BKYC KBACA

[Janneke.vandeStadt at WILLIAMS.EDU]

As it happens, I'm actually in a position to offer two cents on this one: I'm in
San Juan, PR, with a bottle of "Malta" in my little hand! 

Tony's use of "genre" is most apt here, I think.  I can see how one might be
reminded of kvas after a sip or two of Malta, but it is definitely much more
syrupy, and, I would add, has far less flavor.  

My husband would not be caught dead in the same room as kvas, but he will
happily imbibe Malta.  I'm still working on him.

Hasta la vista,

Janneke

 

Quoting "Vanchu, Anthony J. (JSC-AH)[TTI]" <anthony.j.vanchu at NASA.GOV>:

> While I would agree that it's definitely in the same genre as kvas, I
> find it quite a bit sweeter and thicker--and because of that, not nearly
> as refreshing.  But maybe the recipe has changed since the last time I
> tried it.
> 
> Tony
> 
> Dr. Anthony J. Vanchu
> Director, JSC Language Education Center
> TechTrans International, Inc.
> NASA Johnson Space Center
> Houston, TX
> anthony.j.vanchu at nasa.gov
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> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 8:01 PM
> To: SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU
> Subject: [SEELANGS] BKYC KBACA
> 
> There is a Caribbean beverage, malta, made by the Goya Company and
> widely available in North American grocery stores. Would SEELANGS
> readers agree with our impression that it tastes very similar to Russian
> kvas? If anyone is afflicted by beskvas'e, this might be a worthy
> substitute.
> --
> Wayles Browne, Assoc. Prof. of Linguistics Department of Linguistics
> Morrill Hall 220, Cornell University Ithaca, New York 14853, U.S.A.
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