960's. If I recall, it was called the Mach 2. In the days before personal computers, this machine would punch a paper tape as you typed on it. You could then feed the paper tape into the other side and it would read the punched tape and recreate your letters. Oh, the memories. I learned to type on a manual typewriter and my typing is better for it today.

 

[Geronimo]

You nailed it. It's an Andean women in southern Peru drinking chicha. I tried her fresh batch but it was not to my liking. But it is a beloved drink there.

If it's maize chicha, I'll pass. It's beloved because it's got alcohol in it.

 

[Geronimo]

chicha- Isn't that the drink they make using their own spit/saliva to ferment it....no thanks, not into drinking something that has as much backwash in as a spittoon.
I have to agree with Greg, that is a great pic, the kind we use to see in National geographic.

Where I had it, it was a sour mash process fermented with a voracious microbe that can eat starch. The end result was something that tasted like feed corn and paint remover.

 

[GreginND]

I don't know if folks know that I am a marathon runner. At least I was. I started running in 2004. I've run 9 full marathons and many more half marathons and smaller races. Two years ago I fell and broke my ribs which put a halt to my running. It's been a struggle to get back into the swing of things but a couple months ago I started getting back in shape. I am aiming for the Fargo Marathon in May but I may end up only doing the half marathon.

That being said, today I had to get outside for a 6 mile training run. It was a brisk -14°F when I set out on the snowy river trails. By the time I finished 6.5 miles it had warmed up to a balmy -11°F. People think it's difficult to run in these temps, but it isn't. It's all about layering up with thin layers. You do sweat even below zero. The humidity you generate ends up freezing on the outside layers but it's toasty warm inside. Here's me when I finished this morning. Ice crystallizing on my jacket, hat and eyebrows. Oh yea!

 

[Gwand]

chicha- Isn't that the drink they make using their own spit/saliva to ferment it....no thanks, not into drinking something that has as much backwash in as a spittoon.
I have to agree with Greg, that is a great pic, the kind we use to see in National geographic.

In the regions in Peru I've visited sometimes spit was used to initiate fermentation. But I generally saw that in manioc-based mashes rather than the Corn mash fermentation. Dental hygiene is not quite pristine in the Andes and I am sure there are many kinds of yeast and bacteria when you pitch spit to get fermentation going. However it is cheap. Maybe Lalvin can patent Peruvian spittle.

 

[Gwand]

This is part of the market where I bought the chicha

 

[Gwand]

I did not get sick on the chicha but I did get the bug after eating this thinly sliced alpaca meat "cooked" in lime juice. Look how big the kernels of car are.

 

[Geronimo]

Precisely why I quit eating native food in rural areas. I buy canned food (anything) and that's what I eat, no matter how lame it is.

Look how big the kernels of car are

Is that Inka corn? I've had some dried before. It's much larger than corn nuts.

 

[ibglowin]

Well another beautiful day for a hike in the Southwest. No snow……

SWMBO is in the Big Apple with her best friend (who is a Veterinarian) for the next few days. They are attending the Westminster Dog Show

 

[Rocky]

This is part of the market where I bought the chicha

Gary, I sure hope she is reaching for change.

 

[Flem]

Gary, I sure hope she is reaching for change.

Too funny, Rocky!

 

[Julie]

Well another beautiful day for a hike in the Southwest. No snow……

SWMBO is in the Big Apple with her best friend (who is a Veterinarian) for the next few days. They are attending the Westminster Dog Show

I'll send you some snow, we are up to 2" for today and another 1 - 2 " tonight and that doesn't include the foot of snow we got last weekend that is still here1

That four legged baby is sure getting big!