Buca: New Addition to the family...

Dear All,

Isn't he the cutest little thing ever?!! Omg hes so cute I want to eat him! So anyway this is Buca, my sisters new chihuahua puppy, I honestly thought getting a pet would deviate my sister from all her knitting, crocheting and whatever weird stuff she likes to do in her free time. On the contrary,she knitted sweaters for Buca and made him wear them...and the funniest thing is that he doesnt mind!

For those of you who are wondering why Buca(I was wondering myself). Buca is supposedly short for Sambuca which is an Italian aniseed-flavored, usually colourless liquer. I did more resarch on it and and it can be served in different ways:

Neat
Sambuca can be served neat, as Ammazzacaffè or just as refreshment.

On the rocks
Sambuca can be served with ice, optionally adding some coffee beans as ornament. The ice exalts the flavors and changes the color of the drink from transparent to dense white.

With toasted coffee beans
In Italy it is common to serve neat Sambuca with some floating coffee beans dropped on it: it is called Sambuca con mosca (literally, "Sambuca with flies").

Inside coffee
Sambuca can be added to coffee as a sweetener instead of sugar. The mixed drink in Italian is called caffè corretto (literally, "corrected coffee").

With water
Sambuca can be served adding fresh water, becoming a refreshing less alcoholic drink.

Flaming Sambuca
A flaming Sambuca is typically made by lighting the drink in a shot glass and allowing it to burn. The flame is then extinguished and the Sambuca is quickly drunk whilst still warm. One popular method of extinguishment is placing the palm of the hand over the top of the shot glass, where suction is created causing the shot glass to "stick" to the hand. This is also potentially dangerous; if the flame is allowed to burn for too long, it will heat up the shot glass also - resulting in burn injuries to the hand.
Another method for igniting the drink is a potentially dangerous party trick known as the gas chamber. One person takes a shot of Sambuca into the mouth and someone else lights it. The flame is extinguished by closing the mouth.

Another technique is to pour a shot of Sambuca into a wine glass, and then to light it, swirling the shot continuously. Pour it into the original shot glass, then cover with the wine glass to extinguish the flame, remove the wine glass but still keep it upside-down. Take the shot then using a straw suck out the alcohol fumes of the wine glass, allowing you to fully taste Sambuca.

Interesting....I would really like to know what kinda idiot would wanna have a flaming Sambuca:)