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From: sharen@iscnvx.lmsc.lockheed.com (Sharen A. Rund)
Subject: Re: Recipe for Plum Wine
Organization: Lockheed Missiles and Space Co.
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 17:39:01 GMT

In article <92243.062652BEBO@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> BEBO@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (Bebo White) writes:
>I would like a recipe for making plum wine as quickly as possible
>(i.e., the plums have been picked!!)
>
>Anyone who can help, please respond via e-mail (it's more reliable
>than Netnews).
>
are you sure you really want to go through the bother of straining
the liquid ????

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From: steve@mikejag.wimsey.bc.ca (Steve (PrettyBoy) Barclay)
Subject: Folie a Deux
Organization: mikejag (mike) is a private system in Vancouver, BC, Canada
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 20:44:27 GMT

I have found a wine which I absolutely LOVE, but unfortunately I am in Canada
and the winery is in Napa.  The winery is called Folie a Deux and they have
a Cabernet that I adore.  I can find their Chardonnay which is made in 
larger quantities, but their Cab is not sold outside of the bay area.

Whenever I get down to the Napa Vally I pick up a few bottles, but I'd like
to find something comperable that I can buy up here.

So here's the question.

Is there anybody out there who is familliar with the Folie a Deux 86 Cabernet
Sauvignon, and can suggest anything similar that might be sold in Canada.

Steve

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From: 6500derk@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Derek)
Newsgroups: rec.food.drink
Subject: More Mail-Order Coffee
Keywords: coffee, mail
Date: 26 Aug 92 06:30:49 GMT
Distribution: rec.food.drink

I hope I am not posting something that has already been
posted.  In the September issue of Bon Appetit magazine
there is a listing of mail order coffee around the U.S.
This is on page 28.  In brief it is as follows:

(1) Boston Stoker in Dayton, OH  800-827-JAVA
(2) Caffe Latte in Los Angeles  213 936 5213
(3) Coffee Connection in Boston  800 284 JAVA
(4) Gillie's Coffee Co. in New York  800 344 5526
(5) Greffeo Coffee in Beverly Hills  800 367 9499
(6) J. Martinez & Co. in Atlanta 800 642 5282
(7) La Creme Coffee & Tea in Dallas 214 369 4188
(8) Lion Coffee in Hawaii  800 338 8353
(9) Peet's Coffee & Tea in San Francisco  800 999 2132
(10)Starbuck's Coffe Co. in Seattle  800 445 3428
(11)Torrefazione Italia  Seattle  800 827 2333

Post if you have any luck with any of these.

Derek
University of California at Santa Barbara
6500derk@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu
From: kehlet@baudelaire.Eng.Sun.COM (Dave Kehlet)
Newsgroups: rec.food.drink
Subject: transferring wine: pump?
Date: 28 Aug 1992 15:22:06 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems
Distribution: world
Reply-To: kehlet@baudelaire.Eng.Sun.COM
NNTP-Posting-Host: baudelaire

So far I've been siphoning my wine when I need to transfer it for racking
or bottling.  This is a real pain, particularly since my barrel is inches
above the floor and too heavy to lift.  Furthermore, I always have to
restart the siphon if the end lifts up and meanwhile my wine gets tons of air
contact.

I've been thinking of buying a fish tank centrifugal pump to help me
move the wine around.  I'd just hook up fittings to the pump and to 
some hoses, mount the pump to a base and pump away.

Has anyone else done something like this?  Naturally a real wine pump
at over $3K is not appropriate so I thought I'd try this.

Dave



Newsgroups: rec.food.drink
From: sharen@iscnvx.lmsc.lockheed.com (Sharen A. Rund)
Subject: Re: Folie a Deux
Organization: Lockheed Missiles and Space Co.
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 17:42:39 GMT

In article <1992Aug30.204427.8722@mikejag.wimsey.bc.ca> steve@mikejag.wimsey.bc.ca (Steve (PrettyBoy) Barclay) writes:
>I have found a wine which I absolutely LOVE, but unfortunately I am in Canada
>and the winery is in Napa.  The winery is called Folie a Deux and they have
>a Cabernet that I adore.  I can find their Chardonnay which is made in 
>larger quantities, but their Cab is not sold outside of the bay area.
>
>Whenever I get down to the Napa Vally I pick up a few bottles, but I'd like
>to find something comperable that I can buy up here.
>
>So here's the question.
>
>Is there anybody out there who is familliar with the Folie a Deux 86 Cabernet
>Sauvignon, and can suggest anything similar that might be sold in Canada.
>
a little piece of potpouri first: did you know that this winery was
started by two psychiatrists??? hence, the name

second, I'll ask around and see what gets sent out

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From: BEBO@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (Bebo White)
Newsgroups: rec.food.drink,rec.crafts.brewing
Subject: Recipe for Plum Wine
Date: 30 Aug 92 14:26:52 GMT
Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center

I would like a recipe for making plum wine as quickly as possible
(i.e., the plums have been picked!!)

Anyone who can help, please respond via e-mail (it's more reliable
than Netnews).

Thanks in advance for any help.


Bebo White
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     of SLAC, Stanford University or the DOE
From: scott@festival.ed.ac.uk (Scott Larnach)
Newsgroups: rec.food.drink
Subject: Re: Irish whiskey
Date: 3 Sep 92 16:35:45 GMT

sharen@iscnvx.lmsc.lockheed.com (Sharen A. Rund) writes:

>if I want scotch, I'll drink scotch
>if I want whiskey, I'll drink whiskey
>they do _not_ compare (its like comparing gin to vodka)

Well, I find Bushmills Malt to be comparable, broadly, to some of
the lowland malts such as Auchentoshan. Not the same, by any means, so
I would not say "similar", but I would say "comparable". You can tell
that they are starting with the same ingredients and going about
things in the same way.

I'd say Irish is much closer to Scotch than to American whiskeys,
those I've tried, anyway (Beam, Daniel's, Turkey).

S
From: Timothy.P.Stammers@dartmouth.edu (Timothy P. Stammers)
Newsgroups: rec.food.drink
Subject: Request: Apple Daquiri ???
Date: 25 Aug 92 20:09:17 GMT
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

I am looking for a drink (for my mother in-law/HELP!) called an Apple
Daquiri.  Has anyone out there got a recipe for this?  Please e-mail if
you do.  I would really appreciate it.  Thanks in advance!    - Tim

Tim.Stammers@Dartmouth.EDU
Newsgroups: rec.food.drink
From: joelfire@leland.Stanford.EDU ( Firehammer)
Subject: Cloth coffee filter
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 92 19:09:56 GMT

What kind of cloth works well as a reusable coffee filter, or alternatively,
where could I buy such a thing?
thanks,
joel
Newsgroups: rec.food.drink,alt.party,rec.food.drink
From: rcborcic@bgtys23.bnr.ca (Rob Borcic)
Subject: Eastern European Wines: any advice?
Keywords: wine Bulgaria Hungary
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 92 17:06:35 GMT

I will be spending about a week in each of Czechoslovakia, Hungary and
Bulgaria, and as a wine lover, I was hoping to taste the best wines each
country has to offer.

I know that Hungary has produced wine for a very long time, and I am
anxious to finally try some Tokay. Are there any other Hungarian wines
I should look out for?

Bulgaria is starting to become a big exporter of wine, especially Cabernet
Sauvignon, and Chardonnay too, I think. Does anyone have any suggestions
as to which wineries are the best, which offer tours and/or tastings, etc?
I'll be in Sofia the whole time I'm in Bulgaria, but I'd take a day trip
to go to a winery if one wasn't too far away.

Does Czechoslovakia produce any wine, or should I just stick to the beer?

If anyone has tried any wines from or visited wineries in these countries,
I'd appreciate hearing your comments.

Does anyone know anything about quality control in these countries? Do they
have laws controlling wine production (as in most European countries), or
is it completely unregulated? I would like to know if my bottle actually
contains what its supposed to...

Thanks for your help!
 -Rob

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From: hummell+@pitt.edu (Andrew G Hummell)
Newsgroups: rec.food.drink
Subject: Re: Cinneman Schnapps
Date: 3 Sep 92 07:10:54 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Pittsburgh

In article <Btz0u5.K14@news.udel.edu> kimber@bach.udel.edu (Kimberly Barker) writes:
>Last weekend in Dewey Beach I had a shooter called Fire Water.  It was cinneman
>schnapps with some tabasco thrown in.  It tasted like one of those Red Hot
>candies.  It's a little hard on the stomach, so I wouldn't try one if I've
>already had a lot to drink, but it does taste pretty good.  I have also heard
>them referred to as Red Hots.

Another variation on this is the Fireball...a shooter with 1/2 Cinnamon 
Schnapps and 1/2 cherry brandy.  *Very* nice, indeed. :-)




Andy
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From: ajcarr@ccvax.ucd.ie
Newsgroups: rec.food.drink
Subject: <None>
Date: 30 Aug 92 20:01:10 GMT
Organization: University College Dublin

In article <1992Aug25.214615.1889@osf.org>, bsmith@osf.org (Bruce Smith) writes:
> I was in my favorite beverage emporium the other night when I espied a bottle
> of something called "Powers Irish Whiskey" (Three Swallows). This blend
> seemed a pretty good deal at < $16, but I thought I'd check here before I
> took the plunge. Anyone had this stuff? 
> 
> Bruce Smith


Powers is pretty good (stronger flavour than Jameson's, and a
damn sight less corrosive than Paddy). But, IMHO, you should
look out for whiskey from the Old Bushmills Distillery (Old
Bushmills, Black Bush, and (sigh...) Bushmills Malt). Note that
Powers and Jameson's used to be made in Dublin, but are now
churned out in a mega-distillery in Cork alongside Paddy. The
grain alcohol in the Bushmills blends comes from the same
mega-distillery.

Alun

P.S. We have a beam engine from the old Jameson's distillery
here in our entrance lobby.

Dr Alun J. Carr
Mechanical Engineering Department
University College Dublin
Belfield
Dublin 4

From: billf@hpcvra.cv.hp.com (Bill Faus)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 00:17:16 GMT
Subject: Re: Air-Force Jet Fuel: One Wild Drink? Some questions!
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, OR, USA
Newsgroups: rec.food.drink

>    What purpose does the dry-ice serve? Just to make it cold? Or does it
>add some kind of carbonation? How does one go about removing the dry ice
>from the mixture?

As I remember it, the cold tends to mask the alcohol, which makes
it perfect for loosening up your date.  One of my schoolmates
added powdered tea on the theory that tanin was also a strong
masking agent.  In it's simplest form, one need only mix 
together frozen grape concentrate, frozen lemonade and vodka.

Also known as 'Purple Jesus Punch'.

-bill
Newsgroups: rec.food.drink,alt.party,alt.beer
From: maura@mitre.org
Subject: Request: Egg Nog & Hot Cider Recipes
Organization: The MITRE Corporation, Bedford MA 01730
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 15:07:23 GMT

Hi everyone,
 
Does anyone out there have any good recipes for making egg nog and/or hot
apple cider?  If so, please email me at maura@mitre.org
 
Thanks in advance for any help you may be able to give me.
 
 
Maura Shugrue                  ****Of course, there's more to life than
****Shug****                       chocolate, but WHAT????????****
 
 
Naturally, I speak on my own behalf.
What fun would it be if I could speak for everyone else?
From: rsk@castle.ed.ac.uk (R S Kingston)
Newsgroups: rec.food.drink
Subject: Irish whiskey
Summary: Irish hiskeyDD
Date: 28 Aug 92 15:21:40 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: Edinburgh University

Probably the best Irish whiskey about is the Bushmills single malt.
Its the only Irish single malt and is almost up to scotch standard.
You probably cant get it in the States though, which is just as well as 
you would undoubtedly put ice in it or something....


				slan go foill,
					RK
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From: dleslie@aludra.usc.edu (David Leslie)
Newsgroups: rec.food.drink,alt.party,alt.beer
Subject: Re: new Beer Games index (8/31/92)
Date: 1 Sep 1992 21:46:20 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: aludra.usc.edu


It's great that the internet provides such important resources to
college students. I for one am thankful :)  But seriously, is there
a way to get all the BeerGames in one large file? I'd like to have
them all on file, but don't really want to ftp them one by one.

Dave
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From: visti@cs.hut.fi (Hannu Visti)
Subject: Re: new Beer Games index (8/31/92)
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 16:18:57 GMT

In article <la8hosINNk09@aludra.usc.edu> dleslie@aludra.usc.edu (David Leslie) writes:

 * a way to get all the BeerGames in one large file? I'd like to have
 * them all on file, but don't really want to ftp them one by one.

	There is now all.tar.Z in sauna.cs.hut.fi. 

/hv
Newsgroups: rec.food.drink,ba.food
From: shrum@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Rick Shrum)
Subject: Re: How to dispose of empty paint cans?
Organization: NASA Ames Res. Ctr, Calif.
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 00:25:31 GMT

In article <1992Aug27.202129.455@ultra.com> wayne@ultra.com (Wayne Hathaway) writes:
>Molto sorry -- I have *NO* idea how my question about paint cans
>got posted to ba.food and rec.food.drink.  I do *NOT* classify
>latex paint as either "food" or "drink"!  Sorry ...
>
>    Wayne Hathaway               domain: wayne@Ultra.COM



I've had worse. %^P~



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From: michi@ptcburp.ptcbu.oz.au (Michael Henning)
Newsgroups: rec.food.drink
Subject: Re: Cheap barrel source? (was Re: Rookie Wine Maker Needs Help)
Date: 2 Sep 92 02:27:47 GMT
Organization: Pyramid Technology Corporation

jdc5@typhon.uchicago.edu (Jonathan Cohen) writes:

>In article <8fsS03Ke73U200@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> dougd@uts.amdahl.com (Douglas DeMers) writes:
>>Where'd you get a 56-liter French oak barrel at a reasonable cost?  I'm
>>looking to do a lambic (right - I know it's not a wine) but the cost of
>>such a cask (new) is Very High Indeed (like $6-700).

>When I was in Napa a couple of weeks ago, I noticed that several of
>the winemakers there were selling oak casks to tourists for ~$30 as
>a decoration for your house type item.
>I wonder if this might not be a good source for you, or perhaps it 
>is improper (i.e. unsanitary for the yeast) to ferment in a barrel 
>which has already been used. . . .
>I don't know; educate me.

The problem is that the used barrels you can buy at wineries are *used*.
That is, all the exotic components in the oak which impart flavour to
the wine are leached out, and the barrel now is no better than any other
container (as far as adding oak flavour is concerned). If you want the barrel
for controlled oxidation though, a second hand one may be acceptable.
Be sure to clean it very thoroughly. Better still, have the inside shaved
to remove any residual flavours that may still be present from the wine
that was in the barrel before.

							Michi.
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From: aslakson@nano.cs.umn.edu (Brian Excarnate)
Newsgroups: rec.food.drink
Subject: Beer Games: ftp to cs.umn.edu is down
Date: 23 Aug 92 20:59:51 GMT
Organization: :noitazinagrO

an314@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Timothy Golobic) writes:
>Brian Excarnate and Hannu Visti offered archive space for the games
>to be accessed via anonymous FTP, and have since saved my A LOT of work.
...
>	in the US:  128.101.224.1
>		directory:  usrs/brian/beer
...
>---------------------------------------------------------------------
>IMPORTANT: although these sites are accesible 24 hours a day, please
>limit your access to them between 6pm and 8am REMOTE time.
>---------------------------------------------------------------------

The Sequent Symmetry that is umn-cs.cs.umn.edu has died, and the cs.umn.edu
machine alias is now pointed at mail.cs.umn.edu.  However anonymous ftp
is NOT up.  I still haven't received word on when the Sequent is expected up,
or if/when I could have access to anonymous ftp on one of the other machines
in the department.

So, until further notice, if you want to ftp beer games, goto the Europe
site.  I'm very sorry for the inconvenience, and especially for the time it
took me to post this (I was out of town when umn-cs crashed).

I'll post more when I know more.


Brian Aslakson (I can't get at the beer games myself!)
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From: dlaird@terapin.com (Delbert Laird)
Newsgroups: rec.food.drink
Subject: Top Mixed Drinks...
Date: 30 Aug 92 08:56:52 PST
Organization: BBS

Can any of you bartenders out there give a top ten listing of mixed drinks
served in your state/city/country?  Seeing as people's tastes vary both with
occupational class (don't flame me please) and residence, I'm naturally a bit
curious.

dlaird@terapin.com

"What do you mean 'Last Round'?"
Newsgroups: rec.food.drink
From: steve@mikejag.wimsey.bc.ca (Steve (PrettyBoy) Barclay)
Subject: Re: Folie a Deux
Organization: mikejag (mike) is a private system in Vancouver, BC, Canada
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 03:52:16 GMT

In article <1992Aug30.221429.6973@leland.Stanford.EDU> jchokey@leland.Stanford.EDU (James Alexander Chokey) writes:
>In article <1992Aug30.204427.8722@mikejag.wimsey.bc.ca> steve@mikejag.wimsey.bc.ca (Steve (PrettyBoy) Barclay) writes:
>>I have found a wine which I absolutely LOVE, but unfortunately I am in Canada
>>and the winery is in Napa.  The winery is called Folie a Deux and they have
>>a Cabernet that I adore.  I can find their Chardonnay which is made in 
>>larger quantities, but their Cab is not sold outside of the bay area.
>>
>>Whenever I get down to the Napa Vally I pick up a few bottles, but I'd like
>>to find something comperable that I can buy up here.
>>
>>So here's the question.
>>
>>Is there anybody out there who is familliar with the Folie a Deux 86 Cabernet
>>Sauvignon, and can suggest anything similar that might be sold in Canada.
>>
>
>
>	Unfortunately, I don't have an answer for Steve, but I would like to
>make a few comments about Folie a Deux. 
>
>	First of all, they are perhaps the only winery I know of that produces
>a dry muscat!  I can't really say it's a _great_ wine, but the surprise value
>is incredible.  You smell it and you think, "Ah, a sweet dessert wine." Then
>you taste it, and think, "Now, wait a second!"
>
>	Secondly, of all the wineries I have visited in Napa and Sonoma,
>Folie a Deux has been the most enjoyable visit.  It's a very small place
>off the main road in Napa (with a rather small sign), but the people who
>work there are very friendly, funny, and unpretentious.  (Which is very
>refreshing, particularly if you've just come from, say, Clos Pegase!)  I'd
>say that Folie a Deux really is a "must-visit" winery in Napa.
>
>
>	--  Jim C. <jchokey@leland.stanford.edu>
>
I have to second the opinion of Folie a Deux being a pleasant visit.  They 
really are nice folks, good to talk to, and seem to take the whole wine
business a little less seriously while producing some damn good wine!

I would also be interested in finding out about more winerys that present
the same attitude when visited.

Steve
>


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Newsgroups: rec.food.drink
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 17:59:26 -0400 
From: Dino_P._Chiesa@transarc.com
Subject: more on Irish Whiskey


Speaking of Irish Whiskey, I found this of interest:

Recently, I've heard a bit of a rumor regarding the two most popular
Irish Whiskies in the USA, Jameson's and Bushmills.  The story was
that Jameson's is made by a "Catholic" distillery and Bushmills is a
"Protestant" product.  

Is this true?   Also, if so, does this justify me shooting the fellow
next to me at the bar, if he's drinking what I'm not?  Or are car
bombs appropriate in this situation?

Seriously folks, what's the best Irish Whiskey?


-dpc
From: danac@morc.asd.sgi.com (Dana Crom)
Newsgroups: rec.food.drink
Subject: Re: Irish whiskey
Date: 28 Aug 92 23:23:25 GMT
Followup-To: rec.food.drink
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA

In article <25320@castle.ed.ac.uk> rsk@castle.ed.ac.uk (R S Kingston) writes:
>Probably the best Irish whiskey about is the Bushmills single malt.
>Its the only Irish single malt and is almost up to scotch standard.
>You probably cant get it in the States though, which is just as well as 
>you would undoubtedly put ice in it or something....

Is this the stuff known as "Black Bush"?  It is available in the states,
and I only share it with those who drink it straight, with a water chaser.
Good stuff indeed, but what do you mean "almost up to scotch standard"?
It's *Irish*, not *Scotch* - if I wanted good scotch, I'd go for Laphroig
or Talisker.
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