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The Great Ginger Beer Adventure

Since I’m just crazy about making my own ginger beer after trying the basic recipe I posted a few weeks ago, I’ve got a scheme.

It goes like this:

I make some ginger beer. YOU all make some ginger beer. Then we add a bunch of different varietals to see what wonderful new brews we can come up with. Take a photo of your brews-in-progress, and I’ll post them here. If it turns out to be a winner, I’ll add it to the list so others can enjoy it, too. And even if you’re not able to make your own Ginger Beer, help us brainstorm some new varieties!

Tried and True Delicious Add-ins:

  • Blueberries – crush 1/2 cup per gallon, simmer with ginger, strain before bottling. Beautiful color is an added bonus!
  • Mint – just a few leaves per gallon add wonderful subtle flavor!
  • Rhubarb – 4 cups chopped, boil along with the ginger.

*UPDATE!*

In true tournament style, Chelsea is making this challenge into a giveaway. For each varietal entry you submit (photo and recipe!), you’ll get one entry for a drawing for a signed, personalized copy of the cookbook!

Just submit your photos on the Facebook page to enter. Deadline is November 1!

Chelsea’s lemongrass and blueberry versions
Duncan’s Rhubarb Ginger Beer
Chelsea’s lemongrass and blueberry versions
Duncan’s Rhubarb Ginger Beer

What Next?

We have learned so very much over the past year, about blogging, photography, and historical cooking. The cookbook process was veritable trial by fire, and we had to accomplish a great deal in a relatively short amount of time. We’ve gone from photographing dishes in the kitchen with our phones:

…to published authors with an eye for edible aesthetics:

 But now, about a year and a half after starting this blog, we find ourselves, ironically, approaching a crossroad.

In time, inevitably, we will run out of new Westeros foods to make. It seems nearly impossible, given the sheer size of the books, but in over a year, we’ve made hundreds of recipes. A far cry from our original goal of about 100 recipes, we’ve now completed more than

132 dishes, and over 208 total recipes!

Clearly, we got carried away.

But since we’ve enjoyed our time at The Inn so much, we would like to see it turn into something new, rather than just fizzle out. We have a few ideas, but as always, we’d love to get your input! An historical food blog? A medieval chatroom? A shadowy corner for Westerosi conspiracy theorists?

What would you like to see The Inn transition into? At least, of course, while we wait for The Winds of Winter, because you know that if GRRM writes it, we’ll try to cook it. ;)

And for fictional food from other worlds, be sure to check out Chelsea’s blog, Food Through the Pages.

 

It's Here!

A Feast of Ice and Fire, the Official Game of Thrones cookbook, comes creeping to your doorstep by mail and hits shelves today in bookstores around the world.

Go get ’em!

Then come back and tell us what you’re most looking forward to cooking or eating. Or better yet, call out of work, and spend the day eating. It’s a very Tyrion thing to do. 

Also, if you send us photos of the book in your local bookstore (with the location), we’ll add it to the gallery in this post. 

Huzzah!

A bit about the Cover…