The second Shakespeare history play - and a raspberry pudding!
Despite the unseasonal and relentless rain of this summer so far, the soft fruit (means fruit without a stone in the middle e.g. strawberries, raspberries, currants) has been delicious. Between us, my mother and I managed to buy more raspberries than we could sensibly eat so I made a typical English trifle - raspberries and crumbled meringue in
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Ah, the English do have a good line in "cheat" puddings and trifle is one of them. Traditionally it's made with dry (fatless) sponge (to soak up sherry) and jelly and fruit with a layer of cold custard and cream on the top.
There is also a fantastic one called Summer Pudding which I've never had the guts to make: you line a pudding basin with slices of white bread and then fill the "well" with a syrup-y mix of raspberries, strawberries and redcurrants (lightly cooked in some sugar) and add a lid of bread on the top. Then you put a plate on the top of the pudding basin with a heavy weight on it and leave it to squish overnight. The next day, you turn it out onto a plate and it should look like this (not my photo):
Interesting that you see Sanzo in King Henry IV. I think that Henry does have reason to feel both guilty (he did usurp Richard II and was responsible for his death indirectly) and insecure (his performance wasn't up to the job really), whereas Sanzo - didn't intend to take Koumyou's crown and he isn't incompetent. But maybe he does FEEL both guilty and inadequate. Hmm I need to think about this!
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The texture of that berry soaked bread looks so unbread-like. I never would've guessed. It doesn't seem difficult to make. Why don't you try it?
Not being familiar with the character of Henry IV, I can't compare with you further. But I'm intrigued by what you've written. Maybe someone should attemp a Saiyuki-Shakespeare crossover fic. *hint hint*
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