On Mar 31, 8:15*pm, Steve -m> wrote:
> Ok...I've been reading your posts for over a year now and would like
> to know when I can come over for dinner.
> Steve
>
> On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:50:54 -0700 (PDT), DaleW >
> wrote:
>
> >So after hearing me comment that chicken and dumplings was a comfort
> >food of my youth, Betsy determined to make some. It was truly
> >delicious, though it bore little resemblence to my childhood Southern
> >food. Pretty sure Mom didn't use turmeric, shallots, or leeks, and the
> >dumplings of my youth were gooey bits of dough, not nice crusty
> >biscuits of flour and cornmeal.
>
> >Wine was the 2006 Pinon "Non Dose" Vouvray Brut. Nose of applesauce
> >and flowers, light petillance, higher acids. On palate there's apples
> >and Chenin wooliness, pretty decent length. This is a good wine, but I
> >have to say that I like the dosed versions better. On the plus side,
> >this is more obviously Chenin, and is quite precise. But the acidity
> >is a little shrill/austere, and a little softening would be welcome. I
> >know a lot of folks think that non-dosage bubblies "rule", but while I
> >tend not to like high dosage a lot, I find wines that are reported as
> >low-middling doses seem to appeal to me the most. Not bad by any
> >stretch, I enjoy, but maybe not as much as the other Pinon petillants.
> >B
>
> >Grade disclaimer: I'm a very easy grader, basically A is an excellent
> >wine, B a good wine, C mediocre. Anything below C means I wouldn't
> >drink at a party where it was only choice. Furthermore, I offer no
> >promises of objectivity, accuracy, and certainly not of consistency.
> >*

Quite a few posters here have come to dinner.
This wasn't so complicated, she combined recipes from Epicurious (one
from Gourmet, other from "Cookie")