35.330 “I never promised you …”

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We imagined sitting on a newly varnished wooden bench in a rose garden in full bloom eating caramelised figs with honey, thyme and yoghurt while drinking ginger wine. On the palate we added dried sour cherries to a bag of trail mix – a tasty combination of sweet, savoury and sour. Following reduction, the nose turned sweeter like a walnut whip or a rhubarb sorbet with pistachio brittle; to taste, apricot ice cream with caramelised almonds and strawberry milkshake jelly sweets. A line from Lynn Anderson’s song Rose Garden came to mind: “So smile for a while and let’s be jolly”.

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