Taking the Gold Cure.....

In the novel , 'the Devil in the White City ' , circa the Chicago's World Fair time , a popular trend was for the well-to-do to visit a health clinic, to treat alcohol dependency.The treatment featured gold as the active ingredient.
Not being , well-to-do , I have to take it where I can get it. Instead of a t-shirt from New York ( which I also received ) M brought me vodka from the duty free store. She and her sister were going to each buy a bottle , in a 2 for 1 sale , or some such. Nope , my vodka didn't qualify , M , dear heart , bought it anyway.
On opening the bag , we discovered , why . For the last month , my screwdriver cocktails have been made w/ gold. Yep , flakes of gold. The item is Smirnoff's  ' Gold Collection ' , cinnamon flavoured vodka with real edible gold flake. The bits of gold are suspended in a gel and , float right out in the liquid so , that you can see them , hanging there.
As to avoiding alcohol , its not working , but I feel an urge to splurge and gamble. hence , our trips to NY and Fallsview Casino. What would you expect from daily doses of gold.

The weather is benign. cool , sunny and fragrant. Well , maybe not fragrant , but it sounded good. The halcyon days of summer.
Normally , in this kind of weather , we enjoy our gold flake vodka and sit back and relax. Oh yeah , like its different from any other time of the year.

We are contemplating another trip to NY and Fallsview , well , at least Fallsview ( Niagara Falls , ON ). You see, M's sister took home a voucher from the casino , and mailed it back from England , in the hopes we can use the voucher , within the 90 day period when the voucher is valid. We feel a deep obligation to cash the voucher. And since we're going to Fallsview , why not another hour to Salamanca and the Seneca casino. What we do for relatives.
Apparently , this carrying vouchers away from the casinos is genetic , M did the same thing in Fla. Its that gold flake , I'm sure.

P.S. the clafoutis report. The little tartlet , for thats what it is , was great. But I'm the cook and very bias. Still , a delicious treat. The ingredients aren't bad healthwise. 1/4 cup sweet butter and 1/2 cup sugar , everything else is minor - and 3 cups of berries. There is a chance that I may substitute whole wheat flour and splenda brown sugar for the next home trial ( just us , opposed to guests ).
Calfoutis and gold flake , thats the cure.