Location: Henry Hudson's Fairchild 24 South Porcupine Joined: 04.03.2016
Nov 19 @ 3:52 PM ET
If you want to lose all faith in humanity, check out the NHL puck auction.
Why the frank would anyone pay $100+ for a game-used puck in a meaningless regular season game from November?
What the ever-loving frank? - Atomic Wedgie
There are many stupid enough to buy. Many will recall when they were selling old seats from Maple Leaf Gardens, but did you know they sold those old (frank)en community trough style urinals? I stil have nightmares.
Gameday meal for Saturday - going with comfort food in case Woll lets in a touchdown
Sea bass in ginger soy sauce w/lime chilli pearl onions, 3 mushroom rissotto, heirloom tomatoe Caprese salad.
Wash it down with 2014 Guigal Condrieu la Doriane - winsix
That all sounds really good. Especially the wine
Not watching the game, heading up to the kawarthas for some dinner, lots of drinks, and sauna
But sounds like chicken & shrimp skewers, greek salad, jumbo scallops, bbq fingerling greek style potatoes, ribs, probably about a million beers and we're bringing a bottle of hester creek 2016 the judge that I'm pretty excited to try (from our collection that is significantly lower budget)
Location: Henry Hudson's Fairchild 24 South Porcupine Joined: 04.03.2016
Nov 19 @ 4:01 PM ET
That all sounds really good. Especially the wine
Not watching the game, heading up to the kawarthas for some dinner, lots of drinks, and sauna
But sounds like chicken & shrimp skewers, greek salad, jumbo scallops, bbq fingerling potatoes, ribs, probably about a million beers and we're bringing a bottle of hester creek 2016 the judge that I'm pretty excited to try (from our collection that is significantly lower budget) - TheMussel
I'd be interested how that Hester Creek tastes. My experience with Canadian wines is that they do not age all that gracefully. BC Wines have come a long way though and they have better gowing opportunities than Ontario for sure.
I'd be interested how that Hester Creek tastes. My experience with Canadian wines is that they do not age all that gracefully. BC Wines have come a long way though and they have better gowing opportunities than Ontario for sure. - winsix
I'll let you know, hope 5 years is enough time. We go back to Kelowna periodically to visit the better half's family so we load up on whatever's good on the way home.
I've tasted some cab francs from the okanagan in particular that I personally really like, and there's some weird stuff they grow and do well like foch and blaufrankisch that I haven't really seen anywhere else (there's some foch that comes out of prince edward but it's not nearly as good IMO).
It was a struggle to even imagine Canadian wine that I'd like before I went there tbh. And I would consider myself far from knowledgeable on the subject.
Location: Henry Hudson's Fairchild 24 South Porcupine Joined: 04.03.2016
Nov 19 @ 4:19 PM ET
I'll let you know, hope 5 years is enough time. We go back to Kelowna periodically to visit the better half's family so we load up on whatever's good on the way home.
I've tasted some cab francs from the okanagan in particular that I personally really like, and there's some weird stuff they grow and do well like foch and blaufrankisch that I haven't really seen anywhere else (there's some foch that comes out of prince edward but it's not nearly as good).
It was a struggle to even imagine Canadian wine that I'd like before I went there tbh. And I would consider myself far from knowledgeable on the subject. - TheMussel
The true test (for me at least) is how wine reacts to oxygen exposure. I opened a 2009 Clos de l'Oratoire last week - had a glass, corked it with a rabbit stopper (rubber wine stopper) put it in my cellar. Finished the bottle yesterday, it was as good if not better. Never had that experience with any wines from canada. That said, I remember having a Trebbiano from Hester Creek that was delicious.
The true test (for me at least) is how wine reacts to oxygen exposure. I opened a 2009 Clos de l'Oratoire last week - had a glass, corked it with a rabbit stopper (rubber wine stopper) put it in my cellar. Finished the bottle yesterday, it was as good if not better. Never had that experience with any wines from canada. That said, I remember having a Trebbiano from Hester Creek that was delicious. - winsix
Not sure I've ever tasted a wine a week after opening that was fit for anything other than cooking
Location: Henry Hudson's Fairchild 24 South Porcupine Joined: 04.03.2016
Nov 19 @ 4:39 PM ET
Not sure I've ever tasted a wine a week after opening that was fit for anything other than cooking - TheMussel
You need to use only good wine and unblemished as well for cooking. It's a fallacy to think that cooking wine (adapted from the notion of cheap cooking sherry) will somehow enhance a great meal. You use the best stuff to prepare your meals - you don't need much.
You need to use only good wine and unblemished as well for cooking. It's a fallacy to think that cooking wine (adapted from the notion of cheap cooking sherry) will somehow enhance a great meal. You use the best stuff to prepare your meals - you don't need much. - winsix
I won't use corked wine for cooking, though I'll usually take an bottle of red and throw it in the fridge for cooking if I don't finish it. Not sure of the impact a week makes on it in the end if it's not a top bottle, though I don't find the taste of my cooking disagreeable for the most part when I use it.
I don't typically buy wine specifically for cooking but haven't really thought about it that way, just another reason to avoid that stuff.
