K’Tini
n.— «Drink enough cocktails, and you forget about that, and that’s where the K’Tini comes in. This is sauerkraut’s first big sex-it-up step, a martini-like drink with a kraut-stuffed olive.» —“Sauerkraut looking for a sexy makeover” by Bill Dawson Star-Tribune (Minneapolis, Minn.) Jan. 25, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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