tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post1375029733300269702..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Food PairingsAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-74734831171175818792019-03-02T20:12:37.454-05:002019-03-02T20:12:37.454-05:00I'm glad you're hoppy with your discovery....I'm glad you're hoppy with your discovery. My experience was a little different. I tried a sampler in a German beer garden, and tasted each variety with each type of food on the plate. No pairing tasted good. The food was fine by itself. The beers, by themselves, had a way to go before they rose to "meh." It was bottled water for me for the rest of the conference.jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-70646572938107857092019-03-02T15:11:29.191-05:002019-03-02T15:11:29.191-05:00It drives my husband crazy that i don't care w...It drives my husband crazy that i don't care what goes with what. I don't doubt that it makes a difference to him or to other with more sophisticated palates than mine, but I genuinely have no preference about which wine goes with which food, or which side with which main course. Also, although I have strong preferences for some wines over others, 'm a barbarian when it comes to beer and can barely distinguish one from another. In a cooler, I grab the first one that comes to hand. Has to be super-cold, though.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-6342720352260488232019-03-02T02:27:37.296-05:002019-03-02T02:27:37.296-05:00Apparently I have no taste in either beer or wine ...Apparently I have no taste in either beer or wine (what's wrong with a box???) except for the few brands/labels I've tried that were so bad I committed them to memory so I'd never experience them again. Thus, when laying in supplies for visitors I stock up on what they've all previously told me they like -- Fat Tire and Shiner Bock. For wine, Murphy-Goode for special occasions, Apothic for everyday. Brands don't seem too important for champagne or prosecco, as long as I buy the good OJ. I'm a sucker for cool names too -- Insurrection was a winner recently.<br /><br />It's whisky where I get picky. I will occasionally pay outrageous prices. I'm probably a bit snobbish too, but there's only one whisky I've tried that is on my never-want-to-taste it again list and that's Tin Cup. I so wanted to like a Colorado whisky, but to me it's spit-it-out-and-pour-it-down-the-drain bad.<br /><br />One thing I've never been able to come up with was a good beer or wine pairing for chicken fried steak. Nothing works but sweet tea. Donna B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16771075314473811594noreply@blogger.com