Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!

it has been snowing for almost two days now, but as much as i love snow it is days like this where i miss having a girl to share them with. It gets pretty lonely being cooped up in the house.

I know what you mean. *sigh*

i got myself a short time cure though, WINE!!!!

Whoooot! I'll go get the cheese. Get it c-man. 🙂 What do you have, a nice red? Or one of the 'in a box' blends of ( insert huge grin ) 'house wine'?

i do love myself a nice box wine, because you get a lot for a little, i went with a Sangiovese. my favorite.

A good Chianti is never a bad thing. Hmmm. I'm trying to think if I have a true favorite. Zinfandels, Reislings, Merlots, fruitier types to round out the tannins. Do you like homemade types like blackberry, peach, raspberry and so on? Dandelion is quite surprising.
I think the only one I out and out did not like was a Greek wine called Retsina, it tasted like you had a pine tree in your mouth.

chianti is good, i like dry reds, the sangiovese has a dryness to it but has more of a fruity after taste.
as far as homemade goes elderberry is one of my favs, but if you make it i will drink it 🙂

i don't think i ever had retsina, i will have to try it.

That sounds really nice and one I'd like to try. I've made jelly of elderberries but not wine. So if you make toast I've got you pretty well covered. 🙂

I have a terrific way for you to try Retsina. Find a pine tree with resin on it, lick it. That's awfully close. 😄

my brother makes jam out of black raspberries, i might have to try and make wine out of them.

hold on let me go out back and try it.

you're right it tastes like sap

LOL!! *tossing coat at you* I made all sorts of things into jam/jellies/preserves. Black raspberry is my fave, next is strawberry, then good concord grape. I also make green pepper jelly. You can add hot peppers or not, but it's a sweet and sour. That, some good crackers, a smear of cream cheese...all you need.

Oh my, I did try to warn you. Need a toothbrush? Probably didn't need the coat, that was quite a quick dash in and out.

i LOVE pepper jelly this guy i used to work with his wife made it and it is THE best topping for crackers

Heyyyyy yeh! 🙂 You already know. I make pickles, butters, spaghetti sauce, BBQ sauce, chili sauce. Ah shoot. If there's a garden, I'll put it up. I'm hoping my peach trees go bonkers this coming year. They did really well this past, but the fruit was small.

i'm not picky when it comes to food but i cant stand pickles(one of the few things i don't like) but everything else sonds like aces in my book.

side note: just found a show called American Chocolate Championship, how does one become a judge for this show?

naturally the guy from Hershey, PA is currently winning

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i got myself a short time cure though, WINE!!!!

*happy claps *

Posted by venusianbull

I have a terrific way for you to try Retsina. Find a pine tree with resin on it, lick it. That's awfully close. 😄

LMAO! You are too damn much!

LOL No idea, but can you sign me up for it please? One of my absolute will not eat things. Anything with its eyes still attached. Gives me the creeps. You ever see Man vs. Food?

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naturally the guy from Hershey, PA is currently winning

Oh now, if that isn't some irony right there.

You ever have it USC? YUCK. 😛

so what you are saying is that as long as the eyes are gouged out you will eat it?

me too.

i have not missed many shows that revolve around food. it is one of my favorites along with Iron Chef and Top Chef.

LOL!! No lobster, no crab in its shell, no shrimp with those pitiful lil' flippers and black bulgy eyes. *woogedie* Now I do like game. Venison, rabbit, squirrel, duck, goose, etc. Happy woman. But bring it over with the head gone, please and thank you.

No, I've never had it before, but doesn't sound like I will be anytime soon.
I'm partial to French, Chilean, Australian, Californian, and Washington wines. I prefer whites, Ros?'s and every now and then, I like to have a good, heady Cabernet or a scintillating Pinot Noir.

Food shows are great. I like Nigella Lawson, Gordon Ramsey, Paula Deen, Alton Brown. The only one that I don't care to watch is Bobby Flay. But I love cooking shows. And ones that center around food ( hmmm, does this count as a cliche? It might ).

I'm not a huge meat person. Don't get me wrong, I do eat it (mostly chicken, fish and turkey), but I was a vegetarian for several years when I was in high school, so I am not all over meat. A good steak is nice, every now and then.
I was at this lovely restaurant in France one time and had a wonderful rabbit dish. I think rabbit's are so cute, so it was difficult for me to enjoy it at first, but it was prepared so well that I couldn't help myself 🙂
*ahhhhhhh food *

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LOL!! No lobster, no crab in its shell, no shrimp with those pitiful lil' flippers and black bulgy eyes. *woogedie* Now I do like game. Venison, rabbit, squirrel, duck, goose, etc. Happy woman. But bring it over with the head gone, please and thank you.

you just eliminated some of the best foods ever.

Funnily I haven't. You may keep lobster, but I love scallops, clam strips, crab OUT of its shell, shrimp OUT of its shell. I just can't deal with eyeballs.

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No, I've never had it before, but doesn't sound like I will be anytime soon.
I'm partial to French, Chilean, Australian, Californian, and Washington wines. I prefer whites, Ros?'s and every now and then, I like to have a good, heady Cabernet or a scintillating Pinot Noir.

it's nice to see you narrowed it down. lol

I love Nigella, Ina, Gordon, and the other Italian lady with the nice rack, can't think of her name at the moment, but I have some of her cookbooks! Ack! Don't like Paula Dean's food (typically) although, she makes me laugh. Don't like Rachel Ray or Sandra Lee. Pretty much any of those "quick meal" people, are not my faves. I like people that can really cook. They don't have to have gone to any culinary school, but they need to know how to cook, and of course my ultimate boyfriend, Tyler Florence....umm, ummm, ummm. Yum, yum, give me some!

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No, I've never had it before, but doesn't sound like I will be anytime soon.
I'm partial to French, Chilean, Australian, Californian, and Washington wines. I prefer whites, Ros?'s and every now and then, I like to have a good, heady Cabernet or a scintillating Pinot Noir.

it's nice to see you narrowed it down. lol

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but you are not supposed to eat the eyeballs

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No, I've never had it before, but doesn't sound like I will be anytime soon.
I'm partial to French, Chilean, Australian, Californian, and Washington wines. I prefer whites, Ros?'s and every now and then, I like to have a good, heady Cabernet or a scintillating Pinot Noir.

it's nice to see you narrowed it down. lol

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Hahahah! If you knew how many places out there make wine, trust me, this list is small! LOL! Plus, I narrowed it to primarily whites 🙂

Food is just spectacular. Can someone build a fire please? I'll go get the cinnamon buns I made and put on a pot of tea. Unless everyone would like to stick with the wine, then I'll hog the tea. Not a drop in the house here. Boooooo.

Eat the eyeballs—? What the hell? I think you were responding to VB! My cousin used to date a lot of Jamaicans, and they cooked fish with the heads attached, AND would eat the eyeballs too. It didn't bother me with the head attached (after I got used to it), but I was NOT eating any eyeballs. Sorry!

i think i f'd up with the eyeball post

Rachel Ray and Sandra Dee I'd just like to slap upside the head a few times.

*sigh* I know c-man, but...but...they're looking at me.

*Fires ablazin *
I'll take some of that tea and spike it with a lil sumthin' sumthin. Nothing better than a nice, hot toddy in front of a roaring fire place w/some nice... 😉

Mmmmhmmmmm. 😉

i have been drinking wine, ok?

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*Fires ablazin *
I'll take some of that tea and spike it with a lil sumthin' sumthin. Nothing better than a nice, hot toddy in front of a roaring fire place w/some nice... 😉

fire + booze + X = good time

Posted by venusianbull
Rachel Ray and Sandra Dee I'd just like to slap upside the head a few times.

*sigh* I know c-man, but...but...they're looking at me.

Well, allegedly, Sandra Lee was having a "thing" with Gordon (not Ramsey). He's like the Executive Producer of a lot of those Food Network shows (or at least he used to be). Anyway, he was the big guy that would go around and cook at peoples homes with whatever they had on hand. I haven't seen that show in a long time, so it may not be on the air anymore. Anywhooo, that's allegedly how Sandra Lee got her own show, cause' goodness knows, her ass can't cook! And, she's not very nice. She frequents a high end culinary store in Santa Monica, and from what some of my friends have said, she's a b@ $ ch!

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*Fires ablazin *
I'll take some of that tea and spike it with a lil sumthin' sumthin. Nothing better than a nice, hot toddy in front of a roaring fire place w/some nice... 😉

fire + booze + X = good time

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Yessireebob!

I'm not fussed about the post gaffe. You're here to relax, unwind. *passing over ashtray* Chill out. 🙂

LOL I called her Sandra Dee, but that's alright. Woman can't cook her way out of a damned paper bag. Semi-Homemade *snort* more like 'Always Appalling'.

And if you ever want some scathing commentary on her, this site is quite amusing. http://community.livejournal.com/semihorrible 😄

sorry got distracted by chocolate, what were we talking about?

I forgot. You mentioned chocolate....

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I forgot. You mentioned chocolate....

yep. it's good

I don't read those sites, but one of my girlfriends does, and she said there was one post where the poster said in an episode where Sandra Lee was on the beach (which I saw that awful episode), she looked like a Mickey Mouse Whore. She had on some red & white awful outfit w/her boobs pressed up to the heavens and hanging out. That, in itself isn't a bad thing, but she had her hair in two pigtails on either side of her head. I'm like, "really lady?"
Semi-homemade my behind!