Damaeus wrote on Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:20:20 -0500:

>> On 3/20/2010 4:16 AM, Damaeus wrote:
>>
> >> Does that mean my taste in food is not refined? Or that I
> >> just like fresh food that tastes fresh? I don't need wine
> >> in my taco meat to enjoy it. Why put it in my chicken
> >> gravy?
>>
>> I think that what it means is that you started with the wrong
>> dish and didn't have it prepared by somebody who knows what
>> he's doing. Marsala is something of an acquired taste--most
>> wine does _not_ taste like that--and poorly prepared chicken
>> Marsala can be pretty putrid.

> Everything that had an acquired taste when I was growing up
> was something that tasted like shit: black coffee, beer, cabbage
> rolls, and wine. Basically drink it until you can keep a
> straight face so you can pretend you like what used to nearly
> induce vomiting.

> Well anyway, I don't see how you can mess up chicken marsala
> just because it has wine in it. If all the ingredients and
> amounts are the same, who cooks it isn't going to alter the
> way it tastes all that much.

Since this thread continues, might I now avoid the ignorant "rotted
grapes" part and say that Chicken Marbella does contain a little white
wine (not Marsala), olives, prunes (!), oregano and capers. Apart from
needing an overnight marinade, it is excellent.

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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