While this strange flotilla was being towed around the Mull of Kintyre and up to Islay, Laddie MD Mark Reynier received an email from the Defence Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) in the US, which had been monitoring distillery webcams on the grounds that our processes might have been ‘tuned’ to produce the feared weapons of mass destruction. ‘Weapons of Mass Destruction.’
Not one to pass up the opportunity for a good story, or for his beloved distillery to make the news, Reynier embellished the story, which soon came to involve spies and the CIA and visits from weapons inspectors. All of which made for great headline copy in the feverish media atmosphere then prevailing around weapons of mass destruction.
One of Inverleven's stills was dutifully installed outside the old Victorian buildings, and became an iconic sight, with a pair of Duncan's old well boots sticking out data on of the top to represent weapons inspectors searching for dangerous chemicals deep within its copper-bottomed interior.Carrot and Celery Remoulade is a classic French salad that you may have never heard of. At least, I had never heard of it before I moved to France to live.
Although I like making salads from scratch, I often bought packaged coleslaw in the UK, for convenience. Unfortunately, coleslaw in France tends to be mostly grated carrot in vinegar, which isn't particularly appetising. Remoulade is a name for a mayonnaise-based sauce, often flavoured with mustard and herbs. In fact, if you go to a typical French supermarket, you'll be hard pressed to find a mayonnaise without mustard in it. It sounds strange, but there's no strong mustard flavour an