Watching the dogs at my parent’s house- they’ve been in Montana for two weeks and my brother has been dogsitting, but he had obedience school for Boghan so I got the duties tonight. Three Jack Russell Terriers and one Lily is a lot of dogs.
Drinking a bottle of Matua Valley Sauvignon Blanc, and since you all answered my music questions (I think anyone who gets their panties in a bunch at people clapping in between movements should drink a double ovaltine, go to an early-bird special, and then drive their Oldsmobile off a cliff), here is a wine question. What is it about New Zealand and Australian sauvignon blancs that makes them (and I lack the terminology) brighter and cleaner and more grapefruity? I just adore them. Hands down, they are my favorite wine. Although I did love that South African Two Oceans, but I can’t get that now.
Finally starting to de-stress.
Hawes
New Zealand grapes are fondled by hobbits until they get as firm and juicy as an elf’s nutsack.
At least that’s what it says at http://www.Kiwiwines.org
Violet
Soil?
KCinDC
Galt-ologists may be interested in this Crooked Timber asking “why has there never been a serious attempt at a real libertarian utopia?”
eemom
dunno but I totally agree. I’m drinking some Nobilo Icon now. LOVE the stuff.
Before I discovered this I was into the Kim Crawford. Both are inexpensive, just totally delightful drinks.
I like the screw off caps too.
ellaesther
I can tell you nothing about wine, but if I could, perhaps I would be in a better mood right now.
beltane
@KCinDC: Boo. I wanted to be the one to post that link. It’s one of the best posts I’ve read in a while. Too bad someone like McMegan will never respond to it.
Lev
A post in which I tackle problems with the media: http://levsarea.blogspot.com/2010/08/theory-on-media-as-inspired-by-cordoba.html
Ump 902a
@eemom
We love Nobilo Icon at our house too. Also used to love the Huia when we could get it. Kim Crawford and even the Picton Bay are very drinkable for less than $10/bottle.
DarrenG
Relatively high acidity, alcohol content, and aged in stainless steel or concrete rather than wood barrels.
You can get the a similar profile from some of the unoaked California Sauv Blancs and Chardonnays.
Stuck in the Funhouse
So are others
The First Wave of Weary Aides Heads for the Exits
You know, we have been fighting constantly about this or that thing Obama didn’t do right or good enough, but I defy anyone to claim they haven’t tried, to take on some very big issues, and stick with them till something got voted on, and usually passed, albeit imperfect and watered down to varying degrees. But always with some major good things included, that have been tried before and failed to pass into law.
After a brutal year with HCR, and after Mass and Brown, when it looked like reform was failed, once again, Obama, and his troops saddled up and pulled it back from the dead, with some big help from the great Madame Speaker Pelosi.
They have worked hard, and in eighteen months have knocked off one by one, items from Obama’s campaign promise list. All done in near complete and total Republican opposition. Deals were cut, some unsavory, but these bills crossed the finish line with things like bans for being denied insurance for pre existing conditions, and Iraq troop withdrawals to reach the promised 50 thousand troops in a non combat role, Along with at least an announced withdrawal date for Afghan, combat.
We have a new Federal Consumer Protection Agency big business hates, federal student loans now taken out of the profiteering private sector and put into the government. And the list goes on, in addition to those things that didn’t make it , YET>
I know I’m an Obot around here, and fierce defender of Obama when I think defending is necessary, maybe sometimes to a fault. But somebody has to do it on the blogs, or else despair takes hold, and what good does that do anyone? I am glad we have a dem president, and I think this one is a good one, up against tall odds that in no small part relates to his skin color. It could be a lot worse, when you think about it, eh?
And remember, only eighteen months, still a while to go.
Alwhite
I believe they blend them to get that grapefruit zing. I like it a lot – Kim Crawford is fantastic. A lot of the American ones are blended for that more mineral taste – which is OK & even enjoyable with cheese sometimes. South African SBs tend to mineral also.
arguingwithsignposts
did you even notice the hyphen fail in the previous thread? I bet it’s rahm’s fault
eemom
@ellaesther:
whatsamatter, ee-child?
mr. whipple
The Coriolis effect.
I think people that clap between movements or talk during performances should be eaten by fire ants. Ditto aholes with their cell phones.
debit
Damn you all. I am in my slobby, non bra wearing at home clothing and lack the energy to get into something decent, otherwise I’d be at the liquor store right now buying wine from New Zealand.
@open thread: I just canceled the TV portion of my cable. I watch 2 hours a day, max, on days I even bother to turn it on and they just keep jacking the price up. My “special” rate expired and so I’m done.
MAJeff
ooooh. grapefruity! Been a while since I’ve had a wine with that flavor. You’ve given me something to try.
Stuck in the Funhouse
@mr. whipple:
AND, If you drink enough of it, the vomit circles the toilet bowl clockwise.
SIA
I noticed Ed Schulz was much less hostile to the administration today. Noticeably so.
Olbermann had “Mike the Mechanic” on, a guy who’s been unemployed quite a while. Newt Gingrich slammed the guy, along with all the other proles, as lazy and spoiled for taking unemployment and turning down some shit jobs. “Mike” mentioned a couple times that it’s unemployment insurance, that we all pay in to. Gingrich referred to it as “Welfare”.
ellaesther
@Lev: I think your conclusions are pretty right on the money: You see, in entertainment, neutrality is a high value since you don’t want to alienate potential customers. (But I’ll leave a real comment over there!)
Omnes Omnibus
In a word: Terroir.
Stuck in the Funhouse
@debit:
I did that a few weeks ago with my Dish, but for some reason, I still get CNN on the teevee. It is sinister. No bra household. Woot!
bago
Laura Slessinger went full n-word.
Who called 18 months on the countdown?
Redshirt
I’m trying to figure out if my otherwise good local news station always had this horrible rightwing slant, or am I just hypersensitive to it now that it’s critical of Obama?
They (NECN Boston) just had a “some say” report on changing the 14th Ammendment. They covered it like one side says this, the other says that, who knows who’s right but you should think about it!
It makes me worried, in a paranoid way, that I don’t trust any TV news, maybe except Maddow; am I crazy? Or is The Crazy spreading?
tom
I think anyone who gets their panties in a bunch at people clapping in between movements should drink a double ovaltine, go to an early-bird special, and then drive their Oldsmobile off a cliff
CLAP CLAP CLAP!!!
Kevin
Some pup pics to cheer up the masses?
eemom
@SIA:
Maybe Rahm took a shower with him.
ellaesther
@eemom: Oh, hey! it’s my mom!
I have better days and worse days on the “I don’t have meaningful, regular work” front, and this is one of the less-better days, as I’ve decided to apply for an NPR internship and that is currently making me feel old and failed. Because who applies for an internship at 45?
Also, my 11-years-old-tomorrow son is at sleep-away camp, for all of 6 days (but they include his birthday), and between those two facts and the looming fact of middle school, something in my psyche is convinced that They’re Taking Him Away From Me. In the absence, it should be noted, of all rational evidence.
Just, you know: Ugh. Rather a large helping of ugh.
ETA: Thank you for asking! You are most kind, eemom.
SIA
@bago: Whoa.
ETA: @eemom: Could be. That would probably cheer me up.
JGabriel
John Cole:
I’m tempted to say younger (i.e., cultivated for a shorter time) soil and barrels – the converse of that being that European varieties might be a little more complex. But I don’t really know for sure.
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Linda Featheringill
Photo of one of my housemates.
Actually, Timmy is the youngest of the cats [6 years old].
Edit: Oops! Forgot to add link!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48117682@N05/4886916108/
Stuck in the Funhouse
@Kevin:
Best I can do.
SIA
@Stuck in the Funhouse: Blowing you a kiss.
ETA ZOMG it’s the General! Recognized ya by yer pup.
Allison W.
’cause I’m completely bored and feeling lazy, I am watching the Housewives of D.C. and I have never heard so much name dropping in all my life. One of them, a brit, thinks bush is a better man because bush rsvp’ed to her wedding and obama did not. So now she doesn’t like Obama.
debit
@Stuck in the Funhouse: Braless and commando. Wait, that may have been TMI. Disregard.
Spencer
People who clap between movements should be shot with a taser, have their head chopped off while people who know better clap after the finale and then have their head posted on a pike outside the concert venue as a warning to other would be between movement clappers.
If you don’t agree with me, you shouldn’t be let into a concert hall.
Pasquinade
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/sarah-palin/3405336/Sarah-Palin-blamed-by-the-US-Secret-Service-for-death-threats-against-Barack-Obama.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/12/dr-lauras-n-word-rant-rad_n_680680.html
Kevin
@Stuck in the Funhouse: Are you going to give me that cheese or do I have to get ruff? :D
Stuck in the Funhouse
@debit: LOL, I’m fairly commando myself, hopefully to not melt in the heat.
Just Some Fuckhead
What a freaky coincidence. I’m drinking a red varietal.
HumboldtBlue
I demand this blog become a bra-free zone immediately and for all time after immediately. I, for one, refuse to wear a bra! Who’s with me!
As for wine, if it aint Ripple, Mad Dog or some Boone’s Farm it aint classy enough for my cabinet.
As for the clapping, you’ll get a Bieber water bottle to the back of the head from me if ya clap midway through a symphony. Classeless prole.
mr. whipple
@Linda Featheringill:
Cutie!
Cats seem to think the presence of a camera is the cue to lick their butts.
debit
I happier news, two of my beefsteaks are almost ready. The carnivals have been great, the early girls ok, and the romas pretty good, but I have been waiting all freaking summer for the beefsteaks. Come on, tomatoes!
demo woman
@debit: I have been using an antenna for months now. What’s odd is they keep adding channels and now I have my own version of TV Guide on the TV. Most of the channels are oldies or in languages I don’t understand unfortunately. I live outside Atlanta and they added a few Korean channels which surprised me. I do pick up several HD music stations, also.
Just Some Fuckhead
@debit: There is nothing better than a beefsteak tomato sandwich with mayo, salt and pepper. I am rooting with you.
Ben Keen
I’m pretty fond of Brancott (New Zealand) for sa blanc. They have a variety of vintages, some of which are just darn good and some of which are amazing….
Allison W.
@Pasquinade:
Ignorance and Laura are very ugly things.
trollhattan
@DarrenG:
What he said. Plus, cooler climate means less ripeness, less sugar at harvest. Oregon and NZ Sauvs taste similar to me.
I prefer them blended with semillon for a little more oomph and to deemphasize the metallic notes.
Patty K
Shouldn’t that have been parents’ house and not parent’s house since you do have more than one parent, right? Sorry but it’s just that my Jupiter is in Virgo so I am hyper critical. Just let me know if you need any other help with apostrophes.
HumboldtBlue
@Just Some Fuckhead: Oh hogwash, an actual beefsteak, grilled medium rare and served with some mashed potatoes is much better than a silly-ass tomato sammich. (Can’t really do the raw tomato thing, acid kills me, but I love cooked tomatoes in just about any form).
debit
@demo woman: I don’t anticipate turning the TV back on until football, and if my Vikes are hapless this year, perhaps not even then. Nevertheless, off I shall go to get a HD antennae this weekend. Just not at Target or Best Buy. Geez, boycotting makes life hard.
@Just Some Fuckhead: STOP IT. Waiting is hard enough already. (But that is my plan, along with adding some fresh basil, also from the garden. Cannot wait.)
Comrade Mary
Wish I could share my Toronto beefsteaks with you, debit. I’ve had 17 so far from one plant (in a tiny back yard that doesn’t get more than 3 hours of sun in any location during the day) and another 9 Carolinas from 2 plants, plus 3 Brandywines from my slacker plant. This has been a huge tomato year, probably the only decent result of a really hot summer.
Was totally too lazy/busy/stressed to plant zucchini, though, so it died in the flats, and my cilantro has gone totally to seed after harvesting only about half of it.
Just Some Fuckhead
@HumboldtBlue: A cooked tomato with mashed potatoes?? Is that trailer park cuisine? Because I have never heard of such a horror.
Betsy
Thank you for just making my whole entire week.
mr. whipple
They are very easy to make with everyday scrap.
jeffreyw
@Kevin:
Got a kitteh fer ya.
jeffreyw
And some spicy noodles.
debit
@Comrade Mary: I have envy. My plants have been steadily producing, but very slow in ripening. I did not plant any Brandywines, so have had to rely on the Farmers Market to get my fix. A client has been taunting me with tales of his new find, something called Bloody Butcher. I have demanded proof in produce and he’s promised to deliver next week. My tomato lust may be unseemly but I’m too far gone to care.
South of I-10
@debit: You need a bra to go to the liquor store? There would be some people surprised to hear that around these parts.
Kevin
@jeffreyw: U haz 3 seconds till I feed you 2 Tunch….
SIA
@Patty K: Haha! Need a lot of help with those around here (from another Jupiter in Virgo). I’ll offer to help the Mr and he pleads, “Pleez, pleez don’t hep me”. There ARE so many things in the world that need correcting!
ETA pride goeth before the fall…had to edit myself!
Betsy
@jeffreyw:
Scary kitty is scary!
Kitty wants cake!
and vinyl.
Betsy
Kitty likes clean laundry
Litlebritdifrnt
@South of I-10: Ain’t it the truth? I go to court on a regular basis (I am a paralegal) and the amount of people who show up in jammie bottoms and t-shirts sans bra amaze me, I mean who wakes up in the morning and thinks to themselves “I have to go to court today, what should I wear, oh to hell with it I’ll just go in my jammies”
I have to admit I will wear shorts and a t-shirt to potter around the house and to play in the garden (sans bra) but when it comes to going to the grocery store later on I will change to jeans and a t-shirt (with bra) although I will occasionally leave my slippers on.
merrinc
@eemom:
You and Cole have talked me into it (because I am EASY but I’m not cheap) and I’m going to be looking for sauvignon blanc from down under my next trip to the wine store.
I have spent the summer drinking way more vinho verde than I care to admit. My fav (Gazela) also comes with a screw off cap. Okay, so maybe I am a little bit cheap.
eemom
my teenage daughter and I argue a lot about bra vs no bra.
It may surprise you to know who is on which side.
RareSanity
@Pasquinade:
Caller is a black woman married to a white man…
I’m going to do a little public service, because I deal with this kind of stuff a lot. In the 15 years of my working as a software engineer, I am most times the only black person in a given room, or environment. I know that sometimes people think questions like this are “harmless”, but they aren’t, they are condescending and fucking offensive.
Why would you ask an educated, senior engineer why black people make a big deal out of “snitching”? WTF? How the fuck do I know? I’ve never been involved with criminals or illegal activity, why don’t you ask the person that made the statement?
Just Some Fuckhead
My cat has been under house arrest for 10 days for biting a neighbor. When animal control finally gave him back his freedom, he went outside and laid in the grass on his back and stared at the sky for about 15 minutes.
eemom
@merrinc:
actually, some wine snob explained to me once that the whole cork thing is a massive fraud, and that screw off caps are just as good.
Also corks are endangered, or something.
debit
@eemom: I think women should wear or not wear bras as they please. I, however, must wear one in public because if I don’t the sternly disapproving face of my mom floats midair in front of me shooting laser beams of shame in my general direction.
pickledjazz
Dr Laura Schlessinger…WOW!
a) apart from the incessant usage of ‘the word’
b) She never answered the woman’s question
c) President Obama and blacks voting for him came up
c) Then told the woman she shouldn’t marry outside her race if she is so sensitive.
Isn’t she a sweetie?!!!!!!!!
Do these folks buy/rent their degrees or what?
Their innate racism always raises its head eventually…that is a given!
Just Some Fuckhead
@debit: Yeah, Mrs. Fuckhead is that way too. She wears a bra 24/7, maybe even in the shower.
jdw
The cork industry is endangered because so many companies are now using plastic or screw tops, yet every year the already outrageous price of cork goes up.
John Cole
@jdw: Who needs cork? Most Americans drink the wine they buy within a few days…
RareSanity
@John Cole:
It takes you more than one night to finish a bottle of wine?
Wuss…
jdw
@John Cole:
The people that bottle wine. Unless they use plastic or screw tops.
The cork growers have been weeping like little babies that bottlers aren’t using as much as they used to.
South of I-10
@Litlebritdifrnt: I’m a paralegal too, so what people think is court appropriate attire never fails to amuse me.
@debit: That actualy had me laughing out loud, cause I know exactly what you mean. Hell, I will barely go to the store without mascara.
Omnes Omnibus
@RareSanity: Have you consider the possibility that the people are idiots? Occam’s Razor and all that.
eemom
@debit:
are you acquainted with the “shelf bra” tank? I love those things. You get the freedom of no-bra in the summertime without the……um…….gravitational issues.
Eeteen disapproves; says it’s “just another layer of cloth,” and not an adequate mode of……support.
Then I point out how much worse it is to have bra straps peeking out from under regular tank tops as she and her friends always do.
She vehemently disagrees that there’s anything wrong with visible bra straps.
At least we communicate.
jdw
@John Cole:
The bottlers need cork, unless they use plastic or screw tops. The cork industry is weeping bitter tears about it.
Violet
@Litlebritdifrnt:
They’re thinking, it was good enough for Michael Jackson…
WereBear
@Betsy: Chompers is so cute!
Comrade Mary
@merrinc: Oh, vinho verde is luscious! I live in a pretty diverse neighbourhood (Italian, Portuguese, Jamaican, Vietnamese, Colombian, Brazilian) so not only are there a lot of great churrasco restaurants around, the local LCBO is always stocked with vv. It’s crisp, not too sweet, and even faintly bubbly for about 8 bucks. Damn. I should have picked some up tonight.
We still get Two Oceans here, too, for about 9 bucks. It’s pretty drinkable, too.
Omnes Omnibus
@debit: I have almost never worn one. Of course, I am a guy. And that one time was for an acting role. In a film. That I co-produced. And that was shown at the Cleveland International Film Festival. So it really doesn’t count, right?
RareSanity
@Omnes Omnibus:
I have considered it.
There are a couple of simple explanations, idiots, assholes or, just ignorant. I think most of them had no malicious intent. That’s why I said it was a public service, just in case anyone reading might be unsure.
A chance to vent a little frustration, also, too.
Dave Fud
Try this one. It is most excellent and reasonably priced in my neck of the woods.
Litlebritdifrnt
@John Cole:
Ha Ha I read a thingy e-mail once which talked about various lady things for left over thingys and baking cakes (and no I do not remember the whole thing) the bottom line was “use left over wine by making icecubes, freeze the wine in individual ice trays and then use them for cooking” the response from us other non Martha Stewart ladies was “is there something such as left over wine?”
Myles SG
On a consistent table-wine basis, the Chilean sauv blancs are probably among the best…I THINK. Go for Cono Sur, and just pick whatever sauv blanc they have; get the “reserve” ones for more elated moods and get the regular ones (with the picture of the bicycle) for when you are just needing liquids on a hot afternoon.
Betsy
@WereBear:
:D Awww, thanks. You say all the right things!
Myles SG
@John Cole: The reds I have deteriorate to the level of undrinkable within like 8 hours, and that’s WITH a cork.
Unless you have one of those thousand-dollar restaurant wine preservation systems, wine cannot last the night. They pretty much have to be drunk within the same day.
Litlebritdifrnt
@South of I-10:
A judge once said, after an indigent defendant stood in front of him wearing jeans and a t-shirt asking for a court appointed attorney “I guess wearing the scar face t-shirt was a mistake”
I had a client show up for court on a DWI case wearing a t-shirt which said “after I am done eating my vegetables where do I put their wheelchairs?” Another one that said “I am not a gynocologist but I will take a look”
WTF?
Betsy
@eemom:
Is it possible that this difference of opinion is a function merely of differing endowment levels?
I’m right on the border of “internal shelf bra makes it ok to go out in public” and “no, that shelf bra simply Does Not Cut It,” if you know what I mean.
WereBear
@Litlebritdifrnt: Yeah. I was at a block party when a man in his early twenties walked by, with a shirt that said they would sleep with a woman until Mr. Right came along. Using the original Anglo Saxon.
So he walks around with this shirt on and women avoid him. Or damn well should.
In my neck of the woods, we go to the liquor store without a bra, but most of the time you are also wearing a jacket, so it’s a wash.
For the record, there should never be visible bra straps, unless you are Madonna and getting paid for it.
Stuck in the Funhouse
@Omnes Omnibus:
I almost fainted.
Jager
@SIA:
Can “Mike the Mechanic” put Newt’s nuts in a vise, maybe a battery charger on his nipples, an impact wrench up his ass or better yet, all at the same time. I’d pay for that on pay for view, because I think Newt was for torture, wasn’t he? Maybe a couple of his ex-wives would like to help Mike out.
Comrade Mary
@jeffreyw: Oh. God. Spicy noodle. LOVE. Must. Make.
Also: you’ve posted before about pickled carrots. Is this a dead simple recipe? Can you share?
Dave C
Bitching mode: I’ve recently started training for a marathon, and it’s going great so far. Sadly, I managed today to sprain my ankle pretty badly while playing touch football. In grass. Fucking hell, but that is an epic fail!
eemom
@Betsy:
quite right.
To tell you the truth I’m probably over that line myself. In my defense I can only say that not all hippies are the ones that get punched.
Damn. We need an all-girl thread around here.
SIA
@Jager: I’m afraid Newt would enjoy that too much.
jeffreyw
@Comrade Mary:
I link to the recipe I used for the carrot pickle in this post over at TaMara’s place. And, yeah, it’s drop dead simple. I’ll be using this thing for the next batch.
Chris
I have no idea (I don’t generally drink wine), but, if you ever have the chance to go visit the source, do it. (This is much easier in NZ than in Australia, as the various NZ wine locations are within a few days’ drive and/or ferry of each other, while Oz’s require a lot of flying, or weeks of driving.)
Comrade Mary
@jeffreyw: Thanks! Any need to refrigerate during or after opening the jar? How long do these keep? (I know: about as fast as you can eat them, but theoretically …)
jeffreyw
@Comrade Mary:
You got me there. They should last a good long time especially if they are canned properly. Once opened I wouldn’t fear them going bad for months if the proportions of salt and vinegar were correctly followed, the jars handled right before filling, and etc etc… All the same, I’d keep the opened jars in the fridge. If a jar develops a good seal it should last more than a year in the cupboard.
Toby
Not sure if this will be noticed this far down the thread, these are my thoughts on the sauvignon blanc question, at least as far as New Zealand is concerned (I am a NZ winemaker, although I donât actually make a sauvignon blanc myself):
1. Marlborough (where most of NZâs SB comes from) has a relatively cool climate â this means the grapes ripen more slowly and retain more acid. Higher acid levels make the eventual wine crisper and âbrighterâ.
2. The stony soils also give the wine a more steely, crisp character, as opposed to growing grapes in heavier (eg: clay) soils.
3. The grapes are picked early while they are still are little unripe, so you can expect more acid and greener flavours like capsicum, grass, citrus etc.
4. Generally little or no semillon is blended in with the SB (a bottle labelled SB could theoretically have 15% semillon in it as well). Semillon is often used (in Bordeaux for example) to give SB a rounder, softer character.
5. The wine is fermented in large stainless steel tanks instead of traditional wooden barrels. This retains the fresher, fruitier flavours. Screwcaps may also have a similar (but smaller) effect.
6. The winemaker may prevent malo-lactic fermentation taking place. Long story short, this again keeps the wine tasting more acidic and brighter.
7. Finally, for NZ at least, the unique characteristic the whole country shares is very very high levels of UV light. This makes plants in NZ grow as if theyâre in a giant glasshouse (for example a 65 year-old oak would be about the same size as a 200 year-old oak in France). Grape vines in NZ tend to grow with more vigour than elsewhere, and seem to naturally produce grapes with vibrant, fruity flavours.
Apologies if this is just too much informationâŠ..
Viva BrisVegas
@Stuck in the Funhouse:
Calling upon my expertise in international toilet technology I can tell you that Australian toilets don’t circle in any direction, they just flush straight down the middle.
I seem to recall that American toilet bowls more resemble small lakes and that once flushed they gave plenty of time to wave byebye to the contents as they disappeared on their way to turd heaven. Not so the frugal toots of Oz.
While on the subject, how is it that all American toilets exist inside bathrooms? When that Larry Craig thing hit the headlines it was hard to tell whether he was on the throne at the time or stuck in a bubble bath between flights.
Chris
@Viva BrisVegas:
In American dialect, “toilet” is vaguely dirty (connotationally) while “bathroom” is clean (connotation again). Thus, even without a tub or even a shower, the water closet is a “bathroom”, not a “toilet”. A “half bath” is a toilet and sink, and a “three quarters bath” is a toilet, sink, and shower.
In British dialect (and hence NZ and Australian) this connotation vanishes and it’s silly to describe a bathless public toilet as a “bathroom”.
Phraseology is an interesting way to identify background. British actors in particular are often good at doing American accents, but get tripped up when they say things like “you go ahead, I’ll catch you up”. :-)
Comrade Mary
@jeffreyw: Ah — thanks!
frosty
@HumboldtBlue: Oh come now. How could you have missed T-Bird? Not only does it have that unique chemical flavor that goes away when everything goes numb after about a third of the bottle, it’s 20% alcohol AND goes excellently with French Fries!
My all-time favorite fifth-of-cheap-wine drunk. Back when I was younger anyway.
frosty
@debit: Yesterday I had a Beefsteak and two Romas laying on the ground after they decided they were too heavy and ripe to stay on the vine. I took a Roma for lunch and ate it like an apple … but there’s two others waiting for me and more to pick tomorrow.
I believe this is confirmation that we have officially entered the season of Too Many Tomatoes.
Tattoosydney
Each barrel must contain at least one litre of kangaroo piss.
Yutsano
@Tattoosydney: Mmm…me likey secret ingredients! Although I thought that’s the main ingredient to Foster’s, which is why you export it here rather than touch that cwap back home.
Steeplejack
@Toby:
No, very interesting.
Steeplejack
@Tattoosydney:
I thought that last bottle I had had a certain little wang to it.
ETA: Free-range, grass-fed kangaroos, I trust?
Tattoosydney
@Myles SG:
One notable exception is good Portuguese red – which should be opened and decanted at least four or five hours before it is drunk, and which often tastes even better the next evening.
Tattoosydney
@Steeplejack:
Frankly, there aren’t any other sort… farming them is almost impossible cause they jump over stuff.
Steeplejack
@Tattoosydney:
Well, that’s all right, then. Thank you for addressing my concerns.
I plan to watch Geelong vs. Collingwood this Monday night in your honor. Just so you know.
And I have been really enjoying Bills Food, recently added to one of my food channels’ lineup. That is all. G’day.
I think I may change my handle to Breaker Moran.
Breaker Moran + 4œ
Yutsano
@Steeplejack: Bah. I hate Charter for this. In order to get Cooking Channel I have to get a premium package. Fuck that shit in the ear. It had better be on the new cable system in Seattle or I’m gonna raise some massive Cain. I am hella interested in the new Michael Symon show.
Chris
@Tattoosydney: Hey, I did my part, I had a kangaroo steak when I was in Katoomba. :-) It was OK … a little tough, very lean, reminded me of a cross between bison and venison. (Bison in terms of lean-ness, venison in terms of flavor.)
mrmike
@frosty: Too Many Tomatoes
The what now?
mattt
It’s the way the vines grow, hanging upside down.