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Still Life with HP Sauce. A piquant cultural icon, taken in my kitchen in Cumbria. All you need to know about Brown Sauce is in my article, which can be seen here:
www.winealchemy.co.uk/brown-sauce-exploring-a-piquant-cul...
One of my great-grandmothers was Irish, and so I feel no shame in using a Gaelige name for my latest attempt at making this speckled fruit loaf, using my own recipe. I think it will do, finally.
I definitely need to get a wire cooling rack!
Becherovka. Invented by Czech pharmacist Jan Becher.
Possibly the most vile alcoholic beverage in the world.
Photo from last night's OffShoot meeting.
According to the museum dedicated to the secrets of Becher's witches' brew:
" It has been 200 years since the Becherovka recipe first saw the light of day, or to be more precise the gloom of the Becher pharmacy in the House of the Three Skylarks (U tří skřivanů) in Karlovy Vary. The museum is part of the production plant that replaced the original pharmacy approximately 150 years ago. The guided tour includes a visit to the original cellars and some of the production premises. Some places, on the other hand, are strictly off-limits. For example, the "Drogikamr" room has only ever been entered by the anointed few. Behind its bolted doors, experienced hands gather several times a year to weigh the precise amounts of dried flowers, leaves, bark and ground root in order to carefully mix the fragrant blend of twenty herbs and spices that forms the basis of the future liqueur."
Wikipedia puts it more succinctly: "cinnamon flavored kerosene, only worse".
I've been waiting for a special project to use the fork and knife. A cookbook/scrapbook is the perfect excuse!
Advent time is Christmas cookie time!
And of course, these two master confectioners to the finest cookies ever created ...
Bear paws for example ...
They wish everyone a contemplative time!