Horseradish vodka

[MKG]

Fatal!

I suspect you'll be known as Andy the Hat from now on

Mike

[Andy Hamilton]

Fatal!

I suspect you'll be known as Andy the Hat from now on

Mike

Almost a 1930's gangstar name, what would yours be, Mike the fermenter?

[vancheese]

Um following the idea of the Chilli Vodka - Is it just chillies and Vodka? There are some Big Hot green peppers (erős paprika) which would be lethal :)

[Andy Hamilton]

Yep just chillies and vodka, believe me you don't actually need to use strong chillies.

[vancheese]

The strong peppers are quite cheap :)

[MKG]

I think the point Andy's making is that alcohol is superbly efficient at extracting essential oils from plant material - it is, after all, how "essence-of- anything" is made. Using ordinary chillies will give you a "hot, hot, hot" vodka. Using super-hot chillies will give you a nuclear explosion, possibly to the point of the stuff being virtually undrinkable.

Mike

EDIT: But this does remind me of a salad I had in Budapest which had some large rings of juicy-looking green pepper scattered through it. Large rings - got to be pepper rather than chilli, yes? They weren't, which I tried to explain to my then wife through streaming eyes and a volcanic throat.

[vancheese]

http://www.chew.hu/erospaprika.html shows the peppers and you probably munched on these! They are very firey
I've put 2 in 1/2 l of vodka ;)

[vancheese]

The vodka was just drinkable after 2 days steeping :)

[Andy Hamilton]

Ah great stuff, I was begining to worry that the next we heard from you it would be with reports from the burns clinic!

[jazzmini1959]

I can confirm just how good the HV is - I went to your recent book signing in Bristol and tried it there - I am sure my voice has now dropped two octaves