During our trip to Munich in December 2010, we came across Feuerzangenbowle. What is that you ask? And how on earth would you pronounce it? (Try saying it even two times fast...)A more easily understandable, but no less interesting, name is 'Flaming Fire Tongs Punch' - basically, mulled wine with rum and a sugar cube on top, lit to caramalise the sugar and burn off a bit of the rum.
After coming across it in Munich, we actually ended up buying the goblets and always intended to try it again. We had a go last Christmas, but the rum we tried wasn't high enough in alcohol - even though it was 45%! But fortunately, Adrian came across 'Stroh' rum in Austria recently, and having first tried it in South Africa, we knew that it was absolutely lethal and would definitely have the alcohol percentage we needed. It's actually about 80%...
A board games night on the weekend with some friends was the perfect opportunity to give it a go. And it worked! Definitely a good party trick (watch the eyebrows mind) as well as being delicious.
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Without the movie you're totally missing out. I'm sure there's a version with subtitles somewhere. ;-)
Here's the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Feuerzangenbowle_(1944_film)
Hey Almut, that movie looks fun! I'll have to keep an eye out for it :)
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