Giselle's and Scarlett's Slapdragon
Editor's Note: This is a variant of the classical party game "Snapdragon" or "Flapdragon", popular in the 16th – 19th century. A low bowl with heated brandy was placed on a table, raisins or other treats were put into it and then the brandy was set alight. The player had to fish the raisins out of the brandy and eat them, still blazing. There was a certain risk of being burnt if you didn't close your mouth quickly enough to extinguish the flames, but hey, life isn't always a bed of roses, right?
We know that this isn't a recipe as such but Giselle and Scarlett insist that we put it in the book.
Ingredients:
1
pirate (preferably Jack Sparrow)
1 low bowl
1 handful
of raisins
1 bottle
of rum
Lure the pirate into a pub and make him sit down at a table. Put the bowl before him and fill it with rum. Put in some of the raisins, but not too many, to make things more difficult for him. Tell him he has to fish them out of the rum, but don't tell him there will be a catch. Slap him whenever he tries to fish out and eat a raisin, ignoring his protestations that he hasn't deserved that. Tell him it's his fault if he's getting too slow to dodge your slaps and that he shouldn't be playing this game if he isn't up to it.
When the whining gets too much, take the bowl and the rum, get some apples instead of raisins and adjourn to Barbossa's favourite pub.