Nope, we are an Euro-communist country, remember? All the home-made limoncello must be state-approved, and political commissars show up at random hours in your house to have a tasting of it. For the Party!
Well, making limoncello is stunningly easy.
America's Attack on the Lemonade Stand
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I actually do bottle my own limoncello. Makes a great gift, but also a nice, fast way to get tanked. iguana, you know what I'm talking about.
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Yeah, it really is. After seeing Giada de Laurentiis make it on her show about five years ago, I started making mine and have never looked back. The best part? The longer you let it sit in the back of your fridge to ferment, the better it (seemingly) tastes, so I make sure to serve it at all my parties, because everyone loves it.
Epic win, says I!
There's a reason "Grappa" is also called "acqua minerale del Veneto" (mineral water of the Veneto region).
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And to think I've been doing this the hard way! [/forehead smack]
Oh my, do I ever!
Ouch, grappa is vicious. I have a few friends who are grappa enthusiasts and always drags me to taste the most exotic and obscure grappe they can find. Personally, it's not my favourite liquor, but I do enjoy a small quantity after a big meal.
Inter-cultural anecdote, every time the headmaster of our jujutsu school, a wonderful little Japanese guy well in his 70s, comes to Italy, he shows a peculiar affection for grappa, the stronger the better. He pops a couple of bottles every evening, and prohibits everyone from going to sleep before he sees the bottom. Usually, people ends up on the floor, while he merely speaks a bit slower than usual. We even held grappa-vs.-sake contests (about which tastes better, not who drinks more), going all night until someone collapses on the tatami. Well, they say the secret of martial arts is in... the spirit!
Well, I can only hope that Locutus was joking. 
Well, I can only hope that Locutus was joking.
It appeared pretty clear you were being serious.
@RJ He thought you were serious, I know that much. Your post didn't give much clue you were joking, aside from the implausibility of the misunderstanding. (But considering the hubbub over "niggardly" some years ago, it seems anyhting's possible.)
It seemed blindingly clear to me. Locutus knows I'm fluent in English and is familiar with my sense of humor, and nobody in their right mind would accuse J, of all people, of being racist. It's a little surreal that anybody would possibly take something like that seriously.
I don't usually post often, but I just like to say this was one of the best threads I've ever read. Nice distraction on a hot day. 
As for my lemonade, I like it sweet and strong.
As for my lemonade, I like it sweet and strong.
What a coincidence! That's how i like my men!
Well, I can only hope that Locutus was joking.
I was just going to let it go as a misunderstanding on my part, but if you want to be smug about it, jokes tend to be... what's the word I'm looking for? Funny.
According to your own words in the BR you were reviewing the thread, so after saying that when I saw you single out a word that can and has been misconstrued as a slur and then threaten mod action in a completely serious manner with no indication given of joking (like saying "just kidding" or using a wink smiley), I felt it was important to point out that no, it wasn't a slur and no, we weren't going to take any action, just so everyone was clear. I'd never frame a joke as an actual mod action without making it perfectly clear I was kidding.
Furthermore, in a thread where actual bigotry has been thrown around, maybe it's not the best time to quote a word that can be misconstrued completely out of context and imply that the poster might get in trouble for it. I'm not the only one who thought you might have been serious about it.
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It did confuse me, RJ. Usually I can tell when you're joking, but this time I definitely wasn't sure.
Are there really many bitter kids foods out there? I don't remember eating bitter foods.
Maybe the reason they don't know the difference is because they've never encountered anything that tastes bitter.
Where I live kids eat the same stuff as adults.
What's "kids foods"?
Artichokes that taste like chicken?
Salmon with a sugar crust dumped into a coca cola sauce?
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