Doodle Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 Can anyone tell me were I can buy Advocaat as I've done all the usual supermarkets without success and have had to ask friends to bring bottles over from the UK. Also, Dubonnet, I thought this was a french drink but I can't seem to find it in the supermarkets. Thanks, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceni Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 Suggest that this post is moved to "Remember the 1970s" in "Other Topics".John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 I suspect that they're people who may be able to answer your question but surely no one is going to publicly admit that they know. [:D]Mine's a snowball by the way. [B] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 It does look as if Dubonnet in France exists now only in faded advertisements on the sides of buildings. Maybe the specialist wine merchants can help?See http://fr.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090723133741AAdOoEPMaybe Queen Elizabeth drinks it all? And the foreign Legion, for whom it was allegedly invented (as a painless way of consuming anti-malaria quinine) and who still like it. One source likens it to Buckfast wine, which is favoured by hoodie-types in parts of Scotland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 I don't know if you canbuy Advocaat but here's a recipie to make ithttp://dutchfood.about.com/od/drinks/r/Advocaat.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 On a dull, grey day here, the very title of this thread has made me smile........it's good to live in a world where such things still matter.[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 This suggests advokaat is hard to find in France, and also suggests a recipe.However if you pop over the border into Belgium it seems plentiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 We used to buy an advokaat based brandy drink seved hot, when skiing so someone must have it, nind you that was 6 years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernice Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 You can buy Dubonnet online at http://www.granitbleu.com/catalog/alcools/aperitifBernice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doodle Posted April 20, 2010 Author Share Posted April 20, 2010 Well thanks all for the info. I've just read all the posts and they did make me laugh. Of course it's a 70's thing who else would know about advocaat but I see I'm not alone here. I still love my snowballs and am quite partial to it neat but have to make it last. Normally I get three bottles at Christmas and make them last until the first visitors arrive but sadly this year I went through them all before the new year was out! I had a lovely time as you can imagine! hicThanks again Chrisps will try the recipes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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