Belatucadrus Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 Why is it every Christmas an alcoholic beverage that looks and tastes not unlike custard suddenly appears, only to vanish again on the twenty seventh to remain unloved in the darkened back of the booze cupboard for another twelve months. Has anybody in the UK suddenly thought " You know what I fancy an Advocaat " So why when you have guests at one specific point of the year is it deemed appropriate to ply them with an ancient bottle of yellow gloop that has probably gone two or three decades beyond its expiry date ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 This is a very informative message. I had always thought that an "Advocaat" was a Dutch lawyer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 I love advcaat. The stuff we buy over here is for export. Advocaat in Holland is as thick as cream,and is eaten with a small spoon out of a cocktail glass. It is absolutely delicious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 26 minutes ago, andsome said: I love advcaat. Advocaat is nice too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 When I was young and things like advocaat weren't available due to Herr Hitler some neighbours made their own so-called advocaat from a mixture of condensed milk and homemade ginger wine. Since that time, I have been unable to allow the drink pass my lips - not that I drink alcohol anyway now but the thought of that abomination fills me with nausea at the very thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 1 hour ago, Gandalph said: Advocaat is nice too! Just testing you passed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belatucadrus Posted December 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 2 hours ago, catgate said: I had always thought that an "Advocaat" was a Dutch lawyer. It is, I have to say however weird it may at first seem, British real ale names usually make it look rather normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 "When I was young and things like Advocaat weren't available due to Herr Hitler...." When I was young, and still in Grammar School, and learning the German language (amongst other things), I was sure we were wasting our time in doing so, because Germany would be totally destroyed and re kick started in some other language. I have always been able to picture the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belatucadrus Posted December 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 When I was young we were all worried about some bloke Gospodin Brezhnev who had many many tanks, planes and atom bombs but no discernible effect on the availability of a Dutch custard and brandy concoction no matter how thixotropic it may have been. I wonder if Advocaat like custard is a Non Newtonian fluid, would it be possible to walk on a lake of Advocaat ? Jesus you missed a trick, never mind the loaves and fishes and walking on water you should have tried a composite miracle, produce alcoholic custard from thin air then walk on it ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted December 19, 2017 Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 I am green with envy. I wish I could have seen alcoholic custard juggling (in or out of the jug). Thixo or Thinso would have sufficed with or without sweetener. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted December 19, 2017 Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 I still love advocaat ,and nothing anyone can say will change my mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted December 19, 2017 Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 The word for the non-Newtonian fluid which is the opposite of thixotropic is dilatant. I worked on dilatant fluids in my first job in research and we did, indeed, have fluids that could be walked upon. Fine as long as you kept moving but there was always a horrible sinking feeling if you stood still. A bit like a benign version of walking on hot coals, I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted December 19, 2017 Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 Fine as long as you kept moving but there was always a horrible sinking feeling if you stood still I used to have a girl friend like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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