If you live in Manningtree, as I currently do, and even if you don’t, you may well be aware that this was a centre of operations for the Witchfinder General, Matthew Hopkins, played in the movie by Vincent Price.
There are so many reasons to love Vincent Price, for his acting primarily, but also for his art collecting and his gourmet skills, including authoring a few cook books, usually with his second wife Mary:
These are well known but only recently did I find this wonderful series of adds with Price as a spokesman for, would you, believe Angostura bitters
And you know, Pink Gin is really just a martini without the vermouth. The two editions I have of the Savoy Cocktail Book both instruct you to use a shaker and strain the cocktail into a conical martini glass but last night, to do honour to Vincent, I made one on the rocks.
However, regardless of how much I honour the man, I resisted the urge to cook hot dogs cooked in Angustura. You have to draw the line somewhere.
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