Recipe - Noodles In Fairy Butter (Recipe For April Fools Day)

4 Egg Yolks; hardcooked
One half cup Sugar
One half cup Sweet Butter; softened
1 teaspoon Dried Thyme; *
1 teaspoon Dried Sweet Basil; *
2 tablespoon Orange Flower Water
1 pound Noodles; cooked
1 Orange; cut or sliced up

beat the egg yolks, sugar, butter, thyme, basil, and orange water in a
small bowl until smooth. Mix enough of the butter with the hot noodles to
coat them with a goldenyellow color. Garnish with orange slices.

* whenever possible, I use fresh rather than dried herbs
NOTES : Since April Fool's Day is coming up I looked through a book I have
that lists various dishes for different festivals throughout the
year. It's
called A Kitchen Witch's Cookbook.
This is a recipe from the England, in the 1700s. The notes
indicate "This
is a sweet side dish which, with its bright color and scent,
inspires
thoughts of spring frolic, abundant buttercups, and pranks by the
Fey.
People of the Middle Ages loved sweetened or spiced butter,
especially
honey or sage butter.