Victor wrote on Thu, 16 Dec 2010 23:55:56 +0100:

>> The first and last time I had hot pepper infused vodka was in
>> Karlsruhe, Germany. The person we were staying with drank
>> that stuff like it was water. One after the other. I took a
>> sip, and that was enough for me. No thanks. They called it
>> 'Ratzenputz'; which in English means rat poison.

> It is "Ratzeputz" and I do not think it means "rat poison".
> It is also not vodka, as it is not even clear if it is grain
> alcohol. Furthermore, it is made with ginger, not with any
> kind of pepper. On the other hand, it is indeed hardly
> drinkable.

Pepper (hot) infused vodka is rather good even if it is best drunk in
one gulp from a small glass poured from a bottle kept in the freezer.

--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not