More attention whoring: cheese sugestions for sweet wines

Started by Martinus, September 30, 2011, 09:18:24 AM

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PDH

Ok, Ms Smartypants Brazen, what kind of straw do I use when I drink my wine?
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Ed Anger

Quote from: PDH on September 30, 2011, 11:20:42 AM
Ok, Ms Smartypants Brazen, what kind of straw do I use when I drink my wine?

As a winemaker, I recommend crazy straws.
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Barrister

Quote from: Ed Anger on September 30, 2011, 11:21:33 AM
Quote from: PDH on September 30, 2011, 11:20:42 AM
Ok, Ms Smartypants Brazen, what kind of straw do I use when I drink my wine?

As a winemaker, I recommend crazy straws.

Aren't you supposed to be all snooty and demand people call you a vintner?
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Ed Anger

Quote from: Barrister on September 30, 2011, 11:24:15 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 30, 2011, 11:21:33 AM
Quote from: PDH on September 30, 2011, 11:20:42 AM
Ok, Ms Smartypants Brazen, what kind of straw do I use when I drink my wine?

As a winemaker, I recommend crazy straws.

Aren't you supposed to be all snooty and demand people call you a vintner?

Not when selling 8 and 10 buck wine in IGA supermarkets.
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Grallon

Quote from: MadImmortalMan on September 30, 2011, 10:30:58 AM
You eat chocolate with madeira or port.



Or you combine both: Dark chocolate cups (small ones mind you - the size of a big thumb) - stuffed with a nugget of Stilton while you drink your 20 yo (min) Porto.




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Grallon

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Ed Anger

Quote from: Ideologue on September 30, 2011, 11:31:06 AM
Reese's cups with cheese?  An unlikely combination.

I know people that eat those Little Debbie oatmeal cake with a slice of American cheese.

I think it is an abomination.
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PDH

What kind of beer do I drink with deep fried twinkies?  Valmy, you're from Texas you should know.
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Barrister

Quote from: Valmy on September 30, 2011, 11:47:31 AM
Quote from: PDH on September 30, 2011, 11:46:12 AM
What kind of beer do I drink with deep fried twinkies?  Valmy, you're from Texas you should know.

Deep fried beer of course.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/7973944/Deep-fried-beer-invented-in-Texas.html

I love the internet some days. :)

You do realize you used a British newspaper toreport on Texas fried beer?
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Valmy

Quote from: Barrister on September 30, 2011, 11:55:42 AM
I love the internet some days. :)

You do realize you used a British newspaper toreport on Texas fried beer?

I get all my news from the mother country.  Which is why I think England is rubbish compared to Poland.

Actually I hadn't realized it :blush:
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Barrister

Quote from: Valmy on September 30, 2011, 11:56:56 AM
Quote from: Barrister on September 30, 2011, 11:55:42 AM
I love the internet some days. :)

You do realize you used a British newspaper toreport on Texas fried beer?

I get all my news from the mother country.  Which is why I think England is rubbish compared to Poland.

Actually I hadn't realized it :blush:

Nothing to be embarassed about.  With the internet, using the Telegraph is as valid a source as something out of Texas.  It just struck me about what a wodnerful age we live in.
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crazy canuck

Quote from: PDH on September 30, 2011, 11:46:12 AM
What kind of beer do I drink with deep fried twinkies?  Valmy, you're from Texas you should know.

I wish I knew.  I have a lot of very expensive beer but I am not cultured enough to know what goes well with it.

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Stilton is the classic match.  For Gorgonzola, one of harder versions is preferable.

With respect to Brazen, I nonetheless disagree about the propriety of presenting variety on the cheese board.  Sure it will screw with your wine pairings, but by then it is the end of the dinner anyway. 
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