Is this a tortilla chip I see before me?
Brian Hennigan reports groundbreaking research into one of the vital questions of life.
Finding the right person to share the rest of your life with can be incredibly difficult, especially if youâre married. For whisky the issue of partnership is no less trying. This is not the old âwater â with or withoutâ chestnut. No, the issue here is one of accompaniment â which snack is the appropriate companion on that blissful whisky stumble towards the twilight?
Snacks have long been a matter for consideration. Whisky aficionados will be familiar with the fifteenth-century lines much cited as the first historical description of Scotch whisky production: âeight bolls of malt to Friar John Cor wherewith to make aqua vitaeâ. But how many are familiar with the next line: ânae forgetting a visit to Spar forwith to obtain some Phileas Fogg Pastrami Bagel Chips.â
If whisky is about silent contemplation, then snacks add crunchy reflection. As the fiery gaze of dusk joins the lochâs tranquil aura, with the circling eagle on high, the delicate munch of a Hula-Hoop, washed with an Islay mist, can bring a tear to the eye â particularly if youâre lying behind the couch at the time.
Under the old Potato Fundamentalist regimes, flavours were generally limited to Cheese and Onion, Salt & Vinegar, and Tomato. (Ready Salted is not a real flavour, any more than is water). Yet recent work has confirmed that the flavour universe is constantly expanding, in line with the Big Bag Theory. This doesnât explain why so many of lifeâs greatest tastes â such as Las.....
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By Brian Hennigan
Section : Whisky and Food
Page number : 35
