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December 23rd 2006 19:24
Pennysmart.net is about living well (which means taking good care of the money that provides for us), but sometimes some money has to be spent to live well. Sigh...
So, here are some hints about serving those of your guests who don’t drink the potent potables during this season (or want a break in between drinks - see TodaysWorldfor ways to avoid, prevent, or mitigate a devastating hangover).
The Escoffier Wine List displayed on the website of the Culinary Institute of America recommends the following:
“Non-Alcoholic Selections
San Pellegrino Sparkling Water, 1.75 gl. 4.75
Aqua Panna Still Water, 1.75 gl. 4.75
Haake Beck, Germany, 4.00
Ariel, 2000, Sparkling Wine, 4.00 gl. 19.00
(I've had this wine- superb)
Sparkling Apééritif of the day, 4.50
Non-alcoholic sparkling wine and special flavoring. “
According to some California connoisseurs there are a couple of French grape juices that are much more complex that your standard Welch’s grape juice.
One is Merlot de Bordeaux. Another is Cabernet de Bordeaux. Each is packaged with wine-like labels and even invoke talk of the grapes ‘varietal’ character!
In the States these options are imported by Didier Goubet, and are available at Whole Foods Market, costing about $11.99 each.
There is a new dry (?) Fizzy drink called Sinvino Red and Gold. The Gold is a sparling appled juice that tasters say has a spralking apple juice, but almost pear-like qualigy. The drinks are sold in 10 ounce bottles (6.99) at specialty stores.
For actual pear juice Knudsen has an organic drink, said to be on the sweet side. It’s a tasty option to mix it with giner beer or a bit of lemon. These bottles are available at Whole Foods, Real Foods, and other organic stores, running at about $3.79 per bottle.
Reed’s is an underground hit, but apparently hard to find. They have a real ginger & spice flavor in the drinks they make from ginger ale and ginger beer, and now a spiced apple brew. When you can find it, it’s usually 4 to $5 for 4 12 ounce bottles.
I’m thirsty now, so I’ll close and get something to drink......
So, here are some hints about serving those of your guests who don’t drink the potent potables during this season (or want a break in between drinks - see TodaysWorldfor ways to avoid, prevent, or mitigate a devastating hangover).
The Escoffier Wine List displayed on the website of the Culinary Institute of America recommends the following:
“Non-Alcoholic Selections
San Pellegrino Sparkling Water, 1.75 gl. 4.75
Aqua Panna Still Water, 1.75 gl. 4.75
Haake Beck, Germany, 4.00
Ariel, 2000, Sparkling Wine, 4.00 gl. 19.00
(I've had this wine- superb)
Sparkling Apééritif of the day, 4.50
Non-alcoholic sparkling wine and special flavoring. “
According to some California connoisseurs there are a couple of French grape juices that are much more complex that your standard Welch’s grape juice.
One is Merlot de Bordeaux. Another is Cabernet de Bordeaux. Each is packaged with wine-like labels and even invoke talk of the grapes ‘varietal’ character!
In the States these options are imported by Didier Goubet, and are available at Whole Foods Market, costing about $11.99 each.
There is a new dry (?) Fizzy drink called Sinvino Red and Gold. The Gold is a sparling appled juice that tasters say has a spralking apple juice, but almost pear-like qualigy. The drinks are sold in 10 ounce bottles (6.99) at specialty stores.
For actual pear juice Knudsen has an organic drink, said to be on the sweet side. It’s a tasty option to mix it with giner beer or a bit of lemon. These bottles are available at Whole Foods, Real Foods, and other organic stores, running at about $3.79 per bottle.
Reed’s is an underground hit, but apparently hard to find. They have a real ginger & spice flavor in the drinks they make from ginger ale and ginger beer, and now a spiced apple brew. When you can find it, it’s usually 4 to $5 for 4 12 ounce bottles.
I’m thirsty now, so I’ll close and get something to drink......
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