But the classic soda siphon has long been a thing of the past. Pubs now squirt fizzy water from multifunction bar hoses, and those of us who like a splash of soda in our whisky or brandy when drinking at home have to make do with the bottled stuff, which invariably goes flat long before it's finished. Or so I thought, until - clapping my hand to my brow - I realised that I could just buy a soda siphon online. Not the elegant glass artefact of old, but a serviceable siphon nonetheless, squirting fresh fizzing soda every time. I bought myself one recently - black it is - and it's become one of my life's little pleasures. Once I'd given up on the wholly impenetrable instructions for putting the thing together - even the pictures made no sense - I soon had it working, and it's never let me down since. It stays full of fizz to the last squirt, and when it runs out it's the work of a moment to refill it, screw in a new metal slug of CO2 and start again.
Jeeves - my usual B & S, if you would!
Probably should be filed under 'old wives' but it has worked for me since before the cat was spayed. You simply insert a metal (not silver) tea-spoon into the neck of an opened bottle of fizz, handle first (obviously!). The fizz remains, in or out of the fridge, for about 3-4 days. Many moons ago my wife and I used to drink like a hose in reverse, and we hardly ever needed to put this to the test; these days we use this quirky method regularly. Explanation? The only reasonable one I heard, was that the spoon-handle in the neck chilled the air around it faster than the air in the rest of the bottle - inhibiting the escape of gas. Even if this is bonkers, it makes a gas story (as we used to say in Erin), and is useful for cutting the ice at cocktail parties we are no longer invited to.
ReplyDeleteFascinating Mahlerman - I must try that with a bottle of Mrs N's Prosecco...
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