I really don't eat at my desk. I had lentil/vegetable soup, from scratch, for dinner. Now I'm having merlot and soy "cheese"cake. :D
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I really don't eat at my desk. I had lentil/vegetable soup, from scratch, for dinner. Now I'm having merlot and soy "cheese"cake. :D
A $150 000 bottle of 1956 Grange Hermitage. Delishush!
(Actually, that's not quite true - Tawny Port 2009)
(A man can wish can't he?)
Sounds like a car. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by MystyrMystyry
I just bought a 1956 Grange Hermitage today at the auction, and drove it around to see Clara. We had tea and scones and talked about politics and religion.
...I'm about to drink a cup of Earl Grey tea, black, with sugar.
It is true that very very few have ever tasted it. Most buy it and immediately put it in the cellar or safe deposit, waiting for the right time to auction it.
I've only met people who've claimed to have tasted it, I've never been nor met any witnesses to the event.
But Earl Grey with a twist of lemon - that shall be next!
I've just had one of my own vegetable pasties hot out of the oven, lovely, winter comfort food at its best. Crisp pastry, swede (the veg of the week), carrot, potato, a little onion, a little gravy, seasoned with salt and pepper and brushed with real butter (do not buy margarine or "spread") lovely - go make!
I have just eaten, with a degree of pleasure, a homemade root vegetable pie. It consisted of parsnip, swede, carrot, potato and onions/garlic/bit of thyme, salt and pepper for seasoning. I cheated with the pie crust and used ready made pastry but it is not bad stuff. Served with a little English mustard, dash of soy sauce (no Henderson's relish), a few slices of my fantastic rustic wholemeal/white bread. I washed it down with a glass of Lindemans Shiraz 2009 which was pretty standard red (though I'm not complaining at all as it was a gift, free wine is free wine).
I was pretty full after so I didn't bother with a dessert or anything apart from nibbling a few pieces of Lindt Swiss Classic Milk Chocolate, which I must say tasted pretty lame, I do like the Lindt extra creamy though, never mind.
Later I am going to partake of some more delicious ciders, I hope I have some Henney's dry cider left as it is yummy stuff.* Later I might slice of the end of a new loaf that is due to go in tonight as I usually can't resist doing so, we'll see.
* Yes, there is a bottle of this left, to be savoured first or had last? Decisions, decisions...
A green gummy lolly
Harvest Chedder Sun Chips. Too salty, imho.
A slice of (leftover) birthday cake and tea.
I am having a ludicrously late dinner - a beef stroganoff concoction I'd promised myself five hours ago. The red wine used was a cheap shiraz but not too bad for the purpose.
The meat is the tenderest sirloin I think I've ever tasted
This isn't the traditional strog, but based on the award winning recipe of the famous chef Jaques 'Frenchy' Knuckles of the Hotel Ritz in 1972
A hamfisted and belligerent cook at the best of times, it has often been debated whether the award was won fairly or if he'd had some 'help' obtaining the judges' agreement, for after all, surely William 'Bones' McDougle's Fried Cream Pumpkin and Cheese Soufle has seen a far more loyal following in the years since, and Deklan 'Loco' Jusghlien's Spicy Mushroom Paella Flambe which has spawned a revival in recent years (most notably at the Waldorf Astoria - home and birthplace of none other than the famous Waldorf Salad)
Then I'm going to have a bowl of vanilla and chocolate chip icecream in chocolate sauce with fresh strawberries
trail mix
Propel (flavored water drink) and was eating a mint earlier.
Ramen with peas and dark chocolate
Just gnawed the arms off of a giant green gummy bear and am working on a glass of cranberry juice.
Lol
Hot chocolate followed by frito chili pie. Yum.
I had a super caffeinated latte a bit ago :) It was cinnamon from Starbucks.
Bologna sandwich
I'm drinking both coffe and cola :)
An intensely strong icecoffee - but the ice cream is something else! It's chocolate with milkchocolate chunks (not big chips - CHUNKS) and alone it is great but the synergy of all three together is amazing
Deli Chicken sandwich
lengua de gato from Bea's Kitchen.
Hot coffee and berry cordial, the latter for hydration sugar, the former because I haven't had one for 24 hours and I was suffering withdrawals, oh and dipping some choccy biscuits
I've got a 3 litre box of Organic Westons in the fridge (7.3%) and another one under the kitchen table. Think I'll have some of that.
Apple Cider B-)
Protein shake
2 scoops of whey
2 scoops of brewers yeast
2 scoops of oatbran
2 bananas
2 scoops of milo malt
2 scoops of natural yoghurt
soy and full cream milk
King Oscar Kipper Herring
Sesame Crackers
Hunks of sharp provolone
and a
Bottle of Pinot Noir
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SNAP! (about the pinot noir)Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
Water.
Yes, very exciting.
I must admit, I am quite the fan of water.
tea....
A Mystyry salad:
Mouldy cheddar (with the mould cut off, natch)
Stuffed olives
Chilli flakes
Fresh lettuce
Salmon and oil
Tomato (okay, love apple)
Virgin Olive Oil
A cold glass of Hardy's Nottage Hill Pinot Noir (2009), which is one of the better less expensive varieties of this versatile red
I'm about to get one of my homemade pizzas out of the oven which I'm looking forward to after 14 hours out of the house with both work and uni*. I'm washing it down with a glass or two of white wine, Georges Chenard? I've no idea if it is any good; (Brian?) I couldn't even read the label through the riot barriers in the shop - probably not a good sign in itself!!
* a good day actually, went to see Ruth Goodman, of Victorian Farm fame, speak - amamzing woman!!
Drinking some homemade juice from a bunch of fruits and veggies. Juice cleanses are fun :)
Currently: drinking a sophisticated glass of Wolf Blass yellow label white wine and eating one of my inspirational garlic bread pizza's while watching Manhattan. Again. Poor man's pseudo-intellectual!!
I haven't been around this thread for a while but it's good to see that you were recently drinking Georges Chenard which, while pretty basic, is at least French and usually good value for money. Don't you think that Italian red would have been better with pizza? Chianti or Valpolicella for example.Quote:
Originally Posted by Neely
I'm unable to recommend what someone would drink to accompany Manhattan except perhaps a manhattan cocktail or possibly a coca cola.
The best thing cinema wise to go with a pizza would be anything by Fellini; especially La Strada or Nights of Cabiria: nothing pseudo-intellectual there and a million times better than Woody Allen.
For an evening of extravagant Italian film viewing, why not try the very expensive Barolo which is about as pricey as Italian wines get?
grapes, glorious grapes.
I am eating a Gouda cheese sandwich with a few olives plus drinking a cup of green tea from my favourite Great Gatsby mug.
I'm just finishing a poor quality lager that goes by the name of San Miguel. This is part of my experiment to find a decent quality "continental" style lager - the truth is I don't think they exist. I'm just in the mood for this sort of thing after dumping my flirtation with white wine. The truth is she was no good for me. She made me feel awful for a full day after having had a few passionate nights together. Time to move on.
So now I'm in search of a cool continental type but I'm a fellow down on my luck - does the perfect continental blonde exist?
Now now Neely, you should be aware that we live in a global economy where product names are no longer to be trusted. The only connection between San Miguel beer and Europe is that it is brewed in the Philippines which was once a Spanish colony. Asians tend to look down on alcohol and, accordingly, their beers are usually weak and insipid. As with wine, experience will guide you towards quality but it's an unfortunate fact of life that the majority of lager beers are poor. You have mentioned those Belgian beers that are excellent but they are expensive and invariably bottled. One that is widely available in supermarkets is Leffe and it's what I normally buy when I fancy a quality beer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Neely
Virtually all lager beers sold from the pump in pubs are useless but occasionally it's possible to get Leffe on draught, although most pubs won't stock it because their clientele usually consists of spotty youths who think it's tough to drink Fosters. I was looking at the beers in a supermarket recently and was surprised to find that they stocked Warsteiner lager.
This is one name you can trust as being the genuine article because it's only brewed in one place i.e. Warstein, a small town in Germany where the brewery is the main employer. The downside is the price, in one London restaurant it costs £5 per pint but I don't remember the in store price. I am going to the supermarket today, so I might get a bottle.
Watermelon.
Drinking jasmine tea.