Juniper Berries
Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Thursday, July 30, 2020 at 7:54:09 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>>
>>> On Thu, 30 Jul 2020 03:13:07 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thursday, July 30, 2020 at 12:00:14 AM UTC-4, Sqwertz wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Why do people always say, "juniper berries taste like gin?". It
>>>>> should be, "Gin tastes like juniper berries".
>>>>
>>>> Because more people have tasted gin than have tasted juniper berries.
>>>
>>> Touche' :-) I didn't see that coming.
>>>
>>> It was 20 years between my first tasting gin, and then juniper
>>> berries.
>>
>> I tried gin (straight) once in 1971. Tasted like what
>> insecticide might taste like. Never had any since.
>
> My grandmother occasionally drank gin and Squirt, so I had ample
> opportunity to taste it when I was young.
>
> Hot sake tastes like I imagine hot paint thinner would.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>
It tastes the same when cold.
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