invncble: (puma drinking)
invncble ([personal profile] invncble) wrote2010-04-27 11:55 pm

Darn Wikipedia! "Ba Cut" to "Clamato"

 I'm curious about lots of things by nature. And Wikipedia makes it much easier to satiate that curiosity with the click of a mouse. 

So, how does one go from reading about Ba Cut, a military leader for a Vietnamese religious sect in the 1940's-1950's, to Clamato, the tomato juice and clam broth mix?
  1. Wikipedia front page - which had a short article on...
  2. Ba Cut - who lived in region know as....
  3. French Indochina - which was later divided up, including...
  4. Vietnam - who has great food described in...
  5. Cuisine of Vietnam - which has similarities to...
  6. Cuisine of Thailand - which uses lots of...
  7. Fish sauce - which is related to...
  8. Garum - which is an ancient Roman fish sauce which may be related to...
  9. Worchestershire Sauce - which is used in a popular Canadian cocktail called...
  10. Blood Caesar - which also contains...
  11. Clamato
So there. 10 steps. Kind of like Connections.

[identity profile] siegferret.livejournal.com 2010-04-28 02:24 pm (UTC)(link)
That's called "Falling down a wiki-hole", my friend. Take the red pill.

[identity profile] invncble.livejournal.com 2010-04-28 04:24 pm (UTC)(link)
So easy to get drawn in....