My boss brought back some Ouzo (the aniseed liquor) from a holiday in Greece, and it reminded me of my pre-teetotal days and holidays in the sun etc.
One thing I remembered is that if you put a dash of water in your Ouzo, it goes from clear to cloudy. As far as I could tell, it tasted the same (albeit watered down, obviously), but it does look cool. I have been led to believe that the cloudiness comes from parts of the Ouzo crystallising when in contact with water.
I have always had people claim that it’s a good idea to mix water with your Ouzo, because if you drink Ouzo without water, and then have a good gulp of water later in the evening, the crystallisation will take place in your stomach. The spinner of the yarn always says that this will make you really ill, and they often say it happened to them (or a friend) once.
Come on… it’ll crystallise into a lump in your stomach? As if there isn’t enough water in your body for it to react with during each sip. I say they were ill coz they’d had too much Ouzo anyway, water or no. This must be BS, right?
