Martin's order turned out to be a drinking party for the Purple Stripes. The reason was serious: either the birthday of Captain Vasquez, or the anniversary of the first successful raid, or maybe both together - I really didn’t make out. Here's what's interesting. Pirates deal with perishable products in a rather peculiar way. Meat, fish and poultry are salted first, and then stored in beer brine to protect the food from rotting.. It was this meat that became the main ingredient in our feast. For example, snacks "Beer Stripes". "Beer meat" - in our case, pigeon, herring and minnows - are placed on a grate and kept for a long time on a slow smoking fire. Then they are cut into strips and mixed with a hard-boiled egg and all the greens that are at hand. Cabbage, onions, olives and even mangoes can go into business. The dish is seasoned with vinegar and pepper. Beer strips went well with any drink - both traditional rum and more refined rumfastian ( gin, beer and sherry mixed with raw eggs, sugar and nutmeg. Do not shake! ) The table was a success. "Sit down with us, cook!" Vasquez slapped the bench amiably. "Get in here," Beffika nodded. I raised a glass of rhomfastian, grunted, picked up a beer strip on a fork and ... I must admit, this was the last thing I remembered from that evening. Hidden story objects: - 1 Diary of Amallon of Bern, entry one - 2 Diary of Amallon of Bern, entry two - 3 Diary of Amallon of Bern, entry three - 4 Diary of Amallon of Bern, entry four |