http://www.thevodkaproject.net Searching for the heart of the Polish spirit Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:38:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There are what we might call pure vodkas, and there are others. The conflict is between purity and character. Vodka is filtered through charcoal to remove impurities and, of course, the purity increases with the number of times it is filtered. This rectification process removes those unwanted byproducts – solvents, ... http://www.thevodkaproject.net/2008/08/20/purity/ We drank wódka źoładkwa gorska mixed with Sprite and ice. She said, You know, I can’t ski now without a drink. I had a bad skiing accident and I was a little nervous after this but a small shot of Krupnik and then I am able to ski really well. ... http://www.thevodkaproject.net/2008/08/14/conversation-in-warsaw-bar-no-7/ Go to the woods and pick one hundred flowers of lilac. Add eight or nine lemons and boil in four litres of water. Let the mixture settle for 48 hours, then squeeze it through a sieve. Add three and a half litres of sugar, 20 decagrammes of lemon ... http://www.thevodkaproject.net/2008/08/03/ludwig%e2%80%99s-nalewki-recipe/ As all the plumbing in her apartment block in Powisle is being renewed,  Dr. Kurz reasons that it is a good thing to keep an eye on in case of some dreadful mishap (the majority of plumbers having relocated to England and France), so we convene here in ... http://www.thevodkaproject.net/2008/07/28/sauna-nights/ We take a bus to Nałęczów, when a bus finally arrives (three of four or maybe five don’t bother to stop at our particular bus stop). We are standing in the heat on the side of a dual carriageway named after General Sikorski for a very long time and I ... http://www.thevodkaproject.net/2008/07/22/303/