{"id":1793,"date":"2015-08-30T15:57:57","date_gmt":"2015-08-30T15:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stuartmillerosborne.co.uk\/?p=1793"},"modified":"2015-08-30T15:57:57","modified_gmt":"2015-08-30T15:57:57","slug":"the-white-cocktail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2015\/08\/30\/the-white-cocktail\/","title":{"rendered":"The White Cocktail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My Italian grandmother warned me during my early years of certain fruits that could be found in most common kitchens<\/p>\n<p>She also taught me of the disastrous consequences should these fruits be mixed to make a White Cocktail<\/p>\n<p>When she died in her ninety-eighth year<br \/>\nFeeling a little tired and rather queer<br \/>\nShe handed me a note<br \/>\nWritten in her spidery hand<br \/>\nUsing purple ink dried with sand<\/p>\n<p>She called it<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Words of Warning from your Italian Grandmother <\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>And it read as follows<\/p>\n<p><i>Cook these fruits with little delay<br \/>\nBefore they spoil and slowly decay<br \/>\nDo not do this when the day is bright<br \/>\nAnd keep all spirits well out of sight <\/i><\/p>\n<p>I have never attempted to create a White Cocktail<br \/>\nAnd have warned many others<br \/>\nOf the dangers of the kitchen<br \/>\nAnd Italian grandmothers<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My Italian grandmother warned me during my early years of certain fruits that could be found in most common kitchens She also taught me of the disastrous consequences should these fruits be mixed to make a White Cocktail When she died in her ninety-eighth year Feeling a little tired and rather queer She handed me [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1793"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1793\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}