I'm actually a fan of that most disparaged RfM tradition: the Friday What Are We Drinking thread. Not because I want to indulge in sophomoric WoW flouting, but because I truly love to eat and drink and I enjoy gastronomic advice of all kinds. I credit Thomas Harris's fictional creation, Hannibal Lecter as one of my epicure mentors: who knew pork cheeks could be so soft, so flavorful? And while I've not followed him into his more taboo interests, I also bow before his expertise in all matters of the vine.
So...here's my contribution towards encouraging more MDB sybaritism.
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I just finished my last batch of papers. No. More. Grading.
FOR EIGHT MONTHS!!!
Yay, me.
Thus, I am sitting down to a luncheon of cheese and wine. Three cheeses: an aged Gouda (which is also a favorite of my cat, Blixa), an artisanal hard cheese infused with hops, and the glorious named soft cheese, the Stinking Bishop (see http://www.teddingtoncheese.co.uk/acatalog/de339.htm). While I believe that "Stinking Bishop" should become the official exmo cheese, I must say even a believer can enjoy its majesty. No HG needed to feel this!
I'm also enjoying a Spanish red---a Llicorella Priorat. This is a garnet shaded wine grown in an especially dry and gravelly area---said to impart a "mineral quality".
That's not all.
I am prideful and vain about my cooking skillz. Tonight I will be making a variation on a Filipino bitter melon recipe. I serve mine with bean threads and cooked in sambal ooelek. Bitter melon, folks. You may not like it the first time you try it, but I promise your second serving will convince you.
Epicurean hedonistic pleasure. Food! Drink! Etc.!!
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_Blixa
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Epicurean hedonistic pleasure. Food! Drink! Etc.!!
From the Ernest L. Wilkinson Diaries: "ELW dreams he's spattered w/ grease. Hundreds steal his greasy pants."
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_The Nehor
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Re: Epicurean hedonistic pleasure. Food! Drink! Etc.!!
Stop!!!!! You're making me want to go out and get a platter of nice cheeses.
"Surely he knows that DCP, The Nehor, Lamanite, and other key apologists..." -Scratch clarifying my status in apologetics
"I admit it; I'm a petty, petty man." -Some Schmo
"I admit it; I'm a petty, petty man." -Some Schmo
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_The Nehor
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Blixa wrote:Two words. Stinking. Bishop. I dare you.
Three words: Broke College Student. Would love to but I'm running low on money this month :(
"Surely he knows that DCP, The Nehor, Lamanite, and other key apologists..." -Scratch clarifying my status in apologetics
"I admit it; I'm a petty, petty man." -Some Schmo
"I admit it; I'm a petty, petty man." -Some Schmo
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_Mercury
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The Nehor wrote:Blixa wrote:Two words. Stinking. Bishop. I dare you.
Three words: Broke College Student. Would love to but I'm running low on money this month :(
I know a great way to give yourself a ten percent raise
And crawling on the planet's face
Some insects called the human race
Lost in time
And lost in space...and meaning
Some insects called the human race
Lost in time
And lost in space...and meaning
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_The Nehor
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Mercury wrote:The Nehor wrote:Blixa wrote:Two words. Stinking. Bishop. I dare you.
Three words: Broke College Student. Would love to but I'm running low on money this month :(
I know a great way to give yourself a ten percent raise
Not likely, I currently have no income. So an infinite # of 10% raises will do me no good.
"Surely he knows that DCP, The Nehor, Lamanite, and other key apologists..." -Scratch clarifying my status in apologetics
"I admit it; I'm a petty, petty man." -Some Schmo
"I admit it; I'm a petty, petty man." -Some Schmo