| Show DRINKS OF THE FAR EAST sake sak in japan and and honshu in china are national beverages sake la Is the nat national lonal beverage of japan it has a peculiar flavor not comparable to any european drink la Is made trosa from fermented rice by an intricate process in winter time anil and contains from eleven to fourteen per cent alcohol it la Is a necessary constituent of every ceremonial japanese dinner Is served hot in little like jars and drunk with much formality from squat quit earless sake cups containing approximately two ounces to the european palate it tastes spur at first but a preference for it Is readily acquired curiously enough it has baa a more powerful effect on the japanese than on europeans the chinese 1 have a ve two alcoholic drinks saras hit and ri A honshu Is simply enother another name for arrack but holshu to Is a much more aristocratic drink we cannot describe it bet ter than in the words of that inimitable old buccaneer dampier dameler Dam this Is a strong liquor made 0 of f wheat as I 1 have been told it looks like munt mum a pecullar peculiar kind of beer made from wheat malt and tastes much like it and la Is very pleasant and hearty our seamen love I 1 it t mightily and will lick their lips with it for scarce a ship goes to china but the men come home fat with soak ing the liquor and bring stores of jim jars of it home with them it Is put up in small squat white jars staled sealed with a wooden plug covered with a thick mass of prepared clay extending extend lne halt half way down the 11 neck eck poor attention to detail critic cratl imy my dear sir air your story Is very much lacking in attention lort to detail here you say ile he watched with admiration the fashionable beauty an ae the she went up the street with free graceful swinging steps author well the matter with that it she was a fashionable beauty bow could she walk that way today |
