someone in my study hall last year said that one could get drunk off from 1/2 cup of vanila extract. the other day, on a cooking show, they said that vanilla beans were soaked in alcohol (such as burboun), which kinda supports what the guy said. the cooks were mixing 1 part vanilla extract with 8 parts milk to try to see which brand tastes better. so, does that mean one could get drunk by drinking 4 1/2 cups of the mixture (assuming they’re no lactose intolerant)?
Yes, they are soaked in alcohol (burboun or vodka, I think). So yes you could get drunk from it.
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I suppose you could, but why would you want to? Not only would straight vanilla extract taste completely nasty, the real stuff is expensive, so it’s not even cost-effective. I think it would be marginally more fun than chugging cough syrup.
Does anyone remember that episode of “Family Ties” where the alcoholic uncle (played by Tom Hanks, I think) was caught in the pantry drinking vanilla extract?
I remember it. Afterwards, he chased it with a bottle of maraschino cherries.
well, i’m not 21.
i was just wondering about artificial vanilla this morning… it wouldn’t work, would it? it has alot of the same ingredients and something called “vanillin”. what the heck it that?
It’d work just as well as “natural” vanilla extracts. Vanillin (4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde) is the chemical that supplies most of the flavor from vanilla beans.
Check the label. All of the extracts in my family’s pantry involves a statement of alcohol content (by pecentage, not proof). Real Vanilla extract ranked the highest at 37% while the artifical vanilla was around 5%.
I can speak for the fact that yes indeed, one can at the last get a mild buzz from it. I was doing that old school strick of making soda using carbonated water and extract, and over-did the extract.
psch! 5%? eh, nah, i need something real. it’s driving me crazy… i haven’t done anything ALL spring break, and my mom’s gone right now… i miss my crackhead friends… i think i’m goona go raid my neighbor’s house for seeds… maybe i’ll have something within 3 years.
eat a few bottles of nutmeg and wash it all down with some vanilla extract
that should get you somewhat fucked up
or just take a bunch of nyquil
We are not in the business of helping underaged folks get drunk, so I’ll close this thread.
And Qazzz, we do not permit discussion of how to abuse pharmaceuticals, even over the counter ones like Nyquil. Don’t do that again.
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