Mmmm, Chaider!

We went to UT's Madrigal Dinner on Saturday night and had a very merry time. We had a very good table, thanks to this year's producer letting me in on early tickets sales due to last year's screw up (Katherin Andrews -- thanks again!)

Now Wassail has always been a big part of Madrigal. I have a great recipe and occasionally make it for a holiday party, but it's not something you'd make on the spur of the moment (it involves several citrus fruits, madeira wine and other things I don't always have on hand).

But when it gets cold and you get a hunkering for some Wassail, what are you to do? Well, last night I came up with a quick and simple recipe. Simply combine some Chai concentrate with apple cider and you have a very authentic tasting Wassail -- a thing I like to call Chaider. I use TAZO Chai Concentrate (even though TAZO's Website is an evil Flash monstrosity) that I get in bulk from Costco.

Actually, I used apple juice for my "chaider", but "chaipple juice" just doesn't sound as cool. Beside, I don't know what the difference is between juice and cider. So there.