You can see some of the faces and stories of the Red Cross Katrina relief response here. HELP CONTINUED AFTER THE STORM Katrina left behind such devastation, survivors needed help and support for years to come.ou can see some of the faces and stories of the Red Cross Katrina relief response here. HELP CONTINUED AFTER THE STORM Katrina left behind such devastation, survivors needed help and support for years to come.
With all the beer produced in Germany, there is of course a word for an idea that sounds like it must have originated from a drunken state - Schnapsidee. A Schnapsidee literally means a booze idea and is a term commonly used to indicate that an idea sounds crazy, useless, or completely foolish. However, most of the time Germans use the word even when they know there was no alcohol involved in someone's outlandish idea.
Schnapps is a spirit distilled from fruits, such as pears, apples, peaches, or cherries. Real German schnapps has no sugar added and is not particularly sweet, though it carries some of the flavor of its source fruit.The French eau de vie is in many ways analogous to this spirit, with its subtle fruit flavors.innamon is a common flavoring for schnapps. Pears can be distilled to make schnapps. Apples can be used to make schnapps. Peaches can be used as the base for schnapps. Apple schnapps is used to make appletinis.