[EmpaccalGah]

Originally posted by Elok
In the case of wine, however, the overpowering taste of indescribable nastiness found in most of them is too strong for me to believe people can taste cherries and blueberries and who-knows-what but somehow fail to notice the subtle hints of ASS. Would you just take my word for it?

[jisee]

Do you really think there's a conspiracy, then?

[adunnyByday]

No, "conspiracy" would imply explicit but secret communication. I think it's more of an implicit yet open consensus among wine critics to make themselves like garbage to increase their own sense of importance. I suppose it's also boosted by an infatuation with wine-snob culture which nullifies the cruddiness of the actual product; rap music has lots of fans despite being terrible by any reasonable standard, just because some people are in love with its moronic gold-spangled thug image.

Technically it could just be that they have a fondness for unpleasant things, like some kind of weird taste equivalent to S & M. It's just that the similarities to the modern art community are so plain that I'm inclined to the hypothesis I've given.

[sDePrx59]

Originally posted by Asher


A "martini" is made with gin, a "vodka martini" is made with...vodka.

A simple google search will tell you the phrase "vodka martini" is far more popular than "vodkatini" (which I'd never heard before). I'm trying very hard not to let this reply annoy me. I keep telling myself that I'm not allowed to be annoyed -- I'm the one who started the martini snobbery. It's not working. I'm annoyed.

[maxfreemann]

Originally posted by snoopy369
Your pee smells like sulfur (and some other stuff), not like asparagus "Guns don't kill people, bullets kill people, and only when they hit certain organs."

[GrileVege]

Originally posted by Elok


"Guns don't kill people, bullets kill people, and only when they hit certain organs." Asparagus, unless cooked grossly improperly , does not smell like sulfur.

The sulfur smell comes from the breakdown (organically and otherwise) of the amino acid Methionine, iirc. This will not break down during the cooking process to the point of smelling it unless you overcook your asparagus

And since you don't generally break down amino acids in your mouth, either, you still don't have sulfur...

[Fertionbratte]

Originally posted by Elok
IMO most wine tastes horrendous even when it hasn't aged a day. Merlot, for example, is always basically purple ink. The whole wine industry is run by weird wine snobs who think wine shouldn't taste like it ever had grapes in it. No, it should have "notes of oak, nutmeg, honey and guava" or some crap like that. It doesn't matter what you say it tastes like, since all it really tastes like is bad wine. Jesus man. Is all of your experience with wine from buy stuff that comes in a box at the local ghetto mart?

[mr.videomen]

The current fad for halfwits dismissing Merlot is always fun. I like to get them on one of their rants, whilst they are similarly climaxing with joy over the lovely right-bank Bordeaux I've plied them with, completely unaware that they're drinking a really good Merlot.

[yWleIJm4]

I've had the Chateau Musar but a 2000 and not a 2001. I'm currently on the hunt for an English sparkling wine but no one seems to stock them in my neck of the woods. Does anyone know where I can buy a bottle of Nyetimber Classic Cuvee? I read about them beating out several Champagnes so I'm eager to try it.

[LookSe]

False. For all their faults (and I do like some English food, such as Shepard's Pie and whatnot), they make some good beer.

[anfuckinggs]

You all lie.

[milfovoxapl]

Chinese Pie is superior to Shepard's Pie.

Chicken Pot Pies are awful. I have many horrid memories of those.

[mymnduccete]

Bangers and Mash as well

As well as a Cornish Pastry and Fish & Chips.

[Nadin Maison]

Absolutely ****ing terribly brilliant.

[educationonlines]

And here's the Nyetimber.

http://www.waitrosewine.com/23020178...Term=nyetimber

I get nearly all my wine from Waitrose- the only other dealer I use is Bennetts when feeling rich.

[lopesmili]

Originally posted by Lazarus and the Gimp
The current fad for halfwits dismissing Merlot is always fun. I like to get them on one of their rants, whilst they are similarly climaxing with joy over the lovely right-bank Bordeaux I've plied them with, completely unaware that they're drinking a really good Merlot. Give me a bottle of "Two Buck Chuck" merlot, and I'm a happy guy.