Wood Goblin wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:47 pm Hot alcoholic beverages. All of them. At best, they’re so-so. At worst, revolting.

Sangria.

I get it, but..

Christmas market in Nuremberg.. warm spiced wine.. 35F.. light snow.. no wind.. wood fire.. least sucky thing ever.

jfv wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2024 9:02 pm warm spiced wine

Not crap.

Wood Goblin wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:42 pm Churros. A pretty good pastry topped with a ruinous amount of sugar.

Yeah. Even the pastry is bland imo.

PASTA wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2024 3:38 pm Being constantly active

100%

Wood Goblin wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:47 pm Hot alcoholic beverages. All of them. At best, they’re so-so. At worst, revolting.

A good Tom & Jerry (no marshmallows) is wonderful thing. Everything else, I agree.

losthighway wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2024 8:12 pmVodka

People actually talk about vodka?

Wood Goblin wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:42 pm Churros. A pretty good pastry topped with a ruinous amount of sugar.

The ones I've had were plain, or maybe lightly salted? You dip them in hot chocolate, and were great. However I've seen them in the UK sold as (basically) doughnuts, and I think they were dunked in sugar. Bleurgh.

As a Spanish I can only talk about fresh Spanish churros, done and served inmediately. Normally you put a rather small amount of sugar on top.

NOT. CRAP. EVER.

The Shawshank Redemption. Ghostbusters. Aliens. Christopher Nolan.

jfv wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2024 9:02 pm

Wood Goblin wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:47 pm Hot alcoholic beverages. All of them. At best, they’re so-so. At worst, revolting.

Sangria.

I get it, but..

Christmas market in Nuremberg.. warm spiced wine.. 35F.. light snow.. no wind.. wood fire.. least sucky thing ever.

Seconding. I loath hot booze at the best of times, and mulled wine tastes like shit. But one deep frozen winter in Berlin at a Christmas market back in early 2010 and I swear it was the nectar of the gods.

jfv wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2024 9:02 pm

Wood Goblin wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:47 pm Hot alcoholic beverages. All of them. At best, they’re so-so. At worst, revolting.

Sangria.

I get it, but..

Christmas market in Nuremberg.. warm spiced wine.. 35F.. light snow.. no wind.. wood fire.. least sucky thing ever.

I have really fond memories of the Christmas markets in Prague, but I only tried the spiced wine once. It was enough for me to know.

Wood Goblin wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:47 pm Hot alcoholic beverages. All of them. At best, they’re so-so. At worst, revolting.

Sangria.

Are they really rated high? I rarely hear about them

jfv wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2024 9:02 pm

Wood Goblin wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:47 pm Hot alcoholic beverages. All of them. At best, they’re so-so. At worst, revolting.

Sangria.

I get it, but..

Christmas market in Nuremberg.. warm spiced wine.. 35F.. light snow.. no wind.. wood fire.. least sucky thing ever.

AGREE. If you are in Germany during November/December the Christkindlmarkts are a must. As is the Glühwein. In recent years I’ve been all about the Weißer one. I think I hit 13 of those markets 2 X-mas ago. These really only work though when you are outside in the cold.