Whites That Make Fall Meals Better

newf-de -pop?!? YUP! That was the comic name of white fru fru wine for a long time...then we had some.Not bad.And how many of us has not had Blue Nun? A staple of the beach.

And science just reported that white wine is not good for your teeth;that is unless you consume swisscheese with it...well,there are two of the food groups spoken for.....

So, Road Yacht, does that mean that all those low budget wine and cheese artist receptions are ADA approved because the combination of swiss cheese and white wine is good for your teeth?

So, Road Yacht, does that mean that all those low budget wine and cheese artist receptions are ADA approved because the combination of swiss cheese and white wine is good for your teeth?

So, Road Yacht, does that mean that all those low budget wine and cheese artist receptions are ADA approved because the combination of swiss cheese and white wine is good for your teeth?

So, Road Yacht, does that mean that all those low budget wine and cheese artist receptions are ADA approved because the combination of swiss cheese and white wine is good for your teeth?

White wine goes perfectly with pumpking pie, and falling leaves. The light color of the wine looks great if you are doing an autumnal table setting for a small party or brunch.  Autumn is harvest for some great vegetables and apples both of which go well with white wine. 

I  am  neither  a  wine  expert  nor  am  I  a  wine  snob.    I  think  that  there  are  many  very  affordable  wines,  white  and  red,  that  people  would  select  in  a  double  blind  taste  test  over  pricey  labels.  

Ethanol is great for cooking.... Three ounces in an alcohol stove weighing less than that can cook a cup of lentils or bulghur wheat in about half an hour. All the added water and impurities one finds in wine make ethanol a much worse fuel.  ---- I wonder if you can turn red wine into white wine by bleaching it in the sun, or would one have to put some chemical into red wine to do that?

Off  Topic  Event  of  Interest:    Restocked  Winter  sunflower  seed  feeders  yesterday.  Right  now  I  am  watching  a  pileated  woodpecker  stuffing  his  face,  and  warning  the  squirrel  poachers  to  stand  down.  Haven't  seen  anything  this  big  that  flies  since  by  cousin  sold  his  Beechcraft.....

I love the Wikipedia!  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol

 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3ORwO5xDUE&feature=related
 
 

How else would I ever have learned: ""Two ... chemists who contributed to the development of distillation techniques were Geber (Jabir ibn Hayyan) and Al-Kindi (Alkindus). Writings attributed to Geber (721-815) mention the flammable vapors of boiled wine. Al-Kindi (801-873) unambiguously described the distillation of wine." The inventors of Everclear!!!!!

Fondue'?

good white wine, Gruyère and emmental some shallot heat over ethanol burner....

BERT- I always think it would be so fun to trick a supposed wine expert or snob. I just have a feeling that they would end up being humiliated in a blind taste test. It could be hysterically funny.
MISS BLUE- I am in love w/ fondue! I always grate a small bit of nutmeg- that's how my parents did it in their avocado green fondue pot. I could easily eat it everyday.
 
mmmmm....fondue...

BEBE:   My  friends  at  a  local  vineyard/restaurant  featuring  only  local  wines  grown  in  the  rocky  foothills  of  the  Appalachian  Mountains  did  the  blind  taste  test  thing,  the  "expert"  insisted  that  we  be  gentle  on  him  if  he  missed  the  fancy  pricey  stuff.  He  missed  it...
 
Ms.  Blue,  Bebe:  I  live  in  the  northernmost  part  of  Appalachia.   You  say  "fondue"  around  here,   the  locals  assume  that   you  flipped  them  off  with  an  obscene  hand  gesture......
 

Just a small yell back for any of you out there who are wine experts- no insult meant. I have an average knowledge of wine, so please laugh at me!

BEBE:   Dag  nabbit,  how  many  times  have  I  already  told  you  that  I  am  the  one  in  charge  of  self-depreciating  humor?    Now  screw  the  metal  cap  back  on  that  pint  of  wine,  contoured  to  body  shape,  that  I  shared  with  you.....

Wine: Mogen David grape wine is sweet.  Merlot is good for cooking steak.  Dry wines make the place where your jaw meets your neck hurt like heck!  Mateus is no longer the college drinkers' 'wine of choice'.  Asti Spumante is better than champagne if you're visiting Italian-American relatives and want to make a big splash.  Thunderbird is really cheap (if you're on a budget).  Sherry and port are not considered 'real wines', but taste better than cabernet sauvignon (how DO you pronounce those French words?).  In Spain they ship table wine by rail in big tank cars just as they do petroleum products on the Gulf Coast.  It's hard to kill yourself by ethanol poisoning by drinking just wine, but you can still kill other folks by mis-operating machinery after drinking half (or all) of a bottle.  Wine hangovers -- and those horrible headaches -- are just as bad as any other hangovers.  If wine is way too dry, you can put a few teaspoons of sugar into it and it will make it palatable.  OH, BY THE WAY, I'm NOT a wine connesuir (heck, even the spelling of French words is tough!)

Bert- how soon you forget?? It was a box! I am crushed. How many women are you sharing cheap( or the classier term- inexpensive) wine w/? Never again will I assume I'm the only one...

Bebe,   don't  I  even  get  a  trial?    Surely  my  lapse  of  memory  can  be  easily  explained,  I  was  too  overwhelmed  by  your  charms  to  pay  attention  to  details...

BERT- you won me over-  you always do-I'm bringing over the box tonight- get those corndogs fired up!
 
Speaking of corndogs- I'm off to my first Civil War recreation where I have been told there will be a corndog stand.
 
Corndogs w/ mustard....mmmmm....
Have a beautiful day everyone!

I love this group.. 2 buck chuck for all.  The Rhone wines sound kind of awfull and the price worse. 

My son in law and I had this discussion many times Bert, we believe that there are really very few people who are able to appreciate and tell the difference between a very expensive bottle of wine and that of a more affordable wine. 
 
Our kids have long told people that their mom cooks with wine -- not (indicating pouring into food) but (indicating pouring into mouth).

Bottle  of  wine,  fruit  of  the  vine...
When  you  gonna  let  me  get  sober?
Leave  me  alone,  let  me  go  home....
Let  me  go  home  and  start  over.

Who sang that, bert?  I'm too lazy to google.  CCR?
 
 

bebe:  we were given an avocado green fondue pot for a shower gift, it was just after Edison invented electricity, so our fondue pot was a plug in, and we turned a little indicator for low, mediurm, or burn.  And six little stainless steel fondue forks were included, each one had a plastic knob at the top, a different color for each fork so you didn't get confused, and eat the wrong fondue.
 
I never found that to be a problem, confused by who had what fondue fork/thing, I think I could have handled that even if they weren't color coded.  But why did they give us only six forks, that always bothered me.  Is fondue a six person maximum kind of ritual, and eight can't play?  I dunno.
 
But many a great evening was spent with our avocado green electric fondue pot, it was always swiss cheese and the cheapest bottle of white wine Walgreen's sold, it was 1970 when we used it, and we were still in college, and Walgreen's was our little wine shop around the corner.  I think the tops did screw off of some of those thick green bottles, $1.89 each, 3 for $5.00 -- oh the headaches the next morning -- but we were very young then, and our palates were still virginal,  and we thought whatever wine we could afford was just fine.  It probably was...
 
Ah, sweet bird of youth...
 
 

BEBE:  Remember, that one must be particulaly astute in selecting the proper Vintage to accompany ones' Corndog, and mind whether or not the Dog is Fowl or Meat ... (Should that be, Foul or Meet ???)  When the CornDog first hit the scene in my neighborhood, it paired marvelously with an ambient temperatured '76 Chateaux la Ripple  ... nominally aged eight to ten weeks in the Trunk of my car ....... Wine & Cheese Tastings were always a success when the featured Vintage was the above captioned Star, to bathe the palate in preparation for a crisp cracker adorned with a well aged Cheese Whiz, and perhaps just a tiny piece of Green Onion ... It was the rage of soiree among the Genteel Poverty Set, and was featured in a Lead Article in the October '79 Issue of Derilects & Dregs, written by the reknown Connoisier, Dilbert Horatio Farb ....... I can just hear Streisand now, singing ... "Memries" ....... 

gnarley head wine

That actually should have been, "DERELICTS & DREGS" ...
 

Park4:  Tom  Paxton,  preferably with  Pete  Seeger,  circa  1965

PARK4: The Kingston Trio, among others ... 1965/66 ..............

also  John  Fogerty  with  Creedence  Clearwater  Revival,  later  on,  Park4  was  entitled  to  partial  credit  (pop  chart  version,  circa  1969)

John  Fogerty  &  Bruce  Springsteen  duet  of  Fortunate  Son,  public  domain  live  video  on  YouTube

Bert: Thank you, thank you (I'm taking my bow, but I am humbled) -- pulled CCR right out of my fuzzy brain, not bad for two hours sleep, oh my....
 
 
IVAN:  You belonged to that Genteel Poverty set back then, too?  Well, fancy that.  I can't imagine why we didn't already meet over the Cheese Whiz!  Oh you made me laugh out loud again, there's a memory for you...in our pied a terre we called it "finger cheese" since one could forget the Ritz and squirt it on your finger and eat it that way.  A bad habit, and frowned upon in other social circles, but back then, when it was Ripple on Ice in a plastic glass -- one ate one's Cheeze Whiz however one wanted.  And nobody noticed, due to the effect of that Ripple, wow, another headache-in-the-morning beverage. 
 
Memories, indeed.  I guess those were the days of wine and roses (from the neighbors' gardens, stolen) ... and hangovers.
 
It's a wonder any of us survived...speaking for myself, only, of course.
 
 
 
 

There are a number of affordable white and red wines that people enjoy just as much as the pricey vintages.  My friends like Chardony at brunch and I can always find a nice selection in a reasonable (to cheap) price range.  This morning we discovered that  Chardony goes well with pumpkin bread.  And so does hot  chocolate with rum.  

an aside:  watching football makes me very very nervous.  whew.

Park4:   Football?   Manchester  United  will  be  playing  later  tonight......    Then  there's  Ecuador  -vs-  Venezuela

No. I can only follow one kind of football at a time.  I was watching the quarterback from MN Viking's -- he  threw a long long pass and it looked like he'd be a hero again, but alas (heh heh) it was intercepted and MN lost.
 
Awww.
 
Now, the Bears are on.  My nerves will be worn to nothing after watching them...c'mon Chicago.
 
I was a cheerleader, can you tell?
lean to the left lean to the right stand up sit down...and so forth.

Park4, I think you need  to relax with a drink.  Start comparing white wines and their effect on picking the winner in a footballl game.  That is proably the best way to pick a fall vinatage.

Haha, Julia.
I'm okay now, it looks like the Bears are going to lose they just can't do much to help themselves -- but I like your idea of picking a good fall wine, it would make football far more fun to watch.
I'm remembering, as I sit here, that <smack forehead> my friend's family owns a winery around Santa Rosa, and I should have a link to it -- we've known each other since we were 11 years old, and moved into neighboring houses, and while we are far apart now, one of these days I'm going out to see this "place" -- and the land she describes to me, the colors of the valley -- it's a must-see, it's on The LIst. 
 
http://www.ledsonwinery.com/winery

Park4:   I  never  played  football,  but  I  WAS  the  guy  that  stacked  the  cheerleaders  on  top  of  each  other  into  a  pyramid.    By  the  way,  yesterday  in  Wilmette  the  BIG  game  was  decided.....   Loyola  Academy  17,  St.  Rita  7
Now  stop  shamelessly  throwing  yourself  at  Jalopkin,  and  reengage  with  the  rest  of  us.....lol

PARK 4:
 
Now that looks like a grand place to have a get together for all of us from the EYE.
 
Maybe you could arrange it with your friend?
 
It says they do events and I'm quite sure we could cause an event.

I bet we could cause an event...yeah, it's quite a set up isn't it?  I believe it was 2 generations back or 3, that began the "winery."  The fellow in the "movie" promoting that "Castle" is my friend's bro-in-law.  Husband's brother. 
 
It looks very beautiful, I can see why she stayed out there, and has no real interest in coming "home" -- back to the midwest.  She loves the land, there, I can see why.
 
 

It looks truly beautiful.
 
And from the picture I can understand why your friend loves it.
 
What's not to love?

park4...how beautiful !
 
 

oh, my I just saw everyone's photo's form the last two days.  Beautiful. 
One of my first clients was the widow of Alfred Fromm who escaped the natzi's and lost the family winery and vineyard.  They brought 36 relatives over.  He started working with a small monestary called Christian Brothers.... (http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/8651/wine-pioneer-alfred-fromm-s-f-philanthropist-dies-at-93/) and built Paul Masson.
 
Did I have fun archiving their papers

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PARK- I love your bohemian rememberings- I tried to write reminisicences, but could not spell it. Everyone chose their favorite colour fork- just like you would choose your favorite Monopoly piece. I think I liked red.
JALOPKIN- I love cheeze wiz & cheese in a can. We never had those things at my house growin up, so when I got to taste them I became a woman unleashed. You can spell your name in cheese in a can on the back of your hand & then lick it off. Delish!
DOC- I want to go to a wine tasting & add sugar to some wine just to see the apoplectic reaction it will get. Then I can ask for some cheese wiz to smear on my water cracker. i so enjoyed today's posts.
BERT- I'm coming over w/ a lovely box of burgundy. Now get those corn dogs going! My giant corndog today was grand- smeared w/ a mustard necklace...
 
mmmmm....corndogs w/ mustard necklaces... 

When thinking of white wine, I think of summer and swamp-like humidity. I want Chardonnay in a glass at least cooler than the thermometer reading on the patio.

Recently, though I was in a conversation with a young culinary institute student. He was touting European butter and white wine in winter. His theory (as I saw it) was, "why does white wine...any white wine need to be served cold?" Hmmm, good point.

He continues with "say you've got a lovely roasted rosemary pork loin which begs for a temperate Riesling." At this point, I'm still with him, and thinking of my grocery list. 

Pork loin

Rosemary

a local Riesling.

 I think this kid has promise... I get his name.

 
 
 
http://new.music.yahoo.com/champion-jack-dupree/tracks/drinkin-wine-spodie-odie--179972433
 
 
 
 
....spodie odie!

What does it say that i spent $80 on dogs and cats food and $50 at Trader Jopes for me,  including the wine?

You're all eating filet mignon and drinking two-buck chuck, but there's a lot more dogs and cats? Or the cats are politely pushing the filet away in favor of mackerel...and the dogs are gulping the two-buck chuck like it's the last vintage.

Yes, I guess I am totally out numbered.  They got the expensive healthy kibble and i am making ...well, let's just say it isn't filett mignon.  The little dog likes 2 buck Chardonnay... She jumps on my lap, aiming for the hand that is holding the glass, knocks it so it spills and then licks it up.  Her liver is fine though.
 
Guess who is a soft touch???

KIM- I can totally relate- you love your babies!

PARK & BERT- Materpiece Theatre is really good tonight.

That would be "master"

Bebe...  Most of the time I think of them as cheap entertainment...until i buy food or take them to the vet for shots...oh my. 
 
My employees like having the zoo around.
 
It's nice to have those of you that are time zones ahead to review Materpiece Therater for those of us that are a little late in the time zone.

I want a corn dog with dijon mustard and a glass of two-buck chuck chardonnay...I wonder if TheSepia train's galley is still open.

Bebe:  There  isn't Masterpiece theater tonight !!  I'm jealous.  The west loses out again.

MISS BLUE:  Jerry Lee would be proud you remembered .......
 
PARK4: Glad I could give you a laugh ...
 
BEBE:   At the Beach, when I'm a kid, we usta write our names with Cheeze Whiz on the backs of our Girlfriends, while they slept ... half hour or so later, we usta lick THAT off and see if the Sun had darkened all the area around it ... Its not so bad mixed with CopperTone, and one can always find his Girl in a crowd .......

thesepia train pulls over for Trader Joes, the galley never rests, and the corn dogs are always hot and squirt when ya bites 'em.

PENN:  Try a Laurent - Perrier Rose' Champagne with your Pork Loin Miss Penn ...  No matter what you glaze your Pork Loin with, the Rose' goes right with it ... it is a marvelous accompaniment ... Good with Asparagus gently sautee'd in a little White Wine, Olive Oil, and a slap og Butter ... The drippins make excellent Gravy for some good, Lumpy Mashed Potatoes ... (Down here, Potatoes are Lumpy and the Gravy is smoothe ...) and it cleanses the palate well for Dessert .......

BEBE:  BTW;  Cheese In a Can was what led to the invention of, "Silly String" .......

Adding a Laurent - Perrier Rose' Champagne, potatoes (in for a light mashing) and asparagus to the shopping list.
 
Let the taste-off between the Riesling and Rose' Champagne begin.
 
7PM  tonight.
 
Score cards to the left...ladies and gentlemen sharpen your pencils.
 
(results to be tallied by Hedge and House...available Sunday in the clubcar)