[Sca-cooks] Cranberries

[K C Francis]

Your story tickled me!  I had an amazing carrot soup in a restaurant many years ago.  I asked the waiter if it was possible to get the recipe.  A few minutes later the chef came out and started with "first I puree OUR pickled carrots..."  I stopped him right there.  No way was I ever going to be able to recreate that incredible soup!
 
Also, many years ago, I made a cordial using my last split of a late harvest wine.  It was well past its prime but still drinkable.  There were dried cherries in the recipe and I tasted them when I decanted the cordial.  Unlike most fruit used in cordial making, especially with vodka, the cherries were unbelievable!  I passed the jar and a fork around the fire one night.  The looks on people's faces.  I cried as I confessed that there could never be any more. Oh, and the cordial was very good too.
 
Katira> From: kingstaste at comcast.net> To: sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org> Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:37:25 -0500> Subject: [Sca-cooks] Cranberries> > My cranberry and mixed fruit compote got an "It's to DIE FOR!"> recommendation out of Santa Claus, so I'm pretty happy with it. Ended up> using a Pecan Cordial for the alcohol flavoring (because it was there - some> random leftover from an A&S competition or SCA party no doubt) and it in and> of itself was outstanding. > > I've been eating it on baked potato, gluten-free pancakes, rice porridge,> and in some wild rice I cooked up, not to mention on the turkey thighs I> cooked for my "leftovers". I haven't found anything yet it wasn't darned> tasty on. Unfortunately, it was a perfect storm sort of recipe, re-creating> it would depend on having the same ingredients hanging out in my fridge> again. And having that yummy liqueur. Although, chances of that are pretty> good, the blueberry brandy I thought I had was an SCA friend's creation as> well, and I just ended up finding the Pecan instead. So there is no telling> what sort of interesting alcoholic thing I might have on my shelf at any> given time (I'm not much of a drinker, so they tend to hang out for a while> when I get them). > > Christianna> >
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