A drink to match every food

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A French teacher told me: "Poisson, sans bon vin, c'est poison"

(Fish, without good wine, is poison)

So, Fish is traditionally accompanied by white wine: maybe a Sancerre, or other Sauvignon Blanc. Perhaps a Vinho Verde in Portugal or a Pinot Grigiot in Italy.

Other dishes require other drinks - caviar and vodka? cucumber sandwiches and tea? strawberries and champagne?

And the old chestnut - what to drink with chocolate? I think gin & Tonic works quite well - no wonder it's known as "mother's ruin!"

Please share your favourites.

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I'm preferring a light red wine with pasta, for instance a Refosco from Friaul. Beer with nuts! Two-legged nuts, or in a shell...

If I'm serving a meat-appetizer and fish for main course, I serve a nice rose' first, and then I go for a nice Vernaccia with the fish.

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Mornin' kitchen pete!

I like champagne with my caviar (love vodka, but love champers more Very Happy

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Favorite combos:
Foie gras, Apples, Pedro Ximinez Sherry...mmmm.
Pizza and beer
Chocolate and framboise
Macerated fruit and Grappa
Sushi and Hot Sake
Roast Duck and Pinot Noir (actually a good Amarone is even better)
Tapas and Fino

Jeezo,..now I'm really hungry,....grrrr,..too early! Laughing

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And how can we forget the favorite english meal ?

Curry with lager !!!

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Lamb shanks braised in Pinot Noir with...more Pinot Noir.

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Chocolate with Guinness
Chocolate with Port
Pizza'n'beer

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mmmmm, lamb shanks!!

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Gautam,

Curry and Lager is certainly traditional here! I quite like a slightly more authentic Vegetarian Thali and a sweet lassi!

JerryR,

Great list of possibilities. I like a sweet wine with fois gras (eg Sauternes), which is more traditional in France.

More ideas:

Cantuccini with Vin Santo
Oysters with Guinness
Cookies with milk
Fondue with Kirsch (or another schnapps!)

and how could I forget:

Stilton with port

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Chardonnay with brie and sourdough. Then Zinfandel with tri-tip. The 49ers tailgate special.

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cjhsa,

I don't know what tri-tip is - what am I missing in dreary London?

KP

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Tri-tip is a cut of sirloin that is kinda triangular, like a deflated American football. Slow cooked over a wood fire, then sliced across the grain - usually served with salsa, rice and beans.

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I like wine with anything ;-) I also like the combination of pizza and pepsi :-)

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My hand's up for good bubbly, with...............what've you got??? Cool

That'll do! It improves everything Exclamation

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I like good chocolate with good red wine. Oh, Sjaak's Belgian chocolate with a Rosemount Shiraz..(not your greatest red, but good for a glass at the end of the work day).

Calvados with anything, perhaps roast pork..

Single malt scotch and a smoked fish, oh, say the smoked alaskan salmon my friend brings back when she visits her mother there, best smoked salmon I have ever had.

Stir fried crablegs w/curry and cold TsingTao.

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Man, that sounds good, particularly to someone who is in the middle of a great housecleaning and who will collapse soon with a glass of mediocre wine and a spinach salad. You guys live high on the hog!

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Chianti, even the cheap stuff, tastes good with fish or chicken as well as meat.

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And, a Tsingtao always is tasty with Chinese food. Also, there wasa bar in my home town that served a really salty Feta salad that would taste like perfection with Budweiser.

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A drink to match every food

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