Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Easily share your publications and get. This post is a guide to Drinking Around the World in Epcots World Showcase at Walt Disney World, with our picks for the best beers, wine, and mixed drinks. Drink mixers are the nonalcoholic ingredients in mixed drinks and cocktails. There are many reasons mixers are used. They change or enhance flavors or add new ones. Aquavit Mixed Drinks' title='Aquavit Mixed Drinks' />All 4. European Countries, Ranked by Food and Drink. As most of our stories do, this began as an argument. Liz was espousing the virtues of Georgian food, which I had summarily dismissed, and then, during the following geeky discussion of random countries cuisines, we began to wonder how each part of Europe stacked up against the others. And so we dug into the countries between us, weve visited 3. Ireland doesnt get extra credit just because Dublin has a spectacular Indian restaurant, the food and drink culture within its cities and towns, and the variety that exists within each place. Sure, some countries may cook up one thing extraordinarily well, but what else can they do As my Grandfather used to say, just because you can juggle doesnt mean you can dance. We who like to mix drinks at home do it for many reasons First, its cheaper than drinking out. Second, its fun to mix your own drinks at home. Third, its even. Smoke and Mirrors. Genever, Pineapple, Smoked Malt, Lemon, Pineau des Charentes, Luau Bitters. IDrink has thousands of cocktail and drink recipes. With information on mixed drinks, drinking games, bartending and alcohol. Gastronomically speaking, we want the places that can juggle AND dance. Slow Cooker Cookbook. And maybe cook too. As with anything that exists on the Internet, we will have missed some dishes or failed to point out a key component in blood soup or made horrible Hungary puns. And we apologize and trust you will keep us honest in the comments. But until then, strap in, because you are about to go on a whirlwind culinary tour. Maybe try and avoid the scurvy grass. Editors note These are the countries in Europe, according to the CIA World Factbook. Vatican City. The one restaurant in Vatican City quickly puts an end to the rumor that you can only eat at Communion, and Rome is sitting there, right outside, waiting with fresh cacio e pepe, but, still the country has one restaurant. Give Pope Francis some options Faroe Islands. If you get tired of eating skerpikjt, they have something called scurvy grass, whose sour leaves can compensate for the lack of fresh vegetables. Montenegro. While they do have Njeguka pruta, which is essentially their version of prosciutto, and is delicious, theyre also big fans of not so delicious clear fish soups and smoked bleak, which sounds like a depressing murder mystery, but is actually a fish in the carp family. UNLESS THATS JUST WHAT THE REAL MURDERERS WANT YOU TO THINKAndorra. The food here is good French and Spanish cuisine. Problem is its all imported, and not their own original food, so you dont get credit for that. Monaco. If you could eat untaxed income, Monaco would be a lot higher on this list. But you cant, so Monaco is not very high on this list. Liechtenstein. I went to this country in 2. And then I ate Thai food. And while Liechtenstein is lovely, mostly all of their food save hafalaaban soup with ham and cornmeal dumplings comes from other countries, and so we must invoke a partial Andorra clause. Ukraine. We really wanted to put Ukraine higher, because were full of compassion what with all of the problems with Russia, but all that jellied meat and fermented rye bread kvass and sour milk drinking we just cant. Im sorry. 4. 1. Kosovo. In the food and drinks section of Bein. Kosovo. com, under traditional food, there is nothing. Same for drinks. On another site, they point out that people in Kosovo now eat French toast. But they seem to have burek, flija, and all sorts of spinach pies, and arski cheese is relatively famous, so well just assume that the web admin for Bein. Kosovo just got lazy updating the site. More Every State in the USA, Ranked by Its Beer. Credit WestenderJennifer Bui. Iceland. The land of frozen waters cuisine was made famous by an episode of Anthony Bourdains No Reservations, where he has a very hard time eating that fermented shark. But thats not all those Icelanders have to dine on Feast your eyes and mouth on minke whale or air dried fish butter or, um, puffin. And then wash it all down with their unsweetened schnapps beverage Brennivin, Einstk pale ale in cool bottles, and late night dogs from that one famous hot dog stand often frequented by Americans in bachelor parties. Estonia. As they say, come for the Baltic dwarf herring, stay for the smoked eel and sprats. Luxembourg. First off, they do make their own wine and have several breweries, so golf clap for that. But no golf claps for basically just eating German, French, and Belgian foods, even if they are delicious. Malta. Off the Southern tip of Italy, somewhat close to Tunisia, you would think the flavors of the Mediterranean would push this small island nation up, at least past most of the Eastern European guys. But, for whatever reason, Malta insists on making things like fish pie and filling pastries with mushy peas. Moldova. Quick, try and find Moldova on a mapDid you say right between Southwestern Ukraine and Romania Man, youre good, so come get your prize jellied chicken. Or if you dont want that, maybe youll go for mmlig, essentially the Moldovan polenta, or lots of goat cheese or delicious chicken noodle soup zeam de gin. We prefer that to their other favorite ciorba de burta, aka beef tripe sour cream soup. Lithuania. Youre getting a lot of the traditional Eastern European favorites here rye breads, potato dumplings, cold beet soup, BLOOD SOUP, plus so many things made from potatoes and mushrooms, and a somewhat strange fascination with sour things sour cream butter, sour cheese, etc. Points are awarded, though, for their willingness to make all sorts of buns, pancakes, and smoked meats. And for creating NBA basketball players Arvydas Sabonis and arnas Mariulionis. Romania. I wish I could just say Romanians eat blood because Dracula is totally real and absolutely from here IT EVEN SAYS IT ON THEIR WEBSITE. But they actually have a culinary mish mash of Turkish, Saxon, and Hungarian influences combined with a very healthy agro culture thanks in no small part to the fact that Romania is still developing meaning paprika and sausages and local cheeses, like the feta esque urd. Also, so many sour soups. So many. Everything gets washed down with plum brandy and wine Romania locks in as the 1. More 8 Weird Food Customs From Around the World. Credit ShutterstockJennifer Bui. Norway. Yes, we know Nordic food is so hot right now. But Im sorry, and maybe Im not very popular or cool, but I just dont love dried lambs ribs steamed over birch branches or lutefisk or stockfish or eating a lambs head with the eyeballs too. Im also not a giant fan of eating sweet brown cheese for breakfast or drinking a lot of aquavit. But before Im fully denied legal entry into the land of amazing trolls and very comfortable sweaters, I do dig the fact that they LOVE plse, aka hot dogs even though they were introduced to them by the Danes, and think its quite charming that they sometimes put them in flat potato bread called lompe, which essentially makes it look like everyone is eating hot dogs in tortillas. Slovenia. Despite having to constantly tell people, No, no, youre thinking of Slovakia, the Slovenians get points for having three wine regions, making delicious local prosciutto kraki prut, and putting all sorts of fillings in struklji, or dough rounds. And if you go to Lake Bled, everyone will FREAK OUT if you dont try the Bled cream cake at Hotel Park, aka kremna rezina, which is a vanilla custard cream cake that actually sounds quite delicious. Slovakia. The rest of the world should go ahead and adopt Slovakias national dish. Bryndzov haluky is made of potato dumplings and bacon and a soft, salty cheese which, yes, just sounds like an even better version of poutine. If Slovaks preferred their hriat, which is made of damn bacon, bacon fat, honey, and booze, to their true love of sour milk, then wed love this place even more. Serbia. The countrys tourism website introduces its gastronomy game with a story about how, during the Serbian Empire in the 1. Which is weird, but maybe spit roasted game and strudels and cornmeal potato feta polenta just tastes better with a hint of gold mixed in. We wouldnt know. Were not that fancy. We DO like specialty beef prosciutto though.