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Skriven 2006-11-03 17:00:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av BURTON FORD
Ärende: MRI  & Wine Gadgets 526
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 BF> Now I have an MRI to be scheduled.

Good luck on that. Remember not to have any metal
on your person (inside or outside) when you have
the test. Reminds me I should perhaps have an ID
saying I have metal bits in my heart.

   No rush, at least as far as the
 BF> Doctors are concerned.   I'd just as soon get it over, but then, the
 BF> doctors are are never in as much a rush as the patients..... [g]

Speak for yourself ...

 BF> We had to use up some airline miles before they expired. [not that we
 BF> cared]

Pooh.

 BF> 1.)  Ventouri Wine Aerator, $34.95  "Why wait for a wine to breath to
 BF> achieve  its fullest flavor when you can enhance the bouquet, taste
 BF> and mouthfeel in an instant..."  "FDA-approved plastic"  [Thank God!]  
 BF> [Well, it does include a stand and a travel pouch.]

Best way: Take two clean glass vessels and pour the wine between
them a couple times. Heck with da plastic.

 BF> 2.)  Metrokane V-T Decanter,  $79.95   "Simply insert the vacuum
 BF> stopper, remove the air with the manual pump until you reach the Red
 BF> Zone on the vacuum gauge and your wine will be good for days."   [If
 BF> you pump too much the wine will hang around for years?]    

They've had Vacuvins for years: looks as though this is the
same principle in decanters, plus there's a nice red gauge.
I always wondered, if you pump too much, will your bottle
(or decanter) implode?

 BF> 3.)  My favorite:  Wine Aging System.  The Pocket Professional is
 BF> $99.95, and $299.95 for the Elegance 3 piece set.    
 BF> "...scientifically-designed device made from a mix of precious metals."
 BF> "....when dipped into a glass of wine, will age the wine one year for
 BF> each second the alloy is in contact with the wine,"     [If someone
 BF> distracts you during use, there goes a good wine.....over the hill in
 BF> seconds!] 

What's this putting metal into your wine bit? I'd like to do
an experiment - take a bottle of cheap hooch, pour it into
(say) 6 glasses and "age" them say 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10
years/seconds and see what the change is, if any. Not
enough to buy a set or ask anyone to do so on my account.
Nor enough to try this experiment on a bottle of nice wine.

 BF> 4.)  The Amazing Wine Clip, $34.95    "....uses principles of
 BF> magnetics to instantaniously improve the taste of the wine as it is
 BF> being poured from the bottle."   "makes wine [especially young, tannic
 BF> reds} smoother and immediately more pleasure to drink."  "....less
 BF> tannic taste, a more pleasant aroma...."   [The clip snaps around the
 BF> bottle neck.  There is an arrow on the clip so that you don't get on
 BF> backwards.   If you do get it wrong -- I hate to think about what that
 BF> backwards magnatism could do! ]

Again, I'd like to try it forwards and frowards, just to see.
Can it replace the tannins in a dead old wine?

 BF> 5.)  Wine Lovers Chocolate Collection  $39.95   Six Chocolate blends,
 BF> each to specifically go with one of 6 different wines.  Six 3.5 oz
 BF> tins.   That's $35,45 a pound.  Seems reasonable, they aren't candy
 BF> bars, they come each in  a fancy, colorful little tin.

That's easy:

Cabernet Sauvignon - no chocolate
Merlot - no chocolate
Pinot Noir - no chocolate
Syrah - perhaps a little dark chocolate
Zinfandel - perhaps a little dark chocolate
Port - chocolate

I actually do like Cabernet and chocolate - but I'd prefer
Cabernet and no chocolate followed by chocolate and no Cabernet.

 BF> I guess I'll get one of each.  Boy, will I be a full blown
 BF> connoisseur!  MLoo will be blindly jealous!

Yip. And rarin' for an invite to visit Whitbeck Road again.

Manhattan
cat: booze
servings: 1

3/4 oz Martini & Rossi Red Vermouth
2 1/2 oz bourbon whiskey
1 dash bitters
1 maraschino cherry
1 twist orange peel

Combine vermouth, bourbon, and bitters with two or three ice cubes
in a mixing glass and stir gently. Place the cherry in a chilled
cocktail glass and strain the whiskey mixture into it. Rub the cut
edge of the orange peel over the rim of the glass and twist it
over the drink to release its oils - but don't drop it in. 

Martini Bar, Dolce & Gabbana, Milan
[I wonder if there's a Newark cocktail?]


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