a Goodbye Lie favorite

Recipes: Smoking Bishop

Home: greenlightwrite.com featuring
GraciousJaneMarie.com -
Roses, Recipes, Romance

 Site Map   Search

"A Merry Christmas, Bob” said Scrooge with an earnestness that could not be mistaken, as he clapped him on the back.  "A merrier Christmas, Bob, my good fellow, than I have given you for many a year!  I'll raise your salary, and endeavor to assist your struggling family, and we will discuss your affairs this very afternoon over a bowl of Smoking Bishop, Bob!”  Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol
   

Beverage Cookbooks   Cookbook Reviews   
Recipes   Christmas   Victoriana

In Drinking With Dickens by Cedric Dickens, who was the great-grandson of Charles Dickens,  I discovered Smoking Bishop was Victorian hot spiced port wine.  Besides the Bishop, there were other clerical drinks in those times:  Archbishop-claret, Cardinal-champagne and Pope-burgundy.  

We served Smoking Bishop at a holiday party and got a chuckle out of seeing one of our guests tip the pot to get the last drop - and we’d made a double batch to begin with!  There are variations of Smoking Bishop, but this is the one we used. 

As with all alcoholic drinks, moderation is key. 

     Enjoy,
     Jane Marie

Smoking Bishop is served in my historic romance novel, The Goodbye Lie, at the New Year's celebration to welcome in the year 1883!

NEWSLETTER

 

read "The Goodbye Lie"

 

Secret Pebbles
make great stocking stuffers

 click on the photo of Secret Pebbles™ to enlarge it

 

You’ll need: 

  • 4 whole washed, unpeeled oranges

  • 2 tablespoons whole cloves

  • 1 bottle dry red wine

  • 1/2 cup sugar

  • 2 cinnamon sticks.

  • 1 bottle port wine (red wine and port wine combined should equal 4 to 5 quarts)

  • 5 to 6 quart slow cooker or large pot for stovetop cooking

Stick the whole cloves into the oranges.  Poke the oranges several times with a fork so the juice will seep out while cooking.  Place the oranges in the pot. 

Add  the red wine, sugar and cinnamon sticks.

Cover and cook on low or simmer for 3 1/2 hours.  Add the bottle of port. 

DO NOT BOIL at any time.  

Heat the mixture for another half hour to warm the port. 

Serve warm straight from the pot.

Garnish with extra orange slices or wedges and individual cinnamon sticks, if desired. 

Serves 10.  This recipe is easily doubled.

 

 

800+ pages

SEARCH SITE

HOME greenlightWRITE.com
ABOUT US
ADVERTISE
ARTbyCARYN
AWARDS
BEAD CLASS LINKS
BEADING
BIOGRAPHIES
BOOK REVIEWS
BOOKS - our books
BUSINESS:

  Customer Service
  Diversity
  Teamwork

CHILDREN
CONTACT US
CONTEST NEWS
CRAFTS
DONATE
FANCY FABLES
FAMILY & FRIENDS
FAQs
GARDENING
"GONE WITH THE WIND" info
"GOODBYE LIE" series
GRACIOUS LIVING
HEALTH & BEAUTY
HOLIDAYS
HOLLYWOOD HEARTS
HOME HELPS
JANE MARIE's "GOODBYE LIE" series
JEWELRY - order our jewelry
LETTERS
MONEY MATTERS
MOVIES  
MUSIC
NEWSLETTER
ODDS 'n ENDS
PETS
PRESS
PRIVACY & LEGAL
QUOTATIONS
RECIPES
ROMANCE
SAFETY

SEARCH
SITE MAP
STORIES
Support our sites:

SHOP - ART

SHOP - BARGAINS+

SHOP - BOOKS

SHOP - JEWELRY

SHOP - Best ONLINE MERCHANTS

SHOP - SECRET PEBBLES™

SHOP - T Shirts

TEDDY BEARS
TRAVEL
USA
VICTORIANA
WEBLOG - Beading Diary
WEBLOG - Diary of a Mad Web Lackey
WEBLOG - One Bear's Blog
WEDDINGS

HOME AskCaryn.com (teens)
HOME EternityGarden (pets)
HOME Grace-Light.com
HOME GraciousJaneMarie.com
HOME MarthaBear.com
HOME RascallyRags.com
HOME RascallyReaders.com
HOME SecretPebbles.com
HOME TeddyO.com
HOME VeryShinyObjects.com

If you like this information, please link to it instead of copying it. You may not display our content on a public bulletin board, ftp site, website, chat room or by any other unauthorized means. Thanks.

Copyright© 1999 - 2008 by Nancy Kamp, dba greenlightWRITE.com and Grace-Light.com. All Rights Reserved. International and US Federal Copyright Laws protect all material on this website, which may not be reprinted in any form in any media or hosted on any website. This document confers no rights whatsoever to its reader / recipient. No rights in any copyrighted material, whether exclusive or non-exclusive, may be transferred in the absence of a written agreement that is the product of the parties' negotiations, fully approved by independent counsel retained by Nancy Kamp and formally executed with manual signatures by all parties to the agreement pursuant to the statutory requirements of Section 204(a) of the Federal Copyright Act of 1976. Furthermore, anyone caught using our trademarks or copyrighted text, images, or jewelry and craft designs without permission will be reported to their billing company, their hosting company and any other related companies for account closure. We will also follow up with a copyright infringement lawsuit in accordance with the The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)

Using the information on this site and linked to this site is done at your own risk. No promises or guarantees of any kind are intended or implied.

Legal - Privacy