Chambord

[sqbr]

Cam bought some Chambord while we were away, and today I experimented with it in cooking. IT TASTES LIKE DELICIOUS LOLLIES

What it reminds me of most is redskins(*), obviously they also have a mix of rasberry and blackcurrent flavours.

I had a Chambord&Mozart dark chocolate liqueur(**) almond milk hot chocolate, which was OMG yum, and then red wine + Chambord spiced poached pears, which were also delicious (once I let them cool a little) and then I realised I was perhaps a little tipsy from sugar and inhaled alcohol (I boiled it all off since it upsets my tummy) and stopped. But..So Tasty. Mm.

(*)In retrospect, a very racist lolly
(**)Also tasty. And gluten, wheat, and dairy free!

Comments

[stephbg.livejournal.com]

Thus demonstrating one of the wierder Venn diagram exclusions of our respective food issues. All that berry, chocolate, nuts and wine is absolute no-no for me. Instant headache, and probably a couple of days of searing nerve pain.

Still... probably worth it.

BTW, sugar and alcohol, no problem.

[alias_sqbr]

It's funny isn't it? I'm hard pressed to think of a food that doesn't offend someone's dietary issues. (Hmm. No fibre or simple carbohydrates, no protein or fat or sugar or acid....lettuce?)

[stephbg.livejournal.com]

I can eat iceberg lettuce, but I saw a guy on an English food program yesterday who nearly vomited at the idea of eating anything green. That leaves... water?

Can everybody eat white rice?

[alias_sqbr]

*googles rice allergy*
*gets lots of hits*

Yeah, I think nothing is safe.

[pedanther]

That leaves... water?

Aquagenic urticaria.

Which is more a don't-get-it-on-your-skin thing, but also I remember once reading about a guy who was allergic to water-as-a-drink - IIRC he had to drink fruit juices and suchlike.

[alias_sqbr]

Man, that guy would be in trouble at stephbg or my place...

[vegetus.livejournal.com]

hehe, I used some of that in the raspberry almond tarts I made on the weekend instead of brandy, yummo!

[alias_sqbr]

They sounded pretty tasty, I must say.

[stephbg.livejournal.com]

Thus demonstrating one of the wierder Venn diagram exclusions of our respective food issues. All that berry, chocolate, nuts and wine is absolute no-no for me. Instant headache, and probably a couple of days of searing nerve pain.

Still... probably worth it.

BTW, sugar and alcohol, no problem.

[alias_sqbr]

It's funny isn't it? I'm hard pressed to think of a food that doesn't offend someone's dietary issues. (Hmm. No fibre or simple carbohydrates, no protein or fat or sugar or acid....lettuce?)

[stephbg.livejournal.com]

I can eat iceberg lettuce, but I saw a guy on an English food program yesterday who nearly vomited at the idea of eating anything green. That leaves... water?

Can everybody eat white rice?

[alias_sqbr]

*googles rice allergy*
*gets lots of hits*

Yeah, I think nothing is safe.

[pedanther]

That leaves... water?

Aquagenic urticaria.

Which is more a don't-get-it-on-your-skin thing, but also I remember once reading about a guy who was allergic to water-as-a-drink - IIRC he had to drink fruit juices and suchlike.

[alias_sqbr]

Man, that guy would be in trouble at stephbg or my place...

[vegetus.livejournal.com]

hehe, I used some of that in the raspberry almond tarts I made on the weekend instead of brandy, yummo!

[alias_sqbr]

They sounded pretty tasty, I must say.