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I used to travel to India a lot and would have this when staying with friends in Hyderabad, flies and all. My friend would send one of his servants out in the m

I used to travel to India a lot and would have this when staying with friends in Hyderabad, flies and all. My friend would send one of his servants out in the morning to buy it for us. The way he explained it - someone would climb the palm tree in the evening, make cuts in a place where the liquid would leak out and pool, then there would be fermentation overnight (bacterial, not yeast), and then they collect it on the morning. It reminded me of a drink here in Switzerland made during grape harvest and also bacterial fermentation. Also sour cider in the babe region but that’s much more sophisticated. This palm juice alcohol is very primitive and probably something monkeys drank.

comrade1234 1y ago
Basque region, not bape region.
toddydrinker 1y ago
> staying with friends in Hyderabad, flies and all. Hmm... flies and all? > send one of his servants out in the morning to buy it for us. Hmmm..... one. servants? > This palm juice alcohol is very primitive and probably something monkeys drank. Hmm... primitive? monkeys? Sorry, but I got an uncomfortable feeling from reading your comment. I think my insula cortex activated upon detecting chromatocrat type verbiage.
- MentatOnMelange 1y ago
  Not the OP, and my initial reaction was very similar. I'm giving the benefit of the doubt though and assume he meant monkeys in India will drink the naturally-occuring fermentation similar to how moose/elk in Scandinavia will get drunk on overly ripe fruit. https://enviroliteracy.org/animals/can-elk-get-drunk/ https://enviroliteracy.org/animals/can-elk-get-drunk/ Probably could have been a better choice of example than a monkey but if you spend a lot of time in India, the "we normally see these in a zoo!" novelty probably wears off quickly and its no different than dealing with deer in north america.
prmph 1y ago
What makes an alcoholic drink "primitive"?

comrade1234 1y ago

Basque region, not bape region.

toddydrinker 1y ago

> staying with friends in Hyderabad, flies and all. Hmm... flies and all? > send one of his servants out in the morning to buy it for us. Hmmm..... one. servants? > This palm juice alcohol is very primitive and probably something monkeys drank. Hmm... primitive? monkeys? Sorry, but I got an uncomfortable feeling from reading your comment. I think my insula cortex activated upon detecting chromatocrat type verbiage.

MentatOnMelange 1y ago
Not the OP, and my initial reaction was very similar. I'm giving the benefit of the doubt though and assume he meant monkeys in India will drink the naturally-occuring fermentation similar to how moose/elk in Scandinavia will get drunk on overly ripe fruit. https://enviroliteracy.org/animals/can-elk-get-drunk/ https://enviroliteracy.org/animals/can-elk-get-drunk/ Probably could have been a better choice of example than a monkey but if you spend a lot of time in India, the "we normally see these in a zoo!" novelty probably wears off quickly and its no different than dealing with deer in north america.

prmph 1y ago

What makes an alcoholic drink "primitive"?