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Cheryl Isaak · 23-12-2007, 10:13 PM posted to rec.gardens.edible,rec.gardens

On 12/23/07 12:08 PM, in article
, "Billy"
wrote:

In article ,
Cheryl Isaak wrote:

On 12/22/07 10:50 PM, in article
, "Billy"
wrote:

In article ,
Cheryl Isaak wrote:

On 12/22/07 3:35 PM, in article
, "Billy"
wrote:

In article ,
Omelet wrote:

In article ,
Cheryl Isaak wrote:

On 12/22/07 12:52 PM, in article
, "Frank"
frankdotlogullo@comcastperiodnet wrote:

Billy wrote:
Happy Solstice :-)

Short day means long night - for drinking

Don't mention drinking - not after that last bottle we opened last night
-
after three excellent merlots, the fourth was a dog and I have a tight
head
now...
Fortunately, I never drink too much. I pass out first.

Vitamin B-12.
And Milk Thistle. ;-)

Not that I would know but you might try niacin. It maintain the levels
of alcohol dehydrogenase, the first step in detoxifying, uh, so I've
been told;-)

I assumed you never entered de-tox.

I rarely have more than a glass or two of anything. And that last bottle
didn't seem to be the quality of the first two. That's my position and I'm
sticking to it...

That is why you start with the best wine first. With any luck , you
won't notice any defects in the last wine:-)
Conversely, you may not appreciate the good qualities of the good wine,
if it is served last.

Actually, it went good bottle (a split), decent bottle, really good bottle
(just by accident) and then that not so good one...

So, just to make sure we have our nomenclature straight, you started
with a 187 ml bottle of bubbly and, then proceeded on to three 750 ml
bottles?

No -the split was a merlot in "convenience size" with one neighbor, prior to
dinner, the rest with 5 neighbors after dinner....
At the risk of appearing a wee bit of a debaucher, I have noticed, that
with advancing age, on those occasions when I open more than three
bottles, that invariably one of them is off. I know this because the
next day I feel like hell.

Anyway, the Holiday Season is looming in the headlights. It will soon be
past us. So if you are going to be imprudent, the next eight days offer
the best window of opportunity. So, "laisse le bon temps roule". Your
most embarrassing event of the year will be over and you can settle back
in to your comfortable and predictable habits.
I'm not likely to have anything beyond a little scotch on Xmas Eve for a
while - this was highly unusual for me

Yeah, Brothers and Sisters, don't forget the parable of Mark Twain and
his Aunt Hattie. Mark had been laid low, very low, and was up close to
death's door, when the doctor said,"too many children jumping on the
bed". Uh, ah, humm, actually that's another story. What the doctor said
was, "Mark, you gotta cut out your smokin', an' drinkin', and swearin'
or you're gonna' die". Well sir, for a while Mark cut out his drinkin',
an' smokin', and swearin' and, in good time, he was restored to health.

Shortly afterwards, Mark's Aunt Hattie came down with the exact same
symptoms as Mark had had. Mark rushed to her bedside to comfort her, and
told her the very same thing as the doctor had told him. Aunt Hattie,
Mark said,"You you gotta cut out your smokin', an' drinkin', and
swearin' Aunt Hattie or you're gonna' die". Aunt Hattie gave Mark a
sharp look and said, "Mark, you know I don't smoke, or drink, or
swear". Well the up-shot of it all was that Aunt Hattie died.

The moral of the parable is that it's good to have ballast that you can
throw overboard in bad times :-)
Snicker - lot

Now, if the cognac will just last until January.

What's your pleasure? I like Remy, but haven't had some in the house in
quite a while

C