Satan’s Mouthwash
We all associate scary things with Halloween - witches, screeching black cats, ghosts, monsters and goblins. Why do we do this? Well, the very orignial celebration is thought to have been a Celtic tradition relating to the end of summer and the beginning of winter. On the crossover from the old to new year the Celts believed that the dead returned to earth to do damage, among other things. As part of warding off this evil they burned sacrifices and dressed in animal skins.Jump forward a few hundred years when the Celts were ruled by Romans who added additional elements to this night based on their own celebrations around the passing of the dead and a goddess of fruit and trees, whose symbol is the apple. This is where it is believed that the tradition of bobbing for apples comes from.
Jump forward another couple hundred years when Christianity was doing it’s best to replace pagan rituals with Christian celebrations and you get All Saints Day (November 1) - also know as All-hallowmas, All Souls Day (November 2) and the Eve of All Saints (October 31) or all Hallows Eve. These feast days celebrate the saints and martyrs of Christianity and all who have passed from this world. So again we see spirits (the other kind!), ghosts and (sometimes) tortured souls coming into the mix.
Once Christianity was introduced a new element of evil was introduced into the cast of characters - the devil, Satan. Today’s little sip takes you to the dark side where all evil rules…
Satan’s Mouthwash
Make this drink in a shot glass.
Fill the glass halfway with Black Sambuca. Slowly top it with an equal layer of Jack Daniel’s. Alternatively, carefully swirl them together for a different effect.
