Merry Christmas fellow hobos.
Had a quick question for Greg regarding brandy since Beth just had to buy some for the sauce she made for our bread pudding today. She ended up with Asbach Uralt after staring for some minutes at the astonishing array and finally deciding on a slightly higher price point. So...is this going to be worth drinking seeing as she only needed 1/4 cup for the sauce and we now have a rather large bottle remaining?
Had a quick question for Greg regarding brandy since Beth just had to buy some for the sauce she made for our bread pudding today. She ended up with Asbach Uralt after staring for some minutes at the astonishing array and finally deciding on a slightly higher price point. So...is this going to be worth drinking seeing as she only needed 1/4 cup for the sauce and we now have a rather large bottle remaining?
posted by Tim | 8:39 PM
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To be honest Tim, I'm not too knowledgeable about Brandy. Whiskey (and it's regional Bourbon) is really a grain alcohol, which is what I generally find myself drinking. Brandy is essentially distilled wine--which is a gross overstatement of its science.
But with that said, using Asbach Uralt in bread pudding is akin to using the latest multi-core intel processor for text-based email. Overkill would be a nice way of putting it.
Brandy of that caliber is really best suited for a (brandy) sniffer. It can be used in cocktails and cooking--and to great results. However, the subtle (flavor) nuances will likely be lost.
Yeah--Beth did good.
Hey--any news on the baby front? I actually about sent you an email the other day--Ella can correctly identify the DVI port, Ethernet port, Firewire (both 400 and 800 varieties) and USB. (Although she calls ethernet "efernet", firewire is "firewiahwiah" and usb has been reduced to just "B!"
Keep us posted on this baby thing. I know we're all interested to hear and know if, when and how this all goes down.
(Further--I've got a good friend from the U that are in the process of going through China as we speak. After talking to him about it at some length, I have every bit of respect for that grueling process...)
Another thing that I forgot to mention is that (at least with grain alcohol) there's a law of diminishing returns. For about 25 to 35 bucks, you can get some really great quality product. For about 50 bucks, some stuff that's phenomenal--perhaps for special occasions. Anything above 50 bucks is really tough to justify.
The best whiskey I've ever had was some obscenely expensive 100 year old single malt--which got me turned on to the whole thing. But truth be told, the amount the guy paid for the bottle wasn't worth it. (He was an exceedingly eccentric man.)
Thanks. I'm glad we got a good bottle of brandy for the 4ish oz's Beth needed. I'm also all about using my 64 bit processor + GeForce 6800 to browse the web too. :)
The baby is due any day. So, any day we'll be zipping to Florida to begin the paperwork dance and start our new life. I'll be posting some pictures at like 2 in the morning...
And don't forget, you use the efernet to catch an efer bunny. :)
Please keep us posted Tim. I know this is a massive life change, and it will knock your socks off... (You thought school was hard?) But I'd love to hear as much of a play by play as you guys can share.
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