Occult Jams Feature Princess Diana's Hair, Pyramid Sand

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Jul 5th 2010 at 7:01PM

We've seen diamonds made from celebrity hair before but jam? The AP is reporting that something called "occult jam" is being sold as part of the Surreal House exhibit at London's Barbican Art Gallery. The jam is said to be made from infusing a small sample of the late Princess Diana's hair with gin and then combining the infused gin with milk and sugar to create a product that is said to have a taste similar to condensed milk. The jam is being sold for five pounds a jar (around $7.60).

The maker is Sam Bompas, who founded catering company Bompas and Parr. The hair was bought from a celebrity hair dealer. Other occult jams being sold at the gallery include absinthe and pineapple with sand from the Great Pyramids and plum and oak with wood from Nelson's ship The Victory.

This summer Courvoisier and Bompas & Parr are also hosting the Complete History of Food, a walk-through dining experience and multi-course meal charting key revolutionary periods in food history held at a private London venue. Food eras covered include Medieval, Renaissance, Victorian and the contemporary scene. A meal and four cocktails are included in the £25 ticket price.

The Surreal House is a labyrinth of chambers, designed by architects Carmody Groarke, sort of a fun house gone artsy it features works by Salvador Dali, Marcel Duchamp, Alberto Giacometti, René Magritte, Man Ray, Joseph Cornell, Louise Bourgeois, Rebecca Horn and Rem Koolhaas.

Tags: barbican gallery, london, Princess Diana, sam bompas, surreal house