Friday 7 December 2018

Eating Yourself Drunk On Christmas Food

I never write drunk as my typing goes out the window so i always wait until i type that final full stop before i start necking the Sloe Gin but there is a piece of kitchen folklore that you could eat yourself drunk especially at Christmas as so much of the festive food is soaked in alcohol.
There are stories of people failing breathalyser tests whilst driving due to the food they have eaten but there are no guidelines to just how many mince pies or servings of Christmas pudding we can have and still drive safely.
The average mince pie apparently contains 0.14 units of alcohol, meaning it would take 29 of them to reach the 80mg of alcohol per 100 ml of blood and fail the drunk test.
Christmas cake is laced with brandy and three slices is enough to get a nice buzz going so after cake we have Christmas pudding which is traditionally also full of brandy so two of them and if you are stopped by a policeman you had better be good at touching your nose and walking in a straight line while over the limit.  
Three portions of Tiramisu contain enough alcohol to get you seeing the inside of a Police cell if you try to drive as will one family sized sherry trifle or five Marks & Spencer individual luxury sherry trifles.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, the Sloe Gin is calling my name.

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