Butterbeer

[Ebony]

No: HPFGUIDX 28181

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., rcraigharman at h... wrote:
> > That may be an American sort of butterbeer (one that as a 
Delawarean I've never encountered), but it seems unlikely to me that 
a British butterbeer would be based on root beer.  Root beer is a 
very un- European beverage, whose flavor evokes "cough syrup" 
or "medicine" to the palates of most Europeans I know who've sampled 
it.  Perhaps it's different in England, but I'm very skeptic.
>

Perhaps it's just me, but non-alcoholic soft drinks are NOT a 
European strong point.  This is why I do think butterbeer has at 
least a slight alcoholic content... America invented Coke.  :-D

> Indeed any approximation involving a *microwave* (as this recipe 
does) should be seen as a silly American imitation--possibly downed 
while playing Quodpot or somesuch.... ;^)
>

Oh, come on, now.  There is nothing wrong with the maxim "work 
smarter, not harder".

--Ebony AKA AngieJ  (a huge A&W root beer fan)