Anyone for a nightcap?

[the_pet]

Cheers

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o180/onesilentfeather/sFun_cheerleader2.gif


....yes i know corny
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o180/onesilentfeather/cheers1.gif


pet

 

[JMohegan]

Happy Passover to ITW, and anyone else who celebrates.

In a wine shop yesterday, I struck up a conversation with 3 newly-legal females, one wearing an Obama t-shirt, one sporting a Clinton button, and one not visually committed.

They were shopping for wine for their first Seder together as roommates, and hovering around the seasonally enormous & prominently placed Manischewitz display. All three burst out giggling when I declared Manischewitz to be putrid.

Though they all agreed with my assessment, a debate ensued as to whether an appropriate alternative exists for Passover. When I pointed them to the small (but very respectable) Israeli section of the shop, the Obama fan & the non-visually committed eagerly rushed over to select a more palatable alternative. However, the Clinton fan could not be dissuaded from the idea that tradition calls for the cloying liquid masquerading as actual wine.

 

[intothewoods]

Happy Passover to ITW, and anyone else who celebrates.

In a wine shop yesterday, I struck up a conversation with 3 newly-legal females, one wearing an Obama t-shirt, one sporting a Clinton button, and one not visually committed.

They were shopping for wine for their first Seder together as roommates, and hovering around the seasonally enormous & prominently placed Manischewitz display. All three burst out giggling when I declared Manischewitz to be putrid.

Though they all agreed with my assessment, a debate ensued as to whether an appropriate alternative exists for Passover. When I pointed them to the small (but very respectable) Israeli section of the shop, the Obama fan & the non-visually committed eagerly rushed over to select a more palatable alternative. However, the Clinton fan could not be dissuaded from the idea that tradition calls for the cloying liquid masquerading as actual wine.

I'm sitting here chuckling. Good one, Jack.

I'm totally screwed on arguing against this as I am an Obama supporter! But I have never liked Maneshevits - we never drank it in my house growing up. There are some decent kosher wines out there now, but I didn't get them this year. I don't keep kosher and while I am traditional on a lot of Jewish food, I draw the line somewhere.

I'm curious - was it a kosher section or an Israeli wine section? I don't think I've ever seen the latter, that I can remember.

 

[Netzach]

Happy Passover to ITW, and anyone else who celebrates.

In a wine shop yesterday, I struck up a conversation with 3 newly-legal females, one wearing an Obama t-shirt, one sporting a Clinton button, and one not visually committed.

They were shopping for wine for their first Seder together as roommates, and hovering around the seasonally enormous & prominently placed Manischewitz display. All three burst out giggling when I declared Manischewitz to be putrid.

Though they all agreed with my assessment, a debate ensued as to whether an appropriate alternative exists for Passover. When I pointed them to the small (but very respectable) Israeli section of the shop, the Obama fan & the non-visually committed eagerly rushed over to select a more palatable alternative. However, the Clinton fan could not be dissuaded from the idea that tradition calls for the cloying liquid masquerading as actual wine.

I bought a fantastic 40 dollar kosher for passover Rothchild merlot to table one year at home.

"Ugh, this is so DRY"

Forget it. I come from Manischevitz people. Cue self hate and shame take 10 million.

 

[JMohegan]

I'm sitting here chuckling. Good one, Jack.

I'm totally screwed on arguing against this as I am an Obama supporter! But I have never liked Maneshevits - we never drank it in my house growing up. There are some decent kosher wines out there now, but I didn't get them this year. I don't keep kosher and while I am traditional on a lot of Jewish food, I draw the line somewhere.

I'm curious - was it a kosher section or an Israeli wine section? I don't think I've ever seen the latter, that I can remember.

Israeli. Have you really never seen a section for that country? Next time you're in a wine shop, ask. There are some very good & reasonably priced Israeli wines; my current favorite is Binyamina Cabernet.

I bought a fantastic 40 dollar kosher for passover Rothchild merlot to table one year at home.

"Ugh, this is so DRY"

Forget it. I come from Manischevitz people. Cue self hate and shame take 10 million.

Holy shit.

I had a similar experience when my parents were served turkey & bean sprout sandwiches on pita at my home, several years ago. They weren't quite as vocal about it, but they really struggled to hide their distaste.

They are, quite literally, white bread people. Like Annie Hall in the freakin' deli.

 

[Stegral]

**comes in with Bois, Baileys & milk**

Can't remember what it is caalled but DAMN.. it is some good.....

*Sits on one end of the couch & sips.... *

 

[intothewoods]

Israeli. Have you really never seen a section for that country? Next time you're in a wine shop, ask. There are some very good & reasonably priced Israeli wines; my current favorite is Binyamina Cabernet.

Never. And I've been to a lot of wine shops! Maybe I'm just looking; I'll ask next time. But as I recall, I normally see French, Italian, California, Spanish, Oregon/Washington state and some local dreck.

 

[intothewoods]

I bought a fantastic 40 dollar kosher for passover Rothchild merlot to table one year at home.

"Ugh, this is so DRY"

Forget it. I come from Manischevitz people. Cue self hate and shame take 10 million.

My parents were/are total food snobs. They only drank good coffee, way before there was Starbucks or any of that. They never drank sweet wine. I was brought up to have an amazing appreciation for food.

The downside is that when I go to someone's house where they serving a dish made with a can of soup, or a casserole (which I never had growing up) or something like that, my instinct is not to be a good guest. I mean, I was raised to eat what you're served and all that, but I've just been so spoiled when it comes to food, that I don't even recognize that stuff.

 

[midwestyankee]

I bought a fantastic 40 dollar kosher for passover Rothchild merlot to table one year at home.

"Ugh, this is so DRY"

Forget it. I come from Manischevitz people. Cue self hate and shame take 10 million.

I posit that Almaden in a 4 liter box is barely a full step above Manischevitz. That's what my parents have evolved upwards to drink these days. Please, do not ask from where they evolved because even to type the name will cause unspeakable pain.

 

[JMohegan]

Never. And I've been to a lot of wine shops! Maybe I'm just looking; I'll ask next time. But as I recall, I normally see French, Italian, California, Spanish, Oregon/Washington state and some local dreck.

No Australia? NZ? Chile? Argentina? Hungary?

For god's sake, woman! Move to civilization!

 

[intothewoods]

No Australia? NZ? Chile? Argentina? Hungary?

For god's sake, woman! Move to civilization!

Oy vey. Yes, Australia and New Zealand. In fact, I was drinking Oyster Bay Sauvignon Blanc tonight. Chile and Argentina, check. Hungary, no, and Israel, no.

 

[intothewoods]

I posit that Almaden in a 4 liter box is barely a full step above Manischevitz. That's what my parents have evolved upwards to drink these days. Please, do not ask from where they evolved because even to type the name will cause unspeakable pain.

Almaden! Ha ha ha. Good one.

 

[midwestyankee]

Almaden! Ha ha ha. Good one.

That's easy for you to say. You've never been stuck in the woods, miles from the nearest general store, forced to drink from the box because there's no other wine in the house. And you don't have the stamina to do the nine mile trek by snowshoe to the decent liquor store in the next county.

 

[intothewoods]

That's easy for you to say. You've never been stuck in the woods, miles from the nearest general store, forced to drink from the box because there's no other wine in the house. And you don't have the stamina to do the nine mile trek by snowshoe to the decent liquor store in the next county.

How do you know? I've got stories, yanks. I once dated a guy who drank milk with dinner.

 

[midwestyankee]

How do you know? I've got stories, yanks. I once dated a guy who drank milk with dinner.

I think I may have dated his sister.

 

[EmpressFi]

what's wrong with milk for dinner?

 

[LilyBart]

Damn...I gotta start back to drinking on "school nights." Screw the triglycerides. Drinkers are way more fun.


And ITW...I still swear we were separated at birth. Except my adopted family was Catholic.

Catholic...Jewish...same diff....

Now I do recall, at some point far in the past, eying Manischewitz as alcohol within our budget. But no, we could do better. Boone's Farm, anyone? (how does one spell the gagging sound?)

LB

 

[Bi_Kitty]

I really should be studying but I'm not. I've been stuck here in front of the computer all afternoon working on a paper that's due tomorrow, so I just don't feel like it right now. But, there's nothing on tv (there never is on Sundays), no online to talk to, nothing to do but sleep and I can't do that, so....

I think I'll have me a drink. (I just wish I had a bartender here, dammit, so I could have a sex on the beach.) FUCK. Studying while drinking I wonder how that'll work? LOL

 

[midwestyankee]

I really should be studying but I'm not. I've been stuck here in front of the computer all afternoon working on a paper that's due tomorrow, so I just don't feel like it right now. But, there's nothing on tv (there never is on Sundays), no online to talk to, nothing to do but sleep and I can't do that, so....

I think I'll have me a drink. (I just wish I had a bartender here, dammit, so I could have a sex on the beach.) FUCK. Studying while drinking I wonder how that'll work? LOL

Kitty, I wrote the majority of my senior thesis in various bars around campus. Of course, I was examining how alcoholism affected the work of certain drunks who also were writers, so the ambiance helped my creative processes.

And yes, I always paid for my table by buying and drinking a few cold ones.

 

[Bi_Kitty]

Kitty, I wrote the majority of my senior thesis in various bars around campus. Of course, I was examining how alcoholism affected the work of certain drunks who also were writers, so the ambiance helped my creative processes.

And yes, I always paid for my table by buying and drinking a few cold ones.

That's awesome! I ended up looking at the 2nd page of stuff and just said I'll do it tomorrow, lol.

 

[Netzach]

My parents were/are total food snobs. They only drank good coffee, way before there was Starbucks or any of that. They never drank sweet wine. I was brought up to have an amazing appreciation for food.

The downside is that when I go to someone's house where they serving a dish made with a can of soup, or a casserole (which I never had growing up) or something like that, my instinct is not to be a good guest. I mean, I was raised to eat what you're served and all that, but I've just been so spoiled when it comes to food, that I don't even recognize that stuff.

We ate well, just not at home. And for some reason no concept of how to drink. 50 year old bottles of weird liqueurs picked up on vacations are still somewhere in gramma's house.

I am a self made cocktailer. My stepfather drank himself to death on crap ass wine - I have the willies around the stuff.

No major issues in other people's houses, white food has a kind of exotica charm to it for me - I can enjoy anything on its merits though, that's how I am with food.

 

[Netzach]

I posit that Almaden in a 4 liter box is barely a full step above Manischevitz. That's what my parents have evolved upwards to drink these days. Please, do not ask from where they evolved because even to type the name will cause unspeakable pain.

You, me JMo and itw -

who said there's no such thing as class mobility?

 

[intothewoods]

We ate well, just not at home. And for some reason no concept of how to drink. 50 year old bottles of weird liqueurs picked up on vacations are still somewhere in gramma's house.

I am a self made cocktailer. My stepfather drank himself to death on crap ass wine - I have the willies around the stuff.

No major issues in other people's houses, white food has a kind of exotica charm to it for me - I can enjoy anything on its merits though, that's how I am with food.

Oh yes, I do totally get like this about certain things. First of all, I make a mean homemade mac and cheese, with bechamel sauce. Er, very of the people. Okay maybe not, but what about curried chicken salad? Clearly in India they are not eating lots of mayo, so this must be an American invention. I totally love it in the summer. What else? Oh, deviled eggs! I love deviled eggs! BLTs too, but that seems more urban. Egg salad and potato salad.

I guess it's true that good food is good food. Perhaps I'm not as knee-jerk food elitist as I thought.

 

[midwestyankee]

Oh yes, I do totally get like this about certain things. First of all, I make a mean homemade mac and cheese, with bechamel sauce. Er, very of the people. Okay maybe not, but what about curried chicken salad? Clearly in India they are not eating lots of mayo, so this must be an American invention. I totally love it in the summer. What else? Oh, deviled eggs! I love deviled eggs! BLTs too, but that seems more urban. Egg salad and potato salad.

I guess it's true that good food is good food. Perhaps I'm not as knee-jerk food elitist as I thought.

You have a good recipe for a kosher blt? I've been looking for one of those for years.

I'm with you: I can enjoy almost any food so long as it's done well on its own terms. I eat burgers and fries from grease-laden paper wrappers if that's what's in front of me. The same goes for all manner of everyday fare from all manner of cuisines.

I do draw a couple of lines, though: I cringe at casseroles that are glued together with fray soup concentrate and will only nibble at them when forced by circumstances. The other line has to do with Jell-O because I know that it is of the devil and I have my limits with respect to doing communion with Beelzebub.

 

[intothewoods]

You have a good recipe for a kosher blt? I've been looking for one of those for years.

I'm with you: I can enjoy almost any food so long as it's done well on its own terms. I eat burgers and fries from grease-laden paper wrappers if that's what's in front of me. The same goes for all manner of everyday fare from all manner of cuisines.

I do draw a couple of lines, though: I cringe at casseroles that are glued together with fray soup concentrate and will only nibble at them when forced by circumstances. The other line has to do with Jell-O because I know that it is of the devil and I have my limits with respect to doing communion with Beelzebub.

I actually do like turkey bacon.