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30
Sep
2023

September 2003 – Birthday Party, Cheesecake, Jelly Bean, Boom!

categories: 20 Years Ago Today, Almond, Cake, Cocktail, Drinks, Pizza, Savoury Pies and Tarts, Super Food Ideas, Tequila

“That’s great, it starts with an earthquake, birds and snakes, an aeroplane”…so begins the fabulous REM song, “It’s The End of The World As We Know It”. And for me, this year actually began with a 7.6 magnitude earthquake when we were holidaying in Darwin. Last month we celebrated my birthday in absolute chaos (more on that later) whilst on holiday in Port Douglas. And when I say chaos, I mean a total f*cking nightmare. So when the random number generator chose “Birthday Party, Cheesecake, Jelly Bean, Boom! I thought it might be a good chance to reset and have a little party to make up for the day that was ruined! The vehicle of choice for this month is Super Food Ideas, from September 2003 and I went in search of party food.

But first, let’s take a little wander down the memory lane to the heady days of September 2003. R Kelly’s Ignition (Remix) was #1. Less said about that the better I think. Finding Nemo was top of the box office and The Da Vinci Code was still the most popular book!

The Menu – September 2003

Margarita

Now, I can’t think of a much better way to kick of any birthday celebration than with a classic Margarita! And this one was perfection!!!!! I

The cocktail napkin you see in the above photo was one of a set of napkins I bought in Port Douglas. They are all super cute and also an inspiration to make the rest of the cocktails featured on them!

And as with the margarita, the first four days of our holiday were wonderful. Port Douglas is such an amazing place. Rainforest, reef and beach – great restaurants, perfect weather….the only downside is the crocodiles…and the murder birds!

Margarita Recipe

Seafood Pizza

As you may have noticed, I love my seafood! This nicely leads me to where our holiday turned paradise into a nightmare. Day 5 of our holiday, which was my actual birthday we had planned to move from our PD central apartment to a house around 10km out of Port Douglas. It was also the night of The Matildas v England final of the Women’s World Cup. We had been out for a lovely dinner the night before so the plan for my birthday was to grab a seafood platter from Port Douglas when we left and then enjoy the evening in our house. Dip in our private pool, , bit of football on the telly, champagne on ice, and our gourmet seafood platter…could life get any better?

Better? No. What we hadn’t figured was that it was about to get a whole lot worse!

We turned up at the house, for which we had a confirmed booking from one of the largest, if not the largest booking agencies in the world. The Fussiest Eater sends a text to the owner asking for the keypad number as the gate is locked. We are there for about 5 minutes when a woman comes out of the house. “Can I help you?” she asks. “Oh, yes, you probably just got our text. We’re here for our holiday”

Apparently we weren’t.

In the time that we had made our booking and our actual holiday, the house had been sold. It was no longer holiday accommodation.

It was now 3:00pm on a Saturday, we had no place to stay for the next four nights and we had a rapidly warming seafood platter on the back seat of the hire car.

Seafood Pizza Recipe

Party Pies

You know this is an Aussie Meat Pie because the secret ingredient is a spoonful of Vegemite! I made mini versions of this pie – in Australian we call these Party Pies so they were perfect for my Birthday Party Menu!

Now back to Port Douglas. The Fussiest Eater began calling the owner of the house. He confirmed that he had sold the house and had told the booking agency to cancel all future bookings. I started trying to find us accommodation. The first place I found wanted $15,000 for the four nights. The second $6000. Finally, we were able to find a studio room back in Port Douglas for the four nights for a price that we could actually afford. And that had a fridge in which we could put the seafood platter! From there we called the booking agency who offered to not only refund the cost of the house but also to pay for the emergency accommodation.

The following day we were also able to move into a one-bedroom apartment in the same complex which was a lot better than the studio but still how we had wanted to spend the last few days of our holiday.

As of today though, the booking company have yet to refund us the money for the second Port Douglas Apartment. We are idiots who did not get their OG offer in writing and they are now saying that as the second apartment was cheaper than the house technically we are not out of pocket.

Technically they ruined my birthday and did not deliver on the holiday we paid for and expected.

Technically I could have chosen the house that cost $15000 instead of that studio apartment as our alternative accommodation and technically they would have had to refund us the difference.

I didn’t want to be an arsehole.

I’ll leave that up to them.

Meat Pie Recipe

Chewy Almond Crescents

We now turn to the sweet part of our birthday party menu. These were great! Really tasty and not overly sweet. You couldn’t really taste the apricot jam which was a shame. When I make these again, I will maybe add some chopped-up dried apricots into the mix. Or maybe add a glaze with the jam. They were delicious regardless. These would be great with a cup of tea or coffee or equally with a little glass of Baileys! This was probably my favourite thing on the menu. I also loved the butterfly cakes but they were similar to cakes I had made before. These were all new and I was so happy to discover them!

Accomodation saga continued….As of today though, the booking company have yet to refund us the money for the second Port Douglas Apartment. We are idiots who did not get their OG offer in writing and they are now saying that as the second apartment was cheaper than the house technically we are not out of pocket.

Technically they ruined my birthday and did not deliver on the holiday we paid for and expected.

Technically I could have chosen the house that cost $15000 instead of that studio apartment as our alternative accommodation and technically they would have had to refund us the difference.

I didn’t want to be an arsehole.

I’ll leave that up to them.

Chewy Almond Crescents Recipe

Lemon Curd Butterfly Cakes

These were so pretty and also delish. I loved the tanginess of the lemon curd with the sweetness of the cupcake!

The one-bedroom apartment was great. However, on the first night, I was woken at around 2 a.m. by the sound of what sounded like a woman screaming. Channelling my inner Nancy Drew, I got out of bed and looked out the window but the side street the room looked out on was deserted. I was just getting back into bed when I heard it again. This time I went to the main room to look out of the front windows but the main street which we overlooked was also quiet. I went back to bed. I heard the same noise once again at around 5 a.m. This time I wondered if maybe someone in the neighbouring rooms was having an argument as again there was no movement on either street.

There was no mention of any attack on the news the following day so I went about my business. As we were walking back to the apartment from dinner I heard the same noise. This time though I was able to see that it was coming from a bird that we had just walked past. A quick Google Search identified these murder birds as Bush Stone Curlews. Thankfully no Nancy Drewing needed for me on the second night. Or thereafter.

Lemon Curd Butterfly Cakes Recipe

My Nigella Moment – Passionfruit Glazed Shortbread

For first-time readers, this refers to the moment at the end of Nigella Lawson’s cooking shows when she sneaks back to the fridge to have another bite of something delicious. In the context of these Twenty Years Ago posts, it is something contained in the magazine that does not fit with the overall menu theme but I’m sneaking it in either because I made it and it was really good, or I just didn’t have time to make it but it was one of the most appetising things in the mag!

I love shortbread and passionfruit so these were high on my list of things to make. They would have also fit in nicely with my birthday party theme but I ran out of time and had to choose between the Almond Crescents and these. In the end, I have eaten Passionfruit Shortbreads before whilst the Almond Crescents were something new to me so I chose them. These though? High on my list of things to make! And believe me, when I do…I will definitely be popping back to the biscuit tin, Nigella Style, for just one more!

Super Food Ideas really came through for my birthday-themed menu! As did Port Douglas for my birthday holiday. Despite the…ahem…hiccup with the accomodation, PD remains one of my favourite holiday destinations!!!!

06
Mar
2022

The Bee Sting

categories: Dining With The Dame, Drinks, Poirot, Tequila

Hello friends, welcome to a special edition of Dining With The Dame. In this, which is a companion piece to last week’s post I will be doing a selective deep-dive into the good, the bad and the ugly of Death in The Clouds. And, to fortify ourselves on this journey, I am sharing a DITC inspired cocktail – The Bee Sting. Why not make yourself one and settle in for the ride. Fasten your seatbelts, this plane will hit some turbulence! BTW, this post does contain spoilers so if you have are planning on reading DITC, you may want to save this one for later!

The Boomslang

At the inquest of Madame Giselle, we find out that the poison on the tip of the blowpipe is from an African snake called a Boomslang. Whilst the word boomslang sounds like something unsavoury that I would need urban dictionary to define for me, it is actually the name of a highly venomous African Snake. I could find no verification to Christie’s assertion that if you inject the venom into a hyena, the hyena would die before the needle was withdrawn. However, according to McGill University

Because boomslang venom is a hemotoxin it’s not surprising that it can lead to major brain and muscle hemorrhage. But the venom also causes other symptoms like nausea, headaches and sleepiness. Perhaps what is most surprising is that this venom has the ability to make the victim bleed from every possible orifice

Good lord!!! Poor Madame Giselle!

DITC and Pop Culture

Boomslangs on a Plane?

I’m sure I’m not the only modern reader who on hearing about the boomslang wondered if just maybe DITC was, in part, an inspiration for this cinematic masterpiece!

Norman Gale

And whilst taking of pop culture references could Norman Gale be an inspiration for Norman Bates? I can find no verification of this however, it is entirely possible that Robert Bloch read DITC prior to writing Psycho in 1959. The similarity of the names made me suspicious of Norman Gale long before he was revealed as the murderer!

That he is a dentist also reminded me of Little Shop of Horrors:

Doctor Who

In the utterly amazing Doctor Who episode The Unicorn and The Wasp, The Doctor and Donna meet Agatha Christie. They investigate murders in a country house, they make references to Murder on The Orient Express, Crooked House, Sparkling Cyanide and Cards on The Table, Agatha Christie suggests that they use “ze little grey cells” to solve the murder, and the villain turns out to be a giant alien wasp!

DITC And The Poirotverse

More than any of the other books I have read so far, DITC refers to some of Poirot’s previous cases:

On page 149 of my edition, the following exchange between Poirot and Japp occurs.

“I’ve questioned the passengers, too. Everyone can’t be lying.”

“In one case I investigated everyone was”

Which is a delightful callback to Murder on The Orient Express.

Earlier in the book, Inspector Fournier mentions that the murder of Madame Giselle likely occurred during a psychological moment.

“That is true,” said Poirot. “I remember a case in which I was concerned – a case of poison where that very point arose”

This is a reference to Three Act Tragedy

The Ugly Side of DITC

Ok, this is where things take a turn. Take a big gulp of your Bee Sting to fortify yourself and let’s get into it.

There is a lot to like in DITC but there is also much that is repugnant. Take, for instance, this passage regarding the budding romance between Jane Grey and Norman Gale.

The promised dinner and theatre with Norman Gale had duly come off. It was one of those enchanting evenings when every word and confidence exchanged seemed to reveal a bond of sympathy and shared tastes.

They liked dogs and disliked cats. They both hated oysters and loved smoked salmon. They liked Greta Garbo and disliked Katherine Hepburn. They didn’t like fat women and admired really jet black hair. They disliked very red nails. They disliked loud voices, noisy restaurants and Negroes. They preferred buses to tubes”

Yes, you read that correctly!

I was like “loud voices, noisy restaurants and WTAF??????”

The fact that it is also mentioned in the same breath as an “enchanting evening” only makes it more revolting.

And BTW, this is why I really wanted Norman to be the murderer. I was only disappointed that he didn’t bump off the equally awful Jane Grey along the way!

This is not the only racist slur that occurs in DITC:

The jury finds Poirot guilty possibly because he is “a little foreigner”
Mrs Mitchell, the wife of one of the stewards is utterly indignant about the murder. “Who’s to know what reason foreigners have for murdering each other; and if you ask me, I think it’s a dirty trick to have done it on a British aeroplane”
There is also an anti-Semitic slur made by one of Jane Grey’s colleagues at the hair salon

Urrgghhh…I did warn you this was going to get rocky.

Should I stay or should I go?

Reading DITC posed a real dilemma for me. It was like finding a big old turd in what had been a formerly enjoyable soup. Not only does it put you off that particular bowl of soup, but it also puts you off soup altogether. I did wonder if I should continue with this project at all after reading it. In the end, I decided I would complete my Dining with The Dame project but, like here, I would call out the bad and the ugly side of Christie along with the good.

Let’s wash the nasty taste out of our mouths with our lovely sweet / sour spicy cocktail – The Bee Sting!

The Bee Sting

Print Recipe

A citrussy cocktail with a chilli kick!

Author: Taryn Nicole

Ingredients

Scale

For the jalapeno honey syrup:

2 tbsp pickled jalapeno chilies, drained of brine
1 cup honey
30ml hot water

For the Cocktail

45ml reposado tequila
30 ml jalapeno honey syrup, cooled
30ml freshly squeezed lemon juice or a combination of lemon and lime juice
2 slices of jalapeno chilli

To Garnish

A slice of Jalapeno
A lemon twist

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Instructions

To Make The Jalapeno Honey Syrup:

Place the honey and the chillies in a saucepan. Bring to a boil then reduce heat and let simmer for 2-3 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Allow to cool, then strain.
Mix 1 tbsp of the jalapeno honey with 30ml warm water and allow to cool to make the syrup.

To Make the Cocktail:

Muddle the jalapeno slices in your cocktail shaker.
Add the tequila, lemon juice and jalapeno honey syrup.
Fill with ice and shake for 15 seconds.
Strain and garnish with a slice of jalapeno and a twist of lemon

Enjoy!

Notes

This recipe was inspired by the recipe for the Bee Sting cocktail on Serious Eats and Action Bronson’s recipe for pickled jalapeno honey.

There will be a lot of the honey left over – use this to make more Bee Stings, as a drizzle over fish or chicken, in salad dressings or as per Action Bronson, serve it over flatbreads spread with ricotta and hazelnuts.

Have you read Death in The Clouds? What did you think of it?

06
May
2020

Tijuana Sunset and Buenos Noches – Two Evening Themed Cocktails

categories: Cocktail, Mexico, Tequila

Ola people of the internet! Today we are celebrating all things Mexican with a couple of cocktails, the Tijuana Sunset and the Buenos Noches both from Cantina. Regular readers would know what I have set myself a task to cook through this book by the end of the year. Readers from the way back would know that this book and I have a troubled past. Too cheffy, too complicated, too many hard to find ingredients have been my complaints of this book in the past.

Let’s kick things off early in the evening with..wait for it…we need some sort of fanfare…ah…here he is…

Da da dadada…TEQUILA!

The Tijuana Sunset

This is billed as “A sophisticated take on the tequila sunrise”.

Okay fine. But IMHO, the only thing that makes a tequila sunrise any good is that gorgeous ombre effect of the grenadine and the orange juice. And if you are going to call that drink a sunset then that ombre effect needs to run the opposite way to the sunrise right?

Well, it is totally missing from the Tijuana Sunset so I guess the way the gradient goes is immaterial right?

Now, bear in mind I made both of these drinks in iso at a time when even generally easy to come by ingredients were scarce on the ground. Blood orange juice was an impossibility. I decided to sub in Blood Orange Soda instead of Blood Orange Juice and Soda. Did this affect the colouring? Possibly. However, as there is no picture in the book I suspect that they also did not get that beautiful colour array.

Looks may be one thing but taste is another. And when it came to taste the Tijuana Sunset was OMG….100% delicious!!! 😍😍😍. Tangy from the lime, a little sweet from the soda, a nice kick from the tequila and the touch of salt was GENIUS. I loved this so much I immediately made another which I garnished with a little slice of jalapeno. This made it even better!

I loved the Tijuana Sunset. I just wish it had a different name so there weren’t those expectations of what it was going to look like!

Wait up. Hold on. Do you think that by making the claim that it is a “sophisticated” take on the Tequila Sunrise that the authors are trying to say that the beautiful orange to deep red shading is somehow unsophisticated? Are they making fun of my love for a drink that looks pretty as well as tasting delish?

OMG…see what this book does? It makes me crazy! Or maybe that’s life after what now…seven weeks in iso?

Buenos Noches

Now this one looked the biz! It is a Mexican take on an Irish Coffee which is a drink I hold dear. And on paper it sounds delicious. Chilli infused tequila, cinnamon infused coffee…sign me up!

Okay, so truth be told. This was one of the worst things I have ever put in my mouth. Particularly because I had to wait 3 days for the tequila to infuse with the chipotle.

I actually cried after tasting this. Which I admit is an extreme reaction. But, at the moment, when our lives are so restricted, something that I was looking forward to for THREE days and which turned out to be a bitter disappointment might actually be worth a tear or two.

I felt this was bitter and flat. It lacked any sweetness to counteract the bitterness of the coffee and the heat of the chilli and had no zestiness to bring the bitter and hot flavours together.

I’m calling Goodnight Irene on the Buenos Noches.

But here’s that recipe. Just in case you have really repressed emotions and need to cry over something dumb instead of the horror that is the world as we know it.

Have a great week! Stay safe!

21
Feb
2020

Mexican Manhattan

categories: Cantina, Cocktail, Sweet Vermouth, Tasty Reads, Tequila

In the past, I have not been entirely complimentary about Cantina, by Paul Wilson. This cocktail may change all that because it is DE-LIC-OUS!!! The Mexican Manhattan may just be my new favourite cocktail! I’m not sure if I am sad or glad that I am currently in the middle of Feb Fast. If I wasn’t off the booze, I imagine I would by now have had many more than the one I have had. My tastebuds are weeping, my liver is cheering. I think it’s probably a draw!

The Mexican Manhattan cocktail combines the vanilla and spice flavours of anejo tequila with the sweet / tartness of Cherry Heering and the bittersweet of Sweet Vermouth to produce a cocktail that is complex and delicious. I think this is a cocktail to savour over an hour or so in order to really enjoy the flavour and aroma!

The traditional garnish for a Manhattan and this Mexican Manhattan is a maraschino cherry. I thought I had a jar of these in the fridge however when I checked? Nada. Luckily, I had some candied kumquats in the fridge so I subbed these in. I really enjoyed the citrussy element this brought to the cocktail. If you are making it, however, feel free to use the more traditional cherry.

Cantina Update

My aim this year is to cook through the recipes I have left in Cantina, which at last count was 30.

I have made this cocktail and a slightly dumbed-down version of the Street Style Tostadas with Seared Tuna and Wood -Grilled Vegetables with a Finger lime crema. ( My veggies were grilled on the grill and my limes were of the non-finger variety.) This was however totally delicious!

I have the following left to cook:

Eggs and Breakfast

Pistachio and Spiked Chocolate Hotcakes with Raspberry Crema. I will probably make this as a dessert as I am not a huge fan of a sweet breakfast.

Masa Delicacies and Street Food

Street Corn with Goat’s Crema and Black Olives
Street Corn with Truffled Crema and Truffle Cheese
Mr Wilson’s Fish Tacos with Slaw and Two Sauces
Soft-Shell Crab Tacos with Guacamole, Shaved Fennel and Sweetcorn Salad

Soups

Ranchero Style Beef Broth. This one has been on and off the list at least a dozen times. I have decided not to make the accompanying Bone Marrow and Chimichurri Toast because whilst it sounds delicious, I feel it would make the dish too complicated.

Fish and Seafood

Dory Pescado Asado. This is probably next on my list to cook.
Prawn Cazuela Veracruz
Soft-Shell Crabs al Pastor

Meat, Moles and Barbecue

Blood Orange and Avocado Salsa – you might be wondering why this is in the meat section. It was meant to accompany a chicken dish which I did not like the sound of. The salsa? Sounds awesome!
Lamb Belly Ribs with Pomegranate and Flor De Jamaica
Low and Slow Beef Short Ribs with Cerveza Caramelised Onions
Glazed Mexican Spiced Lamb Chops with Ancient Grains and Pickles
Goat Barbecoa with Green Mole and Green Rice

Ancient Grains and Vegetables

Kale Caesar
Charred Broccoli with Salsa Mexicana

Desserts

Coconut Panna Cotta with Napa Style Strawberry and Mango Salad – I was going to make it this weekend but I realised that Napa Style means it has wine in it. It would be a bit too tempting to have to open a bottle of Pinot Noir, which is my favourite red when I am trying to not drink!
Coffee and Tequila Creme Caramel. This may come off the list. It requires a spendy coffee flavoured tequila which I can’t justify buying in this, my year of frugality!
Pistachio Chocolate Souffle with Dulce De Leche Ice Cream
Salted Caramel Ice Cream Churros Tacos

Drinks

Rosella Royale. This contains something called Pulque. I have no idea what it is or if I can find it. It may come off the list.
Tijuana Sunset
Frozen Lychee Margarita

So that means I only have 23 recipes left to cook! Which seems do-able in 10 and a half months but I know how complicated some of these recipes are…I’ll check back in again next month.

If you would like to join me in cooking any of these, the book is Cantina by Paul Wilson.

Have a great week!

05
Mar
2019

Mock Food (And a Real Cocktail)

categories: Books, Cocktail, Tequila, Vintage Recipes

The Irish artist Francis Bacon once famously declared

Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends.

Today, friends we are looking at some sham or mock foods. And we may not have champagne but we have a cocktail that looks like this and tastes super delish!

We’ll come back to the cocktail later.

Believe me, we might need a stiff drink or two after the horrors I’m about to inflict on you.

So, I was flicking through the pages of “Possum Pie, Beetroot Beer and Lamingtons” and I noticed a trend for mock food.

STARTERS

MOCK OYSTERS AKA WHAT TO EAT WHEN THE WORLD ISN’T YOUR OYSTER

So what would you expect to be in a mock oyster? My first thought was maybe a mussel? Oysters are spendy. Mussels are cheap. Open your mussels, add some bacon, Worcestershire sauce and a dash of Tabasco sauce, pop it under the grill and you might have a fairly close approximation of a Kilpatrick Oyster.

Alternatively, why not give brains and walnuts a whirl?….

I don’t know WTF a mix of brains and walnuts would taste like (and I don’t ever want to know) but I’m willing to bet it isn’t oysters!

Not a fan of un-oysters? What about some delicious crispy fried non- whitebait?

MOCK WHITEBAIT BECAUSE EGGY CHIPS DOESN’T SOUND CLASSY

Okay, I think we can all agree that this is not NEARLY as bad as that brains and walnuts combo. But no one is going to be fooled!

MAIN COURSES

MOCK DUCK – FAKE FOOD OR REAL GANGSTER?

I’m just going to say this right now. This recipe makes no sense.

I kind of get the oyster thing and even the whitebait thing on a monetary level. Oysters are expensive. Whitebait not so much but eggy fries would be cheaper still. I totally understand why people might want to take a cheap ingredient and dress it up to taste like something a bit fancier. Now it may be different where you live, but here? Steak, good steak, is far more pricey than duck.

I also have absolutely no idea of what kind of 50 shades of bondage moves you would need to tie a steak into the shape of a duck.

And finally…I don’t care what shape you tie your steak into. It will not taste like duck

For a far more interesting Mock Duck, let’s take a trip on the way back machine to 1900 in New York’s Chinatown. Here, a “cherubic, ever-smiling, moon-faced Machiavelli” gangster called….wait for it….Mock Duck was terrorizing rival gangs. If you have ever heard the term “hatchetman” you have Mock Duck and his gang, the Hip Sing, to thank. The term was coined due to their practice of carrying hatchets with sharpened blades in their sleeves. Mock Duck was a total badass who wore diamond buttons on his shirts and a chain mail vest to stop bullets! More about Mock Duck’s Exploits can be found here.

MOCK SQUAB PIE – ITS A CONSPIRACY OF BAD TASTE

The word squab always reminds me of a scene from the movie JFK when Tommy Lee Jones says “Hope you like squab.”

Except, he says it with a Southern drawl so the A in squab lasts for like an hour.

Squaaaaaaaab.

Well, if you like squab but are having trouble finding some, look no further.

So squab tastes like meaty apple pie? In that case Tommy Lee, “No, I don’t like squaaaaaaab”.

SOMETHING ON THE SIDE

IMITATION SPINACH – IT’S NOT EASY BEING GREENS

I might be talking from a very 2019 Melbourne centric stance here. But spinach is EVERYwhere. I cannot think of a place where I could be where I was not in walking distance of a bag of spinach. Why you would then want to imitate it is unfathomable to me. No spinach? Have beans. Or cabbage. There are lots of other vegetables out there. We don’t need to fake spinach.

And also Pumpkin shoots? I have no idea where I would find any sort of pumpkin shoots, let alone tender ones. I guess you need a vegetable garden. In which case you could probably just grow spinach.

SHAM GINGER – WHAT NO COPYCAT MARYANNE?

This one is just ridic. Making sham ginger from cucumbers and ground ginger? Why not just use the ground ginger?

DESSERTS

LETS END IT ALL WITH SOME CHEESECAKE PUDDING

So, cheesecake…technically not a cake. But always containing cheese right?

Not so much.

Q: How disappointed would you be if someone told you they were making cheesecake for dessert and it turned out to be sieved potato with a smattering of sultanas?

I THINK WE ALL MIGHT NEED A DRINK!

In fact, it’s time to totally relax because all the bad food is behind us and kick back with a glass of the very appropriately named Tequila Mockingbird Cocktail! This is soooo good. Fruity, sweet, spicy and with a little kick of da da da da da da da…Tequila!

Tequila Mockingbird Recipe

I hope you enjoyed this little foray into the weird and…well…certainly not wonderful world of mock foods. Tell me? Do you have recipes for Mock Food in your collection? Have you ever made a mock food? And did it taste like the real deal?

Have a wonderful week!