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Subject: Re: what to drink when you eat...
From: Estefon
Posted: Fri Mar 5. 2004, 09:01 UTC
Followup to: "what to drink when you eat..."  by Marian  (Fri Mar 5. 2004, 06:42 UTC)
Bravo Devon!

Drink what you like!!  The entire mystique of combining red wine with red meat 
and white wine with white was a marketing ploy conjred in the the 50's to get 
Americans to drink more wine.  

Noone can tell anohter individual what should pair well with a certain food.  
The only thing you can suggest is how the wine (maybe beer) will "effect" the 
meal.  To avoid my diatribe, I simply suggest the following.

Buy a bottle of red wine (varietal doesn't matter)
Buy a grape, a lemon, some gorgazola cheese and a jalapeno.
Sip the wine before and after a bite of each.  

This little test will help you understand how wine will effect the overall 
experience of a meal.  It's a useful tool, but never overgeneralize the 
subject.  No wine perfectly matches a meal.  

Try it with certain cocktails as well.  Taste is only a combination of four 
senstaions (bitter, salty, sweet and sour).  The overall flavor, however comes 
from the nose.  I don't know of any cocktail that can accomplisht this 
feat...Scotch or Bourbon maybe... but never tried it.

steve
www.barspooge.com


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