Answers To The Quiz Earlier In The Day

Here are the answers to this morning's quiz.

1. A roux is a cooked mixture of equal amounts of flour and butter used to thicken many sauces.

2. Pommes noisettes are small potato balls cut out with a melon baller then lightly fried and browned with butter. A delicious potato I might add.

3. With Cherries Jubilee the spirit added has to be Kirsch wouldn't you think?

4. Dry Sack is a medium sherry which makes me wonder why they call it Dry Sack.

5. The cocktail Beautiful is equal amounts of Cognac and Grand Marnier. At least that is what I last heard.

By the way last week's Black and Tan should have been half Guinness and half Lager Beer to give it the two colour name. My recipe was obviously outnumbered by the number of the above recipe. I had no trouble locating the beer recipe for Black and Tan in every other recipe book I could come across. This goes to show you that there are so many cocktails out there with so many variations of the same name that nothing is etched in stone it seems except for your basic standard cocktails which never change over time. Like a Pink Lady is a Pink Lady and that is it! No tampering with that cocktail! I hope.

I am sure you all had some questions right on today's quiz. Congratulations to all!

Tuesday Quiz Answers

Okay you have to admit in comparison to the earlier quizzes this one was not as difficult or was it? Here are the answers.

1. Malibu , of course.

2. The liqueur nicknamed the nectar of the gods is Forbidden Fruit.

3. Advocaat that comes from the Netherlands is the liqueur that goes into the Snowball Cocktail. Made from egg yolks , grape brandy and sugar the cocktail calls for an ounce of Advocaat and then topped up with fizzy lemonade.

4. An Americano is comprised of Campari and Sweet Vermouth.

5. The missing ingredient in the sidecar recipe is Brandy.

How did you do?

Answers to the Quiz Earlier Today

Okay here it goes. The answers from the quiz earlier today.

1. What also goes into the glass shaker for a Black and Tan cocktail that was not mentioned is 2 measures of Irish Whiskey.

2. Denmark is where Peter invented Cherry Heering.

3. Kummel's main flavour comes from the caraway seed.

4. For a Pink Gin it is a shot of gin with the missing ingredient being 2-3 drops of Angostura Bitters to colour it. Usually served in something big like a wine glass. That is how I served it anyway back in the day.

5. The odd one is Mirabelle of France which comes from the Yellow Plum. The other three is of the Blue Plum variety. Slovovitz from Bosnia and Serbia , Tzuica from Romania , and Quetsch from France.

How did you do or should I be asking?? Hope you had some fun!

Quiz Answers Second Instalment

Well I hope you are having some fun as I am doing this. Here are the answers.

1. Grappa is to Italy what Marc is to France. Therefore Marc is the answer.

2. The customary way in which the French drink Marc is to dip a sugar cube in the Marc and suck the spirit out. If anyone has every tried Grappa or Marc you would know the reason why a little sugar would help in drinking this.

3. Pisco is the name of the brandy native to Chile and Peru. Ever heard of that drink the Pisco Sour?

4. Pineau des Charentes comes from the cognac region that is 3 to 1 wine to cognac. Not one of my favourites and not really popular over here on this side of the Atlantic.

5. Creme de myrtilles is the flavour of bilberry.


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