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Skriven 2007-08-04 17:59:18 av Joan Macdiarmid
     Kommentar till en text av Michael Loo
Ärende: Saturday 909
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 Hi, Michael,

 First, appreciation to you for writing about this
 Picnic, which some of us are too lazy to do (blush).

 ML> Glen pulled out the Cleggett Shalistin White Cabernet Sauvignon 06
 ML> - this is a rarity; apparently a winery in Langhorne Creek
 ML> discovered some mutations in its vineyards: a Cabernet Sauvignon
 ML> vine that produced white grapes and another that produced brown
 ML> grapes. Some generations of selective breeding produced enough
 ML> plants to make a batch each of true white Cab and true bronze Cab.
 ML> The white was not unpleasant, peachy, citrusy, rather like a
 ML> civilized Sauvignon Blanc. It was made slightly off dry and so did
 ML> not have the urinary aspect of that wine. A moderate success.

 My uneducated palate liked it, also. It seemed
 more intense than many white wines I have tried,
 at least.

 ML> Lundberg wild blend rice (Hafflys) - this went well with the
 ML> leftover My Stuff; it's a mixture of several rices including
 ML> the purple stuff - kind of interesting in texture and with a
 ML> nutty taste. The Hafflys made a giant rice cooker's worth of it,
 ML> so there was plenty left for next day.

 We never did the rice comparison, as far as I
 know. Your risotto was very nice on Saturday,
 and very different from the mixed rice offered
 by the Hafflys, also nice but in a completely
 different way. Maybe it educated us on the range
 of uses of various rices.

 ML> I made crabcakes out of the $66 worth of crabmeat (as it turns out

 Ouch, do you want contributions from participants?

 Many of us spent more than that for habitations, but
 not so much for the food.

 ML> Sauces for the pork:

 ML> Bone Suckin' Sauce, extra hot - medium hot, a bit sweet for my
 ML> taste, good flavor though. There was also regular, which I
 ML> didn't bother to try.

 ML> Smokin' Chipotle, regular, and Habanero sauces (Dirty) - good
 ML> thickish sauces; the Chipotle had a pleasant natural smokiness.
 ML> Regular was too regular for me; the Habbie sauce had both the
 ML> pluses and minuses of the fruit - smelly rotten apricot aroma
 ML> and taste, but once you get past that, a nice heat.

 ML> Wegman's Asian and Memphis BBQ sauces (I suspect Joan brought
 ML> these) - I found both of them well made but too sweet. The
 ML> Asian reminded me of one of the Bull-Dog sauces, with its
 ML> peculiar dry finish.

 Well, yes, I brought them because I mentioned
 them in the Echo, as an example of commercial
 sauces which at least didn't list a sweetener
 as the first ingredient in the list. At least
 the commentators on such could try them this way.
 I was more interested in Dave's sauces, personally.

 Joan
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