On Monday, December 10, 2012 3:47:40 PM UTC-7, jcoulter wrote:
> I was debating whether or not to put some mushrooms on my Risotto
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> Milanese last night so I popped couple in my mouth to taste them. Not so
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> good so I opted out ofthe mushroom garnish. I then tried a sip of the
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> Barbera d'Asti that I had opened. I had orignally wanted to go with
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> Dolcetto but didn't have any. I suppose a Valpolicella might have been a
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> little nicer, but the real shock was the absolute horrible vinegar sour
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> etc taste. As per custom I had Beverly try. She said, "Yumm I like it!"
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> end result Barbera so so with Osso Bucco but OMG bad with off over the
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> hill mushrooms!
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> Joseph Coulter
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> having found my eternal september settings again!

Depending on the mushrooms, you could have made yourself really sick. I'm assuming these were store bought not picked. Many bolletes can have really negative reactions with alcohol in some folks.