One of the really loud secrets that is used by people who still cook at home is the use of sweet soft drinks when they glaze their ham. Mix a jar of cocktail cherries and 7-Up together, maybe with a dash of mustard, and you are pretty much golden.
Alashiya of The Next to Last Samurai fame just told me that she likes to use Coca-Cola that is bottled in Mexico. It would appear that they still use real sugar instead of corn syrup south of the border, resulting in a superior glaze.
Interesting idea.
Comments (4)
Their vanilla is superior, too, in my opinion.
Posted by AlanDP | April 4, 2007 8:06 PM
Posted on April 4, 2007 20:06
If you're alert, then in the run-up to Passover you can get Coke with real sugar in the US too, or so I have been told.
Posted by Steven Den Beste | April 5, 2007 11:18 AM
Posted on April 5, 2007 11:18
Hell, their sodas are superior, and because they use real sugar. Its not just mexican coke, but also the Jarritos brand of fruit sodas are an arm and a leg better than anything Coke/Pepsi has done.
Posted by forvrin | April 5, 2007 12:28 PM
Posted on April 5, 2007 12:28
There's a mexican mart near me; I'll have to check into those.
Posted by Steven Den Beste | April 5, 2007 9:43 PM
Posted on April 5, 2007 21:43