Hedon at hers mate.

Apart from it's full of red and white t0ssers here.

Do you mean locust (or carob if you prefer) bean?

It was available in any UK greengrocer when I was a kid, as an alternative to chocolate. I spotted a tree when on holiday in Greece with my daughter. I climbed up and snagged a few pods and she ate more than was good for her. I did try to tell her they also had laxative properties, something that is seldom needed in Greece.

Useless fact: the carob bean was the original measure for diamond weight, hence carat

Ah, but you were living in that throbbing multicultural hedonistic hotbed that was 1950's Kingston upon Hull.
The closest we in the West Riding got to exoticism was Fry's Turkish Delight.

tb has a tendency to mutter at neighbours doing their 'BBQ' thang – mostly because he gets eye-rollingly annoyed that start cooking while it's still too hot.

And funnily enough (we had one yesterday as I mentioned), we were also discussing the readiness with which some people appear to assume that, because it's a 'barbie', you can get away with really cheap meat.

If anyone is partial to liquorice and the odd tipple (as I am), you could do worse than pop down to your local Lidl and blag a bottle of Liquore di Liquorizia. £5.99 per 50cl bottle, 25% alc by vol and currently on a BOGOFF.

It's lilke drinking Victory 'V's

Grows in the Balearics as well.
You can smell the pods from a surprising distance.

I first came across it in the UK, in the form of wrapped bars, as a supposedly healthier alternative to chocolate, in one of those hippie-style shops that are less common now, the sort of place that sold joss sticks, printed scarves, brass tea sets, carved wood buddhas, cassettes of sitar music and Guatemalan worry dolls.

Just in case there wasn't enough for you.......

How does one deep fry butter?

If the fat is cold enough, close to (but not) frozen it is quite simple, the cooking oil has to be very hot. I have never deep fried butter doesn't appeal but I have deep fried bone marrow, soft cheese and foie gras. In all cases they have been double coated in breadcrumbs. This type of preparation is called cromesquis in French cookery. Deep fried bone marrow and foie gras is so rich, when you bite through the crumb coating the interior is liquid, very tasty and such a different texture.

Freeze the butter, batter it and deep fry it

or for the really healthy option, you could try the Kidz Breakfast (so-called because it weighs as much as a small child) from Jesters Diner in Great Yarmouth. For £15 you gethttps://l.yimg.com/ao/i/hp/2012/news/january/breakfast120130ns630ok.jpg" >

I believe tea or coffee are extra but you do get your £15 back if you polish it off within one hour