SOUTHERN HORSE FEATHERS

This blogger refuses to watch the most popular series on television, that being The Walking Dead. What kind of society do we live in where people would rather watch zombies instead of food?
Has the health craze gone too far?

I glanced at the Wikipedia article about the show, and soon realized that there was nothing there for me. Yes, it's more or less about eating, but not at all about food. The mastication is repetitive, fuel driven, and no taste buds are in play. It might as well be called The Georgia Diet.

I was snacking on some cake as I read.
Zombies and cake are an exceptionally bad match.
What I had eaten previously would also have been a bad match.
Roast duck (燒鴨) from a restaurant in Chinatown.
Man, do I love duck. Seriously.


A show named The Walking Duck, now that I could get behind.


Story outline: fleeing a charcuterie where several of his friends have been turned into scrumptious meals, our hero roams the land searching for survivors of The Great Slaughter, as well as an English pudding made from thick custard, fruit, pound cake soaked in liquor, and fruit juice, with whipped cream on top.

Note that jelly can be used in lieu of fruit juice, and if the cake is then inundated with the jelly while it is warm, the pectin sinks in and suffuses the cake. Upon chilling, it will be semi-solid, and pleasant in the mouth.

Trifle, also sometimes called 'zuppa inglese', is a very delightful dessert.

Duck, of course, is a wonderful juicy flavourful main course.

Rich, festive, and just downright orgasmic.

Both are infinitely tempting.


Our hero requires trifle to combat the zombie types who wish to eat him.
Trifle distracts them, they haven't had highly refined cane sugar in so long, so long! They clench and drool when they see it.
Rather like preachers thinking of sex.

Trifle, spoon for spoon, has more sugar and sweetness than any other substance on the planet, and is, more than anything else, responsible for those ghastly zombie teeth that English people are known for. Have you ever seen an Englishman smile? Hmm? Righty-oh, now you know why.
Zombie teeth! Those chompers frighten the crap out of people.
They conquered the world with trifle in their veins.
Trifle is powerful juju.


STRAWBERRY MANISCHEWITZ TRIFLE

One Sarah Lee Pound Cake, 16 oz. family size.
Six cups of fresh strawberries.
Two cups Manischewitz Concord Grape Wine.
One cup sugar.
Juice of one orange (2-3 TBS).
One and a half cups apricot preserves.
One pint heavy whipping cream, plus four TBS sugar.

Wash, dry, and slice the strawberries thinly. Dissolve the cup of sugar in one cup of Manischewitz over heat. Put the strawberries in this and simmer for a while until glazy, let it cool down to room temperature.
Mix the apricot preserves with the remaining cup of Manischewitz and the orange juice over mild heat.
Cut the pound cake into thin slices, and line the bottom of a glass bowl; use half of the slices. Drizzle half of the apricot-Manischewitz mixture over the cake slices and smoosh it in. Spoon half of the strawberry mixture over this, distributing fairly evenly. Layer the rest of the cake slices on top, and repeat what you did with the apricot preserves and strawberries.
Put the bowl in the refrigerator to chill for a few hours.
When ready to serve, whip the cream till peaky, add the sugar and beat stiff. Dollop this one top of the trifle.
Extra whipped cream on the side is a fine idea.

If you like, you can spread some thick custard between the apricot goop and the strawberries, but it really isn't necessary.

Yields approximately enough trifle for four people, eight or even ten if you decide to also serve other foods.


I believe every episode should end with a recipe, don't you?

What The Walking Dead needs is a celebrity chef, and some cooking.
It takes place in the Deep South, so I'm thinking barbecue.

Just leave out the damned grits.

Zombie food.





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