On Mon, 15 Jun 2015 11:14:34 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> On 2015-06-15 11:00 AM, sf wrote:
>
> >> This sanctimonious comment brought to you from the guy who says he knows
> >> nothing about wine and admits he adulterates his beer with seltzer.
> >
> Yep. Anyone who would do that could not know much abut quality booze.
>
> > When Julia Child first preached that gospel, she was talking about
> > drinking wine vs cooking wine. Her words have been twisted and
> > misinterpreted over the years by those who don't know any better.
>
>
> Perhaps it depends on a person's wine standards. I have a good friend
> who is into good wines. He has a business that puts on tastings. His
> standards for wine are much higher than mine, but I know that he would
> never waste a really good wine by cooking with it. The key words are
> "god enough to drink"..... if it is drinkable it can be used. If it is a
> horrible wine that you cannot drink you should not cook with it. If it
> has gone bad, if you really cannot drink it..don't cook with it. Do not
> expect to see any benefit from using a very expensive wine in a braised
> dish. It is like using expensive champagne in a Mimosa or a champagne
> cocktail.
>
The posters (who are probably teetotalers trying to look
sophisticated) I see misinterpreting it, base what she said on how
much wine costs. They seem to think more expensive wine should be
used and don't consider that she was talking about cooking wine or
wine that has turned.

Is there such a thing as a turned wine? Certainly not at my house! I
think it happened more often when people used to make their own wine.
Hubby hates the smell of vinegar because his family moved into a home
where the basement reeked of vinegar. We had a huge immigrant Italian
population back in those days and I surmise they bought the house from
an Italian family that made wine in the basement.


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sf