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A recipe for greengage jam, mentioned in Augarde’s Celandine.
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“The “intoxicating fluid” that Pip makes in his room is not an alcoholic beverage; rather, it is made of powdered liquorice mixed in water”
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Street cries of vendors in Egypt, including salep and liquorice water
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“You make sugar-ally water, I’m told, by crumbling the sticks into a jug with a glass of hot water. Then you put it under your bed and leave it overnight. In the morning you’ve got a sweet liquorice water drink.”
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“Finally, all that remained were the shaking bottle ceremonies which are to be found connected with holy wells all over the country. Pieces of liquorice were put into a bottle and mixed with water from the well.”
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green plums, that’s what a greengage is.
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Excuse me, waiter, there appears to be a blooming flower in my tea.
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“Liquorice, the sacred plant of the Assyrians, was grown throughout the Mediterranean basin.” And, used in this alcohol.
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Of course, a very famous kind of “liquorice water” is absinthe …
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The ritual of absinthe, another kind of liquorice water
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“Of sugar-stick and liquorice,
With water from the spring,
They mix a pleasant beverage,
And May-day carols sing.”
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“Water taken from wells on Ascension -tide morning was also bestowed with curative properties. It was often mixed with sugar or liquorice and given to children to drink.”
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“In the Middle Ages it was used with liquorice…” Hyssop and liquorice are in absinthe.
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“the clang of the liquorice-water sellers’ gongs clashed with those of the lemonade man”
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“And many times mead made of honey or liquorice sodden in water …”
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“Then the painting is tricked or ‘clobbered’ with liquorice-water, and other artful mixtures and varnishes, which give it a clouded appearance.” Liquorice water used to antique paintings …
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Liquorice Juice Sticks (Spanish) (uncle roy’s shop) Mustard,Mild, Mellow, Gourmet, Gravy Salt, Condiments, Sauces, Sauces, Seasoning, Herb & Spice Extracts, Moffat Dollop, Magic, Sonsie, Oval Alberts, Sweets & Treats, Old Fashioned-Uncle Roys Award Winnin
“100% pure Liquorice Juice – strong stuff to suck or nibble or use to make tasty sauces or ice-cream. Popular in childhood to make SugarAllie Water by dropping a piece in a bottle of water and shaking or leaving for a few hours”
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History, use and warning about high blood pressure and diuretic
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“Sometimes we would buy three penn’oth of acidic crystals known as Kaylie (I have no idea how to spell that!) and Spanish (hard, black liquorice sticks) which would make our tongues sore and our teeth brown, but we didn’t care. Occasionally we would break
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