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Title: cbayer primitive looking for more suggestions on wine
Post by: franksolich on November 17, 2013, 10:58:50 AM
http://www.democraticunderground.com/115734415

Oh my.

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Morphia (30 posts)   Sun Nov 17, 2013, 06:57 AM

The Wine Thread

I have not seen anything on wine in this group and wine and food do go together so I decided to share a few inexpensive red wines that are very food friendly.
 
I have one rule when it come to wine..."If I like, I drink, if I don't like I don't drink"
 
The more wine you drink the better one will be at determining what they do and do not like.
 
All are less then $15....All food friendly reds and pretty much go with anything
 
Carpineto - Dogajolo

Masi - Modello Delle Venezie

Gerard Bertrand - Reserve Special Pinot Noir

Louis Latour - Beaujolais-Villages Chameroy

Happy Drinking!

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cbayer (125,639 posts)    Sun Nov 17, 2013, 11:50 AM

4. Thanks for the suggestions!

I am currently in Mexico and exploring their wines.

They are wonderful and generally not exported. The prices are very reasonable as well.
 
Love that you have started this thread and look forward to suggestions from others.

<<<bets the cbayer primitive, who's had a drinking problem for years, decades, is exploring Mexican wines really thoroughly.
Title: cbayer primitive goes on strike
Post by: franksolich on November 17, 2013, 11:06:33 AM
http://www.democraticunderground.com/115734420

Oh my.

First off, dear old sweet lazy Lu, who thinks posting this topic heading is all the work she has to do, as hostess of the cooking and baking forum:

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Lucinda (17,365 posts)    Sun Nov 17, 2013, 09:55 AM

What's for Dinner ~ Sunday Nov 17th

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bif (15,745 posts)    Sun Nov 17, 2013, 10:38 AM

1. Leftover jambalaya

I made a shload of it last night.

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cbayer (125,639 posts)    Sun Nov 17, 2013, 11:55 AM

2. On strike.

Will be fixing something for myself and that's it.

The above's the whole campfire at the moment; I'm confident, since Skins's island leaks like a sieve, we'll find out what's up with the cbayer primitive's marital spat sooner or later.
Title: Re: cbayer primitive looking for more suggestions on wine
Post by: Skul on November 17, 2013, 11:08:49 AM
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cbayer (125,639 posts)    Sun Nov 17, 2013, 11:50 AM

4. Thanks for the suggestions!
I am currently in Mexico and exploring their wines.
Found a bottle of 2012 vintage MD20/20 at a convenience store in Ensenada.  :fuelfire:
Title: Re: cbayer primitive looking for more suggestions on wine
Post by: franksolich on November 17, 2013, 11:10:16 AM
Found a bottle of 2012 vintage MD20/20 at a convenience store in Ensenada.  :fuelfire:

She's been really gloating in that she's been hanging around a place the cousin's afraid to go to.
Title: Re: cbayer primitive looking for more suggestions on wine
Post by: Dori on November 17, 2013, 11:16:34 AM
She's been really gloating in that she's been hanging around a place the cousin's afraid to go to.

Isn't she on a boat?
Title: Re: cbayer primitive looking for more suggestions on wine
Post by: Skul on November 17, 2013, 11:18:36 AM
Isn't she on a boat?
It was a float-in, convenience store.  :tongue:
Title: Re: cbayer primitive looking for more suggestions on wine
Post by: franksolich on November 17, 2013, 11:26:10 AM
Isn't she on a boat?

Yeah, and she alternates between bragging about it, and complaining about it.

After her first husband divorced her and took the kids (all now adults) so they'd have a chance in life, she met an eccentric English guy loaded with money, who's out on a quest to save Mother Gaia by using as few resources as possible.  They live on a boat, trying to be as minimal as possible.

Problem, however.

The boat's about 300 square feet--smaller than the living room here--and since they're crowded too tightly, they get on each other's nerves a lot.  Her drinking problem doesn't help.

And then there's another problem.

While they live on the boat, it's true they're very sparing and austere in what they use up.

However.

However.

However.

They live on the boat only about a quarter of the time; the other three-quarters of the time, they're gallivanting around the country, renting super-deluxe luxury vehicles and staying in five-star hotel suites--they've even flown first-class in great big huge energy-consuming jets to former British East Africa.

What resources they "save" by living on a boat is wiped out the first ten minutes they're not on the boat.
Title: Re: cbayer primitive goes on strike
Post by: Delmar on November 17, 2013, 11:26:37 AM
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cbayer (125,639 posts)    Sun Nov 17, 2013, 11:55 AM

2. On strike.

Will be fixing something for myself and that's it.

There is nothing wrong with her saying that she's only fixing something for herself and that's it but when she emphasizes that she is on strike, that makes it sound like her husband is in the doghouse.  I wonder if fixing meals is the only act or function that she is withholding?
Title: Re: cbayer primitive goes on strike
Post by: Dori on November 17, 2013, 11:31:34 AM
I wonder if fixing meals is the only act or function that she is withholding?

Ewwww........ :panic:

Just the thought of DUmmies doing each other makes me  :puke:
Title: Re: cbayer primitive looking for more suggestions on wine
Post by: GOBUCKS on November 17, 2013, 11:31:40 AM

The boat's about 300 square feet--smaller than the living room here--and since they're crowded too tightly, they get on each other's nerves a lot.  Her drinking problem doesn't help.

And don't forget that on a boat the usable living space is only about a third of the boat's area.

So forget about the living room. They're jammed together in the space of a guest bedroom closet.
Title: Re: cbayer primitive looking for more suggestions on wine
Post by: Delmar on November 17, 2013, 11:31:52 AM
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I have one rule when it come to wine..."If I like, I drink, if I don't like I don't drink"

If she finds that she doesn't like some wine and doesn't finish it does she just pour the remainder overboard?
Title: Re: cbayer primitive looking for more suggestions on wine
Post by: Dori on November 17, 2013, 11:35:05 AM
If she finds that she doesn't like some wine and doesn't finish it does she just pour the remainder overboard?

Probably stirs in some kool aid to repurpose it. 
Title: Re: cbayer primitive goes on strike
Post by: franksolich on November 17, 2013, 11:37:31 AM
There is nothing wrong with her saying that she's only fixing something for herself and that's it but when she emphasizes that she is on strike, that makes it sound like her husband is in the doghouse.  I wonder if fixing meals is the only act or function that she is withholding?

Well, here's their situation: they had a marital spat while the boat was still parked up in California; he took off somewhere and made her stay on the boat, and she wasn't too happy.

Then he came back, and they decided to take a cruise, down Mexico way, through the Panama Canal, around the Caribbean, up into the Mississippi River, and then over on the Missouri River.  I've in the past invited the two of them to camp on the river here in the Sandhills of Nebraska, and yes, they can get here going that way, taking a left turn at Omaha on the Missouri River, and floating up the Elkhorn River to my back porch.

I dunno if they're going to do the last part, but the invitation's still there, and still good.

They crept out in the middle of the night, skipping out on the rent, going down the Baja Mexico peninsula and then up again to the top, reaching Ensenada, where they're watching some sort of regatta.

They've been there a while, and I think the cbayer primitive's getting bored, while he wants to hang around more.
Title: Re: cbayer primitive looking for more suggestions on wine
Post by: franksolich on November 17, 2013, 11:44:00 AM
I decided to merge these two threads into one--they're my threads, after all.

 :tongue:
Title: Re: cbayer primitive looking for more suggestions on wine
Post by: franksolich on November 17, 2013, 12:00:30 PM
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bif (15,746 posts)    Sun Nov 17, 2013, 12:16 PM

7. I had no idea Mexico produced wines

Some of their beers are excellent. Mainly because the breweries were built by Germans.

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cbayer (125,642 posts)    Sun Nov 17, 2013, 12:22 PM

9. Northern baja - excellent wines.

They are generally very small vineyards and not sold much outside of the region.
 
I had hoped to go up and tour some of them, but may not get to it before I leave. VERY expensive to go up and spend the night and I've got really strict rules about drinking and driving.
Title: Re: cbayer primitive looking for more suggestions on wine
Post by: BattleHymn on November 17, 2013, 01:27:31 PM
Considering the lack of room on that tiny boat, I found how she managed to fit four bottles of wine in it: 

(http://images.winecommunicationsgroup.com/image/wv_2009-12-17_Seghesio-mini.jpg)
Title: Re: cbayer primitive looking for more suggestions on wine
Post by: franksolich on November 17, 2013, 01:29:17 PM
Considering the lack of room on that tiny boat, I found how she managed to fit four bottles of wine in it:

That's what I always figured; they used those little miniature "bottles" similar with what used to be given away on airplanes and bar cars on trains.
Title: Re: cbayer primitive looking for more suggestions on wine
Post by: Dori on November 17, 2013, 01:34:00 PM
Considering the lack of room on that tiny boat, I found how she managed to fit four bottles of wine in it: 


why doesn't she just drag the wine bottles in the water behind the boat?

I was watching a news clip about wine being aged in the ocean.  I guess it works, speeding up the ageing process.

Title: Re: cbayer primitive looking for more suggestions on wine
Post by: BattleHymn on November 17, 2013, 01:41:00 PM
why doesn't she just drag the wine bottles in the water behind the boat?

I was watching a news clip about wine being aged in the ocean.  I guess it works, speeding up the ageing process.



I would imagine if there is a William Pitt fish, dragging some alcohol in tow behind your vessel would be one way to chum the waters.
Title: Re: cbayer primitive looking for more suggestions on wine
Post by: franksolich on November 17, 2013, 05:01:35 PM
In reference to the cbayer primitive's marital spat:

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fizzgig (18,830 posts)   Sun Nov 17, 2013, 01:20 PM

8. uh oh

you ok?

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cbayer (125,661 posts)    Sun Nov 17, 2013, 01:26 PM

10. I'm fine, but someone is about to find out how lucky they are.

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maddezmom (133,307 posts)    Sun Nov 17, 2013, 03:30 PM

18. Uh oh!

Somebody is in trouble

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cbayer (125,661 posts)   Sun Nov 17, 2013, 03:32 PM

19. Yep.

Big trouble.

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maddezmom (133,307 posts)    Sun Nov 17, 2013, 03:43 PM

22. What phase are you in now

The silent treatment or the not so silent treatment?

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cbayer (125,661 posts)    Sun Nov 17, 2013, 04:04 PM

23. Silent.

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greatauntoftriplets (133,615 posts)    Sun Nov 17, 2013, 04:09 PM                                           0

24. Oh dear.

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NJCher (15,901 posts)    Sun Nov 17, 2013, 04:35 PM

29. do like my cats

When you're through with your lovely meal, sit there and smack your lips with a satisfied look on your face.

Then walk off and take a nap.

on edit: I forgot to mention that you should sway your hips when you walk off.

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cbayer (125,661 posts)    Sun Nov 17, 2013, 04:42 PM

33. Lol! That's exactly what I intend to do, cher.

I will also make lots of purring sounds while devouring my wonderful food.

The swaying of the hips will be a nice touch, lol.

Now, extrapolating from all this, it looks as if this happened: upon their arrival in Ensenada several days ago, the eccentric English husband hooked up with a local muchacha, and they hopped around in the sack.  And as it turns out, the eccentric English husband is now afflicted with the sifilis, which he then unwittingly passed on to the cbayer primitive.

It makes about as much sense as any other theory, I guess.
Title: Re: cbayer primitive looking for more suggestions on wine
Post by: franksolich on November 17, 2013, 05:03:50 PM
And this, appropos of nothing:

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grasswire (38,397 posts)    Sun Nov 17, 2013, 02:24 PM

14. orange marmalade

Making a batch for my dear elderly auntie. The senior facility disabled her stove because she spilled some coffee grounds on a burner and set off the smoke alarm. So they disabled her stove! Now she can't make her orange marmalade (or her grilled cheese sammies either!) She's left with just a microwave and toaster.
 
Well, as for supper -- don't know yet. I'm turned off most meat lately -- it is just less and less appealing. Grilled cheese and soup sounds more appealing.
Title: Re: cbayer primitive looking for more suggestions on wine
Post by: franksolich on November 17, 2013, 05:17:07 PM
And there's this curious exchange:

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greatauntoftriplets (133,617 posts)    Sun Nov 17, 2013, 04:09 PM

24. Oh dear.

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cbayer (125,662 posts)    Sun Nov 17, 2013, 04:18 PM

26. Hello, dear Sheila!

Wish I was in your neighborhood. I would come over to have some of your delicious dinner!

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greatauntoftriplets (133,617 posts)    Sun Nov 17, 2013, 04:20 PM

27. You'd be delayed about two hours! Airports are messed up.

Had big storms here with hail and high winds, tornadoes downstate and in the far SW suburbs.

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cbayer (125,662 posts)   Sun Nov 17, 2013, 04:39 PM

31. I didn't even know about that. Oh, well. Scratch that.

I just got my GOES pass that will let me avoid lines for border crossings and both national and international flights. Can't wait to test it out.

<<<wonders if the cbayer primitive is planning on running away from the eccentric English husband.
Title: Re: cbayer primitive looking for more suggestions on wine
Post by: Delmar on November 17, 2013, 05:17:49 PM
In reference to the cbayer primitive's marital spat:

Now, extrapolating from all this, it looks as if this happened: upon their arrival in Ensenada several days ago, the eccentric English husband hooked up with a local muchacha, and they hopped around in the sack.  And as it turns out, the eccentric English husband is now afflicted with the sifilis, which he then unwittingly passed on to the cbayer primitive.

It makes about as much sense as any other theory, I guess.

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cbayer (125,661 posts)    Sun Nov 17, 2013, 01:26 PM

10. I'm fine, but someone is about to find out how lucky they are.

Someone is going to get reminded how lucky he should consider himself and he may even concede it.  But will he really believe it?  Cbayer should be careful that she doesn't push her mealticket too far while she's purring over her food, she might push him right off into the arms of the young, exotic, nubile muchacha for good.
Title: Re: cbayer primitive looking for more suggestions on wine
Post by: franksolich on November 17, 2013, 05:21:01 PM
Someone is going to get reminded how lucky he should consider himself and he may even concede it.  But will he really believe it?  Cbayer should be careful that she doesn't push her mealticket too far while she's purring over her food, she might push him right off into the arms of the young, exotic, nubile muchacha for good.

Well, considering that she lost her first husband, and her children, and the good life in Massachusetts because of her drinking problem, perhaps this second time around, it might serve the cbayer primitive well to treat her second husband with more courtesy and respect.
Title: Re: cbayer primitive looking for more suggestions on wine
Post by: Skul on November 17, 2013, 07:28:29 PM
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cbayer (125,661 posts)    Sun Nov 17, 2013, 01:26 PM

10. I'm fine, but someone is about to find out how lucky they are.
In honest words, he ain't gettin' none. :lmao:
I might consider that lucky.
Title: Re: cbayer primitive looking for more suggestions on wine
Post by: GOBUCKS on November 17, 2013, 09:47:11 PM
Hard to believe coach allowed poor addled grasswipe's s*****s abomination into his post.

I would starve before I called a sandwich a s****e.

I feel queasy.
Title: Re: cbayer primitive looking for more suggestions on wine
Post by: franksolich on November 17, 2013, 09:50:48 PM
I would starve before I called a sandwich a s****e.

Yeah, but remember the source.

I imagine Judy does a lot of baby-babble.
Title: Re: cbayer primitive looking for more suggestions on wine
Post by: Skul on November 17, 2013, 09:52:50 PM
Hard to believe coach allowed poor addled grasswipe's s*****s abomination into his post.

I would starve before I called a sandwich a s****e.

I feel queasy.
I think I'm kefunklegasted.

and queasy
Title: Re: cbayer primitive looking for more suggestions on wine
Post by: GOBUCKS on November 17, 2013, 10:45:21 PM
Yeah, but remember the source.

I imagine Judy does a lot of baby-babble.
It's the kind of word Sparkly Mike might use.
Title: Re: cbayer primitive looking for more suggestions on wine
Post by: Ptarmigan on November 17, 2013, 10:49:39 PM
Going to DU for wine advice.  :???: :mental:
Title: Re: cbayer primitive looking for more suggestions on wine
Post by: franksolich on November 18, 2013, 08:05:03 AM

I'm wondering how close Judy is, to understanding that she's probably going to be joining her "dear elderly auntie" in the rest home, oh, surely within two years from now.

I have no doubt it's already been discussed among her guardians, where to put mom, grandma, great-grandma, great-great-grandma, and they hope to find a rest home that doesn't allow its inmates access to computers and the internet, so she can't embarrass them any more by looking silly.

If I were the pie-and-jam primitive, I'd be pretty wary whenever one of my descendants suggested, "Hey, let's go for a car ride....."