{"id":21231,"date":"2014-05-22T06:16:31","date_gmt":"2014-05-22T11:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=21231"},"modified":"2014-05-22T07:25:51","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T12:25:51","slug":"horror-in-clay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=21231","title":{"rendered":"Horror in Clay"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CthulhuCthulhu was an ocean-going sort of critter, so if you ignore the fact that Innsmouth is just a teensy bit too far north to be tropical a themed tiki mug sounds like a perfect fit. Horror in Clay<\/a> is there to make it happen for you.<\/p>\n

The shop (which, incidentally, takes its name from the title of the first chapter of Call of Cthulhu<\/i>) got its start when tiki-and-Lovecraft fan Jonathan Chaffin commissioned a Cthulhu tiki mug from sculptor Kristina Lucas Francis. Response to the mug was so positive that Chaffin decided to launch a Kickstarter campaign<\/a> to produce a run for sale. That<\/em> was so positive (the goal was $12,500 and it received nearly $80,000 from backers) that it spawned a whole shop.<\/p>\n

They’ve recently finished up another Kickstarter for the Innsmouth Fogcutter<\/a>, with an in-the-round design depicting a pretty tropical diver’s transformation into a Lovecraftian fishwoman. The mug also bears the logo of the fictional Gilman House Hotel, a nice touch.<\/p>\n

The shop also carries a bunch of other great barware and accessories: Check out their Pickman’s Cove collection<\/a> for tentacly swizzle sticks, jiggers, and bar spoons.<\/p>\n

Their blog<\/a> is a tad sparse–only 9 posts over the course of a year–but is worth a glance for a couple of posts discussing tropical drinks, including their recipe<\/a> for their signature cocktail, “Cthulhu Waits Dreaming.” The amounts provided in the linked recipe are for a party-size 5 gallons; I did a little digging and found a much more reasonable single-serving recipe from an interview Chaffin did with Mr. Booze<\/a>:<\/p>\n

2 oz gold rum
\ndash of dark rum
\n1\/2 oz brandy
\n1\/4 tsp absinthe
\n1\/2 oz cinnamon syrup*
\n1\/2 oz orgeat syrup
\n2 oz grapefruit juice
\njuice of 1\/2 small lemon
\n5 dashes Angostura bitters
\nfresh seawater<\/p>\n

Begin by rinsing your Cthulhu vessel with fresh seawater. If you happen to be trapped inland, you can use 1\/2 tbs sea salt dissolved in a cup of water instead. Then, in a shaker, combine all the other ingredients over ice. Shake and strain into the Cthulhu vessel over crushed ice. Chant “Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn” over the top before drinking. After a few of these, Cthulhu may well return.<\/p>\n

*To make the cinnamon syrup: Crush 3 cinnamon sticks and place in a saucepan with 1 cup sugar and 1 cup water. Bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve sugar. Lower the heat and simmer for 2 minutes, then remove from heat and let steep for 2 hours. Strain and bottle. Keeps for a month in the fridge.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A Lovecraftian Luau sounds like a fine idea–you could even serve octopus<\/a> or squid<\/a> for extra tentacly authenticity–and the tiki mugs would be a marvelous starting point.<\/p>\n

Bonus Link: When I went looking for the cocktail recipe I found the Call of Cthulhu<\/a>, which isn’t the same recipe but it’s both tropical and highly decorative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cthulhu was an ocean-going sort of critter, so if you ignore the fact that Innsmouth is just a teensy bit too far north to be tropical a themed tiki mug sounds like a perfect fit. Horror in Clay is there to make it happen for you. The shop (which, incidentally, takes its name from the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-needful-things"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21231"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21852,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21231\/revisions\/21852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}