Formalhaut
10-27-2012, 05:23 PM
I've just been browsing Sky News and came across this story:
Nitrogen cocktail causes teenage stomach removal (http://news.sky.com/story/994680/nitrogen-cocktail-teen-has-stomach-removed)
Now, I'm tee-total so I don't really quite get the appeal of alcohol, but my sources tell me that it's actually quite popular, so I shouldn't judge. I also get that people mix different drinks together in what is called a "cocktail".
Now, all of this is fine, as long as you don't drink copious amounts of the stuff. But what the hell are bars and clubs thinking pouring liquid nitrogen over drinks? This thing is used in science experiments and cooling machinery down. Now, I get the whole theatrical nature of bartending, and I suppose if used very carefully (And not inside drinks) you could be excused for using it in special, well controlled occasions. But why oh why would you put it inside the drink itself? The poor girl lost her stomach!
Have any of you guys drunken Nitrogen cocktails? What other chemicals have been put into drinks. I find the whole thing baffling.
Nitrogen cocktail causes teenage stomach removal (http://news.sky.com/story/994680/nitrogen-cocktail-teen-has-stomach-removed)
Now, I'm tee-total so I don't really quite get the appeal of alcohol, but my sources tell me that it's actually quite popular, so I shouldn't judge. I also get that people mix different drinks together in what is called a "cocktail".
Now, all of this is fine, as long as you don't drink copious amounts of the stuff. But what the hell are bars and clubs thinking pouring liquid nitrogen over drinks? This thing is used in science experiments and cooling machinery down. Now, I get the whole theatrical nature of bartending, and I suppose if used very carefully (And not inside drinks) you could be excused for using it in special, well controlled occasions. But why oh why would you put it inside the drink itself? The poor girl lost her stomach!
Have any of you guys drunken Nitrogen cocktails? What other chemicals have been put into drinks. I find the whole thing baffling.