Only on my f-list...

[fpb]

...could one find a university student - a UNIVERSITY STUDENT - who, on being left a bottle full of vodka, would conclude that the best thing to do was pour it down the sink. Do you want to destroy every stereotype in existence, young woman? http://aphoenix2007.livejournal.com/176368.html?view=1005040

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[bdunbar.livejournal.com]

You can things with alcohol besides drink it - cooking with it comes to mind.

Mind, I have not done so with vodka, but I've cooked with beer, rum and wine. I should try something with vodka next week ...

Here, here!

[fishlivejournal.livejournal.com]

I agree, cooking with alcohol is the way to go. I've had a lot of success with both beer and wine; must try rum. Not sure what I'd use vodka for - other than just adding it over a meal and setting fire to it! bdundar, please let me know how your efforts with vodka go!
I suppose their are alcohols that should be drunk rather than used in cooking, but they'd be outside my price range.

Re: Here, here!

[fpb.livejournal.com]

That is something I do not need to be taught. I invented a dish of beans, onion and red wine when I was 14 and dedicated it to a friend of mine - who was flattered out of her wits and would never visit afterwards without asking for "her" beans. YOu have to remember that I am Italian, and good food and wine are two of the things I am an heir to. However, it is my view that it is impossible to use vodka for cooking; its peculiar combination of bitter and sour taste suits neither ordinary foods nor sweets.

At any rate, one, this note was a joke, two, if it had any point at all it was disapproval of the sorry modern habit of wasting good drinks on getting stoned out of your skull.