I can hear the Angels sing...

[BENNU]

They were discussing karkade on another thread, which inspired me to make myself a very strong pot with a cinnamon stick and muscovado sugar, the way I like it. It was soooh good!

I went for a walk on this beautiful Danish summer evening and got caught in the rain, so when I came home, I heated up, what I had intended to enjoy chilled tomorrow. The wind from my balcony gave me a wonderful – medical, of course – excuse to generously add some dark Cuban rhum…

Oh, my God! When I return from Luxor for Christmas, I am going to make sure to bring enough karkade for the snowy days…

I went to my kitchen for more, feet up - and now Norwegian TV is showing a programme about the Kingdom of Nubia! I just had to go online and share!

:cuppa: Wonder , what I have done to deserve this...

[Kevininabydos]

The cinnamon and dark rum tea sounds heavenly!

[FABlux]

Wonder , what I have done to deserve this...

You have just been yourself, you deserve good days, miss you

[BENNU]

Miss you too, FabLux!


Pretending that I was in Luxor this afternoon, I began squeezing lemons for a refreshing lemonade. I remembered that I had enjoyed delicious ginger lemonade in London last week, so before I knew it, fragrant Spanish lemons, fresh ginger and vanilla filled the air in my little home. Later I poured some of my lemon ginger vanilla sirup over ice cubes in a beautiful glass, with the intention of adding cold tap water, but as I opened the fridge to put back the jar – I swear a bottle of champagne landed in my hand…

I am no longer pretending to be in Luxor! Champagne/ginger/vanilla lemonade is not bad at all! )

[Countessa]

Ahhhh, Bennu, sounds wonderful! Enjoy every moment x

[Beryl]

'I can hear the Angels sing.'

Sounds like a very good name for the new cocktail you have created.

I keep thinking it would make a very good title for a book too.

[FABlux]

That sounds a truly wonderful drink

[Christine]

Sounds wonderfull, but Bennu, you must try some Lemon iced tea, with a liberal splash of Vodka over several ice cubes and a fresh slice of lemon,..........its

[BENNU]

(That was last year.)

I love the flavor of coconut, and I shall never forget the first time I had a glass of sobia – the delicious Ramadan coconut milk drink - in Cairo.

Last week I got myself a bag of coconut powder that smelled promising all the way back from the store. You are supposed to mix half a liter of full fat milk with three tablespoons of sugar and two tablespoons of the stuff. I put sugar in a shaker with enough boling water to melt it, added some ice cubes to cool and mixed it with the coconut powder and milk. It was very good, but as I do not really like milk, I simply used water instead of milk the second time, and I liked that much more.

On this beautiful day I prepared a shake adding a just a tiny pinch of vanilla and cinnamon, and only a little water. I would leave it in the freezer and mix it with more water at sunset, but then I thought that without the milk I would not get enough nutrition, so when the coconut mix had turned to slush, instead of more water, I filled it up with some really good rhum! I’m telling you, it was diiiiiiivine! It tasted like Batida di Coco - only better!

Tomorrow I’ll get some pineapple juice.

)

[HEPZIBAH]

Tomorrow there will be a queue at your door Bennu and with drinks like that I might be at the head of it!

[BENNU]

Tomorrow there will be a queue at your door Bennu and with drinks like that I might be at the head of it!

- At your own risk! I have warned you against the tigers..!

[HEPZIBAH]

Tomorrow there will be a queue at your door Bennu and with drinks like that I might be at the head of it!

- At your own risk! I have warned you against the tigers..!

Fair do's!

[Lisak]

Add a drop of white rum or voddie to it.....and i'm there too.

[BENNU]

Oh, but Lisak, the rich body of a good dark rhum is half the magic!