On Sat, 4 Aug 2018 11:51:22 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Saturday, August 4, 2018 at 2:37:54 PM UTC-4, Druce wrote:
>> On Sat, 4 Aug 2018 11:31:35 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >On Saturday, August 4, 2018 at 1:55:50 PM UTC-4, wrote:
>> >> On Sat, 4 Aug 2018 15:09:25 GMT, "l not -l" > wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > >I do not drink wine, I've tried it, from Boone's Farm to some of the very
>> >> > >best of many varieties. Before retirement, I worked for the CIO of a large
>> >> > >financial institution who loved wine and was willing to spend a lot of the
>> >> > >company's money for it at business dinners. Regardless, I don't drink wine
>> >> > >but keep it on hand for cooking.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> Like you, I've tried many different varieties/brands/$$$ of wine and I just
>> >> don't care for it. I was not raised in a household where wine was ever on
>> >> the table thus I have no palate for it.
>> >
>> >I came from a "Cold Duck on New Year's Eve" family.
>>
>> That's a type of family? Is it a good thing or a bad thing? Was it a
>> tortured factory duck?
>
>Not a duck at all:
>
><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_Duck>

Oh, I've never heard of that.

>> >I cook with it; a splash of vermouth in scampi is good.
>>
>> Do you just add a splash to the frying pan?
>
>Yes, so that the alcohol evaporates off.

Ok.