Serves 1 large sweet potato 1 large white potato 1 sausages 2-3 oil a splash onion 1 small or ½ large small red chillies 2 white wine vinegar 1 tbsp marmalade 1 tbsp wholegrain mustard 1 tsp or scant ¼ tsp English mustard hard strong cheese grated, a handful to taste Bring a medium saucepan of water to the boil.
Should it be chilly, there's mulled wine and hot chocolate.
Stir in the chillies, garlic, peppers, paprika, wine and a little salt and pepper; when the wine is bubbling, cover and turn the heat to low.
Hot alcohol hits you quicker, especially in chilly weather, and this mulled wine is often a good deal stronger than the stuff we drink at home.
In Long Island waters, perhaps those jumpin' fish are sayin' it is better to swim in a sauce with white wine than in chilly waters.
It was perfect for what was turning out to be a chilly night, as was the wine, a French syrah from the Northern Rhône.
There were nuts and crisps and chilly little glasses of red wine, which people sampled erratically, undecidedly, as though, now the solace of reading had been contaminated, their generalised need for consolation had itself become strange and unfamiliar.
For starters, there is plenty to do for those members of a group who don't get excited by the prospect of standing around in chilly cellars, slurping and spitting wine and discussing the nuances of terroir with a local vigneron.
The mercado grande bustles with trade; hefty women flog tuna and sailfish, limes and mountains of chillies and okra, swigging palm wine from old Sagres bottles.
With local producers, growers, restaurants, bars and food retailers firmly at its heart, this festival has oodles of mini one-off festivals of wine, coffee, seafood, chillies and more.
