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KELLEY: On a recent shopping spree to my favorite local wine and spirits store, I stumbled across a selection of bitters, which are all the rage in some cooking circles. Curious, I asked the salesperson a few questions, and she was very helpful. I settled on a bottle of 18.21 Bitters brand blackberry peppercorn shrub and then spent the next several days researching and coming up with ideas on how we might use it.
BARRY: I know there was talk of making sliders and using the bitters to make a sauce, and even a cocktail or two. Bitters have been around since the ancient Egytians and are basically an alcoholic mixture that is infused with botanical things like herbs, bark, roots or fruits. It’s pretty potent stuff.
KELLEY: It is a versatile ingredient. Our daughter suggested making a sauce and putting that on a biscuit with a piece of fried chicken. I liked the idea and then thought it would be fun to use some Popeyes chicken since they’ve been in the news so much for running out of their chicken sandwiches. I thought maybe we could spice things up for them.
BARRY: You’re a giver.