Tilling (Sussex) for television, McConnell was introduced to Elizabeth Mapp by her intoxicated husband, Major Mapp-Flint, as "a veritable pilling of Tillar".) The custom in Tilling of saying ""au reservoir"" as a valediction (in place of the French" au revoir") was a feature of "Miss Mapp", although it became apparent in "Mapp and Lucia" that it had originated with Lucia in Riseholme. It was transported to Tilling by Elizabeth Mapp who had stayed one summer at the Ambermere Arms in Riseholme. The lexicographer Eric Partridge suggested that in fact the term had originated in America in the 1880s. Lucia's celebrated recipe Lobster
Eau de vie fruit. "Eaux de vie" are typically not aged in wooden casks, hence they are clear. Although this is the usual practice, some distillers age their products before bottling. Most commonly available flavors in France are "eau de vie de poire" (pear)—known as "eau de vie de Poire Williams" when made from the Williams pear—"Eau de vie de framboise" (raspberries), "eau de vie de pomme" (apple), "eau de vie de mirabelle" (yellow plum), and "eau de vie de pêche" (peach). When made from pomace, it is called pomace brandy or "marc". While most "eaux de vie" from the Alpine regions of