Feuerzangenbowle

So, what is it? It's a drink that my colleague promised to make on new year's eve, the right way. So, this is how it goes:

1. Make some sort of mulled wine in a pot. Note that the ingredients are somewhat different to the stuff that you get at the Christmas markets here (Gluehwine)

2. Put a specially made rack on top of the pot and place a specially made sugar cone on the rack

3. Pour rum on the sugar cone

4. Light the rum


5. Continue to add rum so the flame doesn't go out, until the sugar cone has all melted and dripped into the mulled wine


6. Admire the aftermath


7. Consume


Afterwards we went and lit some fireworks in the town centre to celebrate the new year (not that there was really any count down) before escaping the chaos and into bed.

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Anonymous said…
Es wird Zeit, dass wieder Winter wird man mal wieder Feuerzangenbowle machen kann.

Schöne Grüße

Ingo
1:08 pm
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