My sweet, sweet, sweetness.
What's a better pushback against sweetness, which these drinks also have to some degree, than sourness?
It may taste good but is it better than the sweetness of three points at the weekend?
Better to add sweetness in the form of palm sugar, if you can't find it; Punyaratabandhu's suggested substitution, soft light brown sugar, has a slightly similar caramelised flavour, and McEvedy's honey will do at a pinch.
The flavor is porkier and earthier, and I think a better match for the sweetness of the sprouts.
Vongerichten and Stein use shallots in the marinade, but I think a generous quantity of garlic works better, along with ginger for sweetness.
Chaucer called it "poor man's treacle" and, after recently roasting some huge cloves in their skins, I can see why – the slow cooked, soft flesh oozed a sticky sweetness that was better than anything out of a red Tate and Lyle tin.
Lightly browned or caramelized (this concentrates their sweetness), they are even better.
Better to fight rudeness with sticky sweetness, said Anna Post, a great-great-granddaughter of Emily Post and a spokeswoman for the Emily Post Institute (yes, there is such a place).
But more likely it's just that the modern hybrids are designed for sweetness -- and taste even better when enhanced by the sea air and the incredible light.
But now he is back at the centre of the action, head of Obama's economic council and, if not all sweetness and light, then much better behaved than in his previous incarnation in government.
