Happy (upcoming) Thanksgiving to my Canadian friends.
This year, the usual delicious range fed Turkey with my wife's famous stuffing. Mashed potatoes, of course. A lovely vegetable dish of green beans, cranberries, pecans in a honeyed glaze.
I'll probably open A Shafer Pinot and 1 or 2 French Burgundies.
-------------------- "One may dislike carrots, spinach, beetroot, or the skin on hot milk. But not wine. It is like hating the air that one breathes, since each is equally indispensable."
Marcel Ayme`
Posts: 6942 | Location: The Left Coast | Registered: Dec 01, 2001
I'll be enjoying the rediculous traffic and crowds around the White Mountains caused by the coinciding of Canadian Thanksgiving, Columbus Day weekend and the peak of our foliage season. It's my favorite time of year to hike and take some photos but damn there's a lot of people out this weekend every year.
Hopefully will get some peace and quiet by telling each side of the family that I am busy with the other side of the family, then will make a nice non-turkey-related meal. Maybe duck, just to keep in in the bird genre.
"No TV and no beer make Homer...something, something"
I was just thinking about this today on my way home from picking up an order at my local monopoly provider (2006 Bouchard Pere & Fils Volnay Tallepieds with a label I've never seen before) .
I'll probably open an 02 Etude Pinot and a 99 Paneretta Terrine as the main wines for dinner. Haven't decided on the starter wines.
I'll also have a Flat Rock Riesling for those who prefer white and to provide some Canadian content. I tried this at the winery a few months ago and thought it was very good. Just a hint of sweetness.
Happy Thanksgiving. While Turkey meat is not my favourite, I plan to do the cooking this year. Probably open up a Pinot or even a Bordeaux.
*********************** "I have drunk not to the clouding of my reason, but just so much that I can still surely distinguish the syllables with my tongue." Athenaeus
Posts: 3383 | Location: montreal | Registered: Feb 21, 2004
Speaking of maple syrup and Canadian whiskey, something called the Sortilege is a combination of both. It isn't that great of a whiskey, but I find this to be a nice gift abroad for my relatives that are sick and tired of recieving Maple Syrup and smoke salmons.
Posts: 190 | Location: Vancouver, BC | Registered: Jun 19, 2009
With some coaching from futronic and a cell phone ready with the fire department's number, I made a stunning oven roasted leg of lamb, smothered in rosemary and herbes de provence, cooked to perfection with buttered baby potatoes and carrots as accompaniments. Served as well with oven roasted stuffed squash. Warm pumpkin pie with real vanilla ice cream for dessert. I sent a picture of all this to futronic who will testify that this event did in fact occur.
Paired well with a 2005 Chateau Vaudieu CDP(obviously too young but what the heck) and a 2005 Schloss Lieser Niederberg Helden Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel.
*********************** "I have drunk not to the clouding of my reason, but just so much that I can still surely distinguish the syllables with my tongue." Athenaeus
Posts: 3383 | Location: montreal | Registered: Feb 21, 2004
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