Quote:
Originally Posted by beppe
My grandmother (father's side of Austro-Slovenian descent) put in her afternoon tea fa dash of rhum (a high potency stuff that you can stiil buy in Austria, something in the order of 80% alcool  ). That is apparently a diffused habit in south eastern Europe. Indeed my student mother (of Romenian descent) has similar practices. |
Oh I've been served tea with a dose of snapps, it's apparently good for a cold. I don't like it, though. My mother (and many south eastern Europeans) believe that strong alcohol "kills the germs inside you" (my mother's words) when you are sick.