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Milk of The Poppy is everywhere in Game of Thrones, from the Iron Isles to Asshai, but you won't need a Maester to enjoy mine!
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Every time someone of wealth and means is seriously wounded on Game of Thrones we see them being given Milk of the Poppy, a powerful painkiller administered by Maesters in careful doses. We see it given to Bran after he falls from the tower and the subsequent "catspaw" attack, it's given to Arya when she's wounded in Bravos, Jaime refuses it when permitting Qyburn to work on his arm, and during the Battle of the Blackwater the women and children wait with fatal doses of it at the ready should the worst come to pass. Poppy milk is actually a real thing and I do my best to explain it in the video, but it's got nothing to do with what I'm making here. My version of Milk of the Poppy involves making a poppy orgeat from commonly available poppy seeds, from there a cocktail of cognac, curaçao and absinthe is produced. It's very tasty stuff and despite it's very milky appearance is totally milk free.
Poppy Seed Orgeat
• 200 grams of Poppy Seed
• 200 Grams of Sugar
• 200 Grams of Water
• Combine in blender and pulverize
• Let sit one hour
• If sugar not dissolved, transfer to pan and simmer til it is
• Strain and bottle
Milk of the Poppy
• .75 oz. -or- 22 ml. Poppy Orgeat
• .5 oz. -or- 15 ml. Dry Curaçao
• 2 oz. -or- 60 ml. Cognac
• Rinse Glass in Absinthe
• Shake over ice and double strain
Most of the tools and gear I use on the show can be found on my gear page at: bit.ly/H2DGear BUT, here's a couple of links that everyone is almost always asking me about:
Koriko Weighted Shaker Tins: amzn.to/2MvyOWs
Koriko Hawthorne Strainer: amzn.to/2IAZrHr
Leopold Jigger: amzn.to/2KsBu6B
Imbibe! By David Wondrich: amzn.to/2Kv1dLN
Liquid Intelligence by Dave Arnold: amzn.to/2N885jP
Slowly but surely, I'm starting a mailing list so that I'm not fully dependent on YT's algorithmized notifications system. If you'll sign up, I promise not to abuse your generosity, or sell your info to anyone. It's over on the blog right here:
bit.ly/H2DBlog
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Blog: bit.ly/H2DBlog
Patreon: bit.ly/H2DPatreon
Gear: bit.ly/H2DGear
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Music by Glen Crytzer: bit.ly/2KjujSg
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Incredibly Awesome Patrons who make this show possible!
Aditya Choksi
Anthony Elias
Brandon Wilson
Dan Blackett
Dennis Groome
Harold Gonzales
Jacob Willemsma
Per Kackman Persson
Rachel Keys
Rob Hayward
Rob L
Rosemary H. Andrus
Ryan Wolfe
Shelby Benton
Trip Brennan
Whiskey Tribe
William Sender
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Every time someone of wealth and means is seriously wounded on Game of Thrones we see them being given Milk of the Poppy, a powerful painkiller administered by Maesters in careful doses. We see it given to Bran after he falls from the tower and the subsequent "catspaw" attack, it's given to Arya when she's wounded in Bravos, Jaime refuses it when permitting Qyburn to work on his arm, and during the Battle of the Blackwater the women and children wait with fatal doses of it at the ready should the worst come to pass. Poppy milk is actually a real thing and I do my best to explain it in the video, but it's got nothing to do with what I'm making here. My version of Milk of the Poppy involves making a poppy orgeat from commonly available poppy seeds, from there a cocktail of cognac, curaçao and absinthe is produced. It's very tasty stuff and despite it's very milky appearance is totally milk free.
Poppy Seed Orgeat
• 200 grams of Poppy Seed
• 200 Grams of Sugar
• 200 Grams of Water
• Combine in blender and pulverize
• Let sit one hour
• If sugar not dissolved, transfer to pan and simmer til it is
• Strain and bottle
Milk of the Poppy
• .75 oz. -or- 22 ml. Poppy Orgeat
• .5 oz. -or- 15 ml. Dry Curaçao
• 2 oz. -or- 60 ml. Cognac
• Rinse Glass in Absinthe
• Shake over ice and double strain
Most of the tools and gear I use on the show can be found on my gear page at: bit.ly/H2DGear BUT, here's a couple of links that everyone is almost always asking me about:
Koriko Weighted Shaker Tins: amzn.to/2MvyOWs
Koriko Hawthorne Strainer: amzn.to/2IAZrHr
Leopold Jigger: amzn.to/2KsBu6B
Imbibe! By David Wondrich: amzn.to/2Kv1dLN
Liquid Intelligence by Dave Arnold: amzn.to/2N885jP
Slowly but surely, I'm starting a mailing list so that I'm not fully dependent on YT's algorithmized notifications system. If you'll sign up, I promise not to abuse your generosity, or sell your info to anyone. It's over on the blog right here:
bit.ly/H2DBlog
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twitter: bit.ly/H2DTwit
instagram: bit.ly/H2dIG
Blog: bit.ly/H2DBlog
Patreon: bit.ly/H2DPatreon
Gear: bit.ly/H2DGear
***********************************
Music by Glen Crytzer: bit.ly/2KjujSg
***********************************
Incredibly Awesome Patrons who make this show possible!
Aditya Choksi
Anthony Elias
Brandon Wilson
Dan Blackett
Dennis Groome
Harold Gonzales
Jacob Willemsma
Per Kackman Persson
Rachel Keys
Rob Hayward
Rob L
Rosemary H. Andrus
Ryan Wolfe
Shelby Benton
Trip Brennan
Whiskey Tribe
William Sender