Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Yuzucha


This year the kids have taken to drinking Yuzucha, which is basically marmalade with hot water as far as I can see. The citrus fruit used is like that from the snowy Artrage sketch earlier in the week. Very sour with lots of pips. Not much fruit to it, but the zest from the peel is very nice. Many folk put the fruit in the bath to give the room a nice scent. In hard times the monkeys strip the trees of their remaining fruit, but they don't get much joy from fighting the vicious thorns. The kids have also bought neck warmers for each other, so all set for winter warming by the stove.
In the end the snow didn't amount to anything last night, so hopefully we will be free of it for a while and I can get my woodwork moving again, the drawing muscle is still sprained, apparently.