Used as a cure all in rural parts of Korea, it’s made by stuffing a hoard of two to three day old mice into a bottle of rice wine and leaving it to stew for, ooh, a good year or so. tags lava-lamp Korea baby mouse wine horror rice wineAfter that you’ll have a ricey-mice concoction fit for… mentally scarring your own children. picked by Turtle 2 years ago |
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What is it with the Chinese? As if crushed ant juice wasn't bad enough we get this, wine infused with baby mice. picked by Bornbad 9 months ago 6 comments edit related share weird |
No, it's not wine made from fermenting your old wired mouse, it's USB wine. I don't know where to get it, but the bottle alone would make the price worth it picked by roarkmeister 1 year ago 6 comments edit related share plime.com |
9 good reasons why cheap wine is better than the expensive stuff picked by Eastcoast1978 12 months ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University have suggested that frequent drinking of white wine may damage the teeth. 1 comments edit related share plime.comThe effect is pH-mediated was exacerbated by brushing the teeth soon after drinking wine. Red wines were noted to be much less damaging to teeth, and the researchers suggest that the effect of white wine might be mitigated by the ingestion of calcium-rich cheese. picked by bingo 1 month ago |
A wine made out of Army Worms (a pest). 5 comments edit related share plime.comIn response to Turtle's post. picked by melgesevad 2 years ago |
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Australian researchers at the Institute of Agriculture, University of Western Australia (UWA), have found a way to make clothing out of wine using Acetobacter (bacteria). Acetobacter is a microbe that turns wine into vinegar. This same bacteria is used to grow fabric at UWA. picked by ordinarychick 3 years ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
A U.S. prankster says he made up a fictional Italian restaurant and was able to win an award of excellence for it from a wine magazine. 14 comments edit related share entertainmentCheers! picked by suebe 1 year ago |
No "Ratatouille" wine from the company that specializes in entertainment for children. picked by hisidea 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Oxford researchers, together with colleagues in Norway, examined the effect that the three products had on memory and thinking among more than 2,000 people aged between 70 and 74. They found that wine had the most pronounced single effect, while those who regularly consumed all three in modest amounts performed best in a series of brain tests. picked by suebe 11 months ago 0 comments edit related share science |
Scientists have found that the compound resveratrol -- found in red wine and grape skin -- slows age-related deterioration and functional decline of mice on a standard diet, but does not increase longevity when started at middle age. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 2 comments edit related share science |
In mice, that is. But scientists hope that the compound in red wine and grapes that extends the lifespan and enhances the health of mice, will eventually be proven to have similar benefits for humans. picked by ybne1else 3 years ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
There are so many styles of wine available in stores these days, and when you add that to the fact that today’s food shops and restaurants are filled with flavours from around the world, the possibilities for wine and food matching are endless. But don’t be discouraged by all this variety. picked by femina 3 years ago 0 comments edit related share entertainment |
Families thought they were witnessing a miracle when wine flowed from their taps during a grape festival. 10 comments edit related share plime.comBut it wasn’t down to divine intervention – just very bad plumbing. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago |
Ever want a wine cellar but don’t have the space or money to build one? The Spiral Cellars design/build firm will dig a hole right in whatever room you want your cellar in and haul the dirt right out the front door. In the remaining void they infill a highly functionally and visually dazzling spiral-staircase wine cellar to fit all your favorite vintages and go with your favorite funky furni... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
Screw tops, boxes, and now plastic bottles? A move is afoot to package wine in low-cost, lighter plastic containers. The bottles come with an expiration date because the plastic does not provide the same airtight seal as glass. But because most wine sold in the US is consumed relatively quickly, it shouldn't affect taste. picked by Bingo 4 months ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
A new pill under development appears to give the health benefits of drinking red wine. Human trials to start. 4 comments edit related share science/Pass the pinot noir please... picked by suebe 1 year ago |
Counterfeit wine? Really? picked by kxmk 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share technology |
"Already, several local supermarkets selling foreign wines have been attacked with small explosive devices, with others graffitied with the Crav's initials." 0 comments edit related share plime.com..You just can't make this stuff up folks. I guess this is what we should expect from a country that still has many people believing the sun revolves around the earth! (j/k) picked by Fizz71 2 years ago |
Dutch researchers followed 1,373 men for more than four decades, noting their eating and drinking habits. Men who had about 20 grams of alcohol daily — equivalent to a half a glass of wine — had 2 1/2 years added to their life expectancy at age 50, compared with men who didn’t drink at all. Men who consumed only wine had twice as much added longevity. picked by bingo 7 months ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
Comes in a wine bottle with cute names like Sauvignon Bark and Pinot Leasheo. 0 comments edit related share scienceAs if our furry friends weren't pampered enough. picked by tigertony 2 years ago |