A few months ago, José Luiz F. Cardoso conjured D&D3 / Pathfinder compatible stats for the vocabuvores from “In the Stacks” at his blog, Tower of the Lonely GM. My lovely better half noticed this, but I have been remiss in mentioning it since then. I’m utterly flattered. And a bit jealous, actually, since Cardoso managed to add a clever twist to the vocabuvore metabolism that I wish I’d thought of myself.
Food Through the Pages, a frankly amazing blog dedicated to recreating unlikely cuisine described in literature, has just posted their exploration of the Ginger Scald, the mouth-zinging cocktail described in The Lies of Locke Lamora. The level of effort they put into this stuff is astounding, and humbling. I am perturbed to discover that the process I described for creating this drink might be actively dangerous to anyone attempting it at home, so please heed all their warnings!
The ginger scald recipe looks fantastic!
It seems appropriate, actually, that the ginger scald should be wildly dangerous to make properly.
It really does, doesn’t it?
Sadly I lack the requisite skills to create such a drink.
I have been meaning to try my own version–Canton ginger, pear brandy, and I’m wondering if a sweet vermouth would qualify as a wine that is also a liquor sort of thing….
I want to try a version with Canton ginger and pear brandy. Not sure what else to use yet but I’m considering an infused vermouth.
That is flat-out awesome…..and one of my favorite passages from TLOLL….
Oh I like this better! I could never remember my LJ login, or I couldn’t get it to work well on my phone, so commenting was limited. I quite enjoy your ramblings. Thank you for sharing.