tag:worcester-dan.blog.co.uk,2009-11-08:/I started this blog as a quick place to publish the Parma violet Vodka experiment. I will probably get bored of the whole thing very soon so I doubt there will be much worth reading.MokoFeed2009-11-08T05:08:55+01:00tag:worcester-dan.blog.co.uk,2005-09-24:/2005/09/25/the_vodka_experiment~199576/Worcester_Dan2005-09-25T00:01:17+02:002005-09-25T12:58:42+02:00 <p>A few weeks ago on a forum I occasionally <img src="/img/smilies/icon_eek.gif" alt="8|" class="middle" border="0"> post on (the <a href="http://www.abdou.co.uk/forum/index.php">Carter USM forum</a>) there was a brief discussion about making flavored Vodka,<a href="http://www.abdou.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2779&start=15">thread here</a> One of the posters Micky Teaspoon wondered if you could make <a href="http://www.aquarterof.co.uk/acatalog/http://www.blog.co.uk/main/srv/help/bd_help_blogs.phpParma_Violets.html"> Parma Violet</a> Vodka I said I would find out so here you go.</p> <p>The first problem was buying the sweets I looked in loads of shops before I found some.</p> <p><a href="http://data1.blog.de/blog/w/worcester-dan/img/IMG_4402.jpg" title="The Ingredients "><img src="http://data1.blog.de/blog/w/worcester-dan/img/IMG_4402_small.jpg" border="0" alt="The Ingredients "></a></p> <p>The Ingredients.</p> <p><a href="http://data1.blog.de/blog/w/worcester-dan/img/IMG_4404.jpg" title="vodka"><img src="http://data1.blog.de/blog/w/worcester-dan/img/IMG_4404_small.jpg" border="0" alt="vodka"></a></p> <p><a href="http://data1.blog.de/blog/w/worcester-dan/img/IMG_4409_01.jpg" title=""><img src="http://data1.blog.de/blog/w/worcester-dan/img/IMG_4409_01_small.jpg" border="0" alt=""></a></p> <p>As you can see I put one & half packets of Giant Parma Violets in a bowl </p> <p><a href="http://data1.blog.de/blog/w/worcester-dan/img/IMG_4412.jpg" title=""><img src="http://data1.blog.de/blog/w/worcester-dan/img/IMG_4412_small.jpg" border="0" alt=""></a></p> <p>and then crushed them up</p> <p><a href="http://data1.blog.de/blog/w/worcester-dan/img/IMG_4413.jpg" title=""><img src="http://data1.blog.de/blog/w/worcester-dan/img/IMG_4413_small.jpg" border="0" alt=""></a></p> <p>I needed to make a bit of space to make room for the crushed sweets.</p> <p><a href="http://data1.blog.de/blog/w/worcester-dan/img/IMG_4414.jpg" title=""><img src="http://data1.blog.de/blog/w/worcester-dan/img/IMG_4414_small.jpg" border="0" alt=""></a></p> <p>It's a bit cloudy<img src="/img/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif" alt=":D" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p>Well thats the end of that then I suppose I better give a while to see if the Parma Violet dust dissolves</p> <p>If it was not sad enough spending the best part of an hour crushing sweets putting them in vodka and recording the whole event on this website, I made a label.</p> <p><a href="http://data1.blog.de/blog/w/worcester-dan/img/vodkasmall.jpg" title=""><img src="http://data1.blog.de/blog/w/worcester-dan/img/vodkasmall_small.jpg" border="0" alt=""></a></p> <p>sorry 'bout all the adds but as they say you don't get owt for nowt </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://worcester-dan.blog.co.uk/2005/09/25/the_vodka_experiment~199576/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>