MHB Cocktail "Recursive": Alcohol, Water & Final Composition

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The discussion centers around a cocktail recipe called "Recursive," which consists of 20% alcohol, 30% water, and 50% of the cocktail itself. Participants engage in calculating the final composition, arriving at a mixture of alcohol and water in a 2:3 ratio. The recipe was sourced from bash.im, not ВКонтакте, prompting curiosity about the site. The conversation also touches on creative food products popular among students, including the Fibonacci salad, Schrödinger salad, Lobachevsburger, and Kleinkoye Light beer, showcasing a blend of humor and culinary creativity.
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On one of the Russian social sites I found the recipe of the cocktail "Recursive": 20% of alcohol, 30% of water and 50% of cocktail "Recursive." Can anybody figure out the final composition? (Smile)
 
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Evgeny.Makarov said:
On one of the Russian social sites I found the recipe of the cocktail "Recursive": 20% of alcohol, 30% of water and 50% of cocktail "Recursive." Can anybody figure out the final composition? (Smile)

Yes. (Take 1l, then take away 0.5l, which leaves you with 0.5l with alcohol and water in the proportion 2:3 ...)

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Is this from ВКонтакте by any chance? :)
 
Jameson said:
Is this from ВКонтакте by any chance? :)
No, from bash.im.
 
Evgeny.Makarov said:
No, from bash.im.

Interesting, never heard of that site. Thanks.
 
Some other food products popular with students.

  • Fibonacci salad: made from leftovers from the previous two days.
  • Schrödinger salad: it's impossible to tell if it has gone bad without tasting it.
  • Lobachevsburger: named Nikolai Lobachevsky, after one of the discoverers of a non-Euclidean geometry.
  • Kleinkoye Light: a variant of Klinskoye Light beer popular in Russia. Made in Klein's bottles.
 
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