[QUOTE=WhyNot]
I make wassail every year, though it’s not the traditional spiced ale. I make mulled apple cider with a good bit of orange in it - orange juice and orange rind. Black peppercorns, allspice, cinnamon sticks, cloves, star anise and nutmeg. Heat it in a cauldron over a solstice bonfire (you can use your stove, if you insist!) and serve it warm for the kiddies, and then add some brandy or whiskey (Jack Daniels works really well with apples, no need for the expensive stuff with all this spicy sweetness going on) for the ethanol drinkers.
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Damn - I am so going to try this - hang on, your Cider is non-alcoholic, right? Cause I’ll try to get some Scrumpy to use, which will have enough kick on it’s own without adding any JD.
[QUOTE=si_blakely]
Damn - I am so going to try this - hang on, your Cider is non-alcoholic, right? Cause I’ll try to get some Scrumpy to use, which will have enough kick on it’s own without adding any JD.
Si
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Ah, yes, if you can get your hands on Scrumpy, it’d be scrumdiddlyumptious without any need for added liquor!
Yes, American cider comes in two varieties - cloudy dark colored apple juice with no alcohol, and clear slightly bubbly hard cider with alcohol. “Apple juice” is clear and sweet sweet sweet and a staple of toddler diets (although nowadays most of us are watering it down 50% to reduce the sugar shock.) It’s the cloudy but non-alcoholic cider that I use for wassail, but man, I’d use Scrumpy if I could get it.
[QUOTE=Lust4Life]
Never had plum pudding but goose is magic ,doesn’t have to be greasy,apparently you rotate it or something in the oven,I’m most certainly no cook.
Quite a few people I know have goose instead of turkey at christmas as it has a lot more taste.
Parsnips put in with the spuds are bloody nice too.
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The way to roast goose without it being fatty/greasy is to place the bird on a cooling rack to allow the fat to drain through while it’s cooking.
Keep pouring the fat off and don’t forget to roast yer taters and 'nips in said fat.
This year I’ve not accepted any invites for Chrimble, instead I’m gonna stay home alone and roast a big fuck off duck avec chestnut and cranberry stuffing, spuds and all the rest of the business.
Then I’ll park my arse and proceed to stuff my chops until I can hardly walk.
Having eaten and gorged myself plus consumed a bottle of wine, I’ll just slump, farting and belching until I fall asleep.
[QUOTE=chowder]
The way to roast goose without it being fatty/greasy is to place the bird on a cooling rack to allow the fat to drain through while it’s cooking.
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[QUOTE=WhyNot]
Ah, yes, if you can get your hands on Scrumpy, it’d be scrumdiddlyumptious without any need for added liquor!
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I’d use Scrumpy if I could get it.
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Well - I got my scrumpy and spices. I guess I should have a trial run before Christmas day. Maybe tonight before the Carol service.
