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Mary Fisher wrote:
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From Wikipedia

A Mimosa is a cocktail-like drink composed of three parts champagne
and two parts thoroughly chilled orange juice, traditionally served
in a tall champagne flute with a morning brunch. It is also often
served to early guests at weddings, and in first class on jet
airliners.

I don't rate Wiki. Also, all those recipes are a waste of champagne!

Well... yes and no. Champagne is fabulous if it's drunk ice-cold within
10 minutes of opening, and a bottle should be poured into half a dozen
small glasses to be enjoyed at once. Allowed to lose more than a little
of its sparkle, however, it's a pretty poor excuse for white wine. :-)

Ice cold?

A good wine never needs to have its flavour chilled out of it :-(

I agree that it should be drunk immediately - ten minutes is far too long,
by that time you should have opened a second bottle.

That's what we'll be doing today, for my birthday!

Mimosa is a plant or tree.

Uhhh, yeah. I was the one with the tentative "mimosa" tree-ID, remember?

At my age my short term memory is shot. That's why I need a second bottle
.... and if I forget that ...

:-)


I was once very proud to grow a mimosa
(sensitive plant) from seed, a son would take it with him when he
bathed, he 'exercised' it by stroking the open fronds and watched
them close.
Ah well, there are worse things for an adolescent to do in the bath.

Such as - perhaps - stroking closed fronds and watching them open? ;-)

That certainly would be unusual :-)

Mary