Garlic is a gift from the heavens.
Weird things you have read about. Page 56
Then God must loathe us all.
Quote: Aaron @ February 11 2009, 4:50 PM GMTThen God must loathe us all.
Or just you, so made you without the ability to appreciate its tasty goodness . . ?
Does your Pepsi lack pep? Is your Coke not the real thing? India's Hindu nationalist movement apparently has the answer: a new soft drink made from cow urine.
The bovine brew is in the final stages of development by the Cow Protection Department of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), India's biggest and oldest Hindu nationalist group, according to the man who makes it.
Om Prakash, the head of the department, said the drink – called "gau jal", or "cow water" – in Sanskrit was undergoing laboratory tests and would be launched "very soon, maybe by the end of this year".
"Don't worry, it won't smell like urine and will be tasty too," he told The Times from his headquarters in Hardwar, one of four holy cities on the River Ganges. "Its USP will be that it's going to be very healthy. It won't be like carbonated drinks and would be devoid of any toxins."
Related LinksThe drink is the latest attempt by the RSS – which was founded in 1925 and now claims eight million members – to cleanse India of foreign influence and promote its ideology of Hindutva, or Hindu-ness.
Hindus revere cows and slaughtering them is illegal in most of India. Cow dung is traditionally used as a fuel and disinfectant in villages, while cow urine and dung are often consumed in rituals to "purify" those on the bottom rungs of the Hindu caste system.
In 2001, the RSS and its offshoots – which include the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party – began promoting cow urine as a cure for ailments ranging from liver disease to obesity and even cancer.
The movement has often been accused of using more violent methods, such as killing 67 Christians in the eastern state of Orissa last year, and assaulting women in a pub in Mangalore last month. It also has a history of targeting foreign business in India, as in 1994, when it organised a nationwide boycott of multinational consumer goods, including Pepsi and Coca Cola.
The cola brands are popular in India, now one of their biggest markets, but have struggled in recent years to shake off allegations, which they deny, that they contain dangerous levels of pesticide.
Mr Prakash said his drink, by contrast, was made mainly of cow urine, mixed with a few medicinal and ayurvedic herbs. He said it would be "cheap", but declined to give further details about its price or ingredients until it was officially launched.
He insisted, however, that it would be able to compete with the American cola brands, even with their enormous advertising budgets. "We're going to give them good competition as our drink is good for mankind," he said. "We may also think of exporting it."
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/article5707554.ece
Quote: Matthew Stott @ February 11 2009, 5:00 PM GMTOr just you, so made you without the ability to appreciate its tasty goodness . . ?
Possible. Possible. But I could be a vampire.
Ooh. Saucy.
Just not garlic sauce-y. 
Would explain some things though. Aren't they meant to have long, flicky tongues?
Quote: Matthew Stott @ February 11 2009, 4:25 PM GMTI've had garlic bread every day for almost a week. I may stink, but it's sooooo tasty . . .
It's good with cheese. I'll tell you what you may like then. Garlic and corriander naan bread, top with cheese, stick in the mircowave for a minute, tastes divine!
Quote: RubyMae - Glamourous Snowdrop at Large @ February 11 2009, 6:02 PM GMTGarlic and corriander naan bread, top with cheese, stick in the mircowave for a minute, tastes divine!
I'll have to try that sometime. What sort of cheese?
Cheddar. Cheese of the gods!
My fave bit of cheese is Port Salut. Nice in a sarnie or with a salad.
NEW YORK (CNN) -- A pedestrian was struck twice by vehicles in Queens and dragged for 17 miles by the second vehicle before police found him dead in Brooklyn, New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly told reporters Wednesday.
The badly mangled body was discovered under a van after several passing motorists motioned the driver to pull over, Kelly said. Police had not identified the victim Wednesday evening, he said.
The first driver called 911 to report he thought he had struck a pedestrian but did not see anyone.
It turned out the second driver, in a van, had driven over the man, whose body became lodged under its chassis, according to police.
Kelly said that the van driver stopped at one point during the drive on New York City's highways and roads because he noticed the vehicle was not driving properly. But he failed to find anything unusual, Kelly said.
Police are retracing the route the van drove in attempt to find body parts, he said.
No charges have been filed, Kelly told reporters Wednesday afternoon.
GRIM INDEED! 
Fli.pping. Hell.
Not so much 'weird' as a flipping relief: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7885674.stm