(PENMART01) wrote:

>>"Bigbazza" writes:
>>
>>>"Scotty" wrote:
>>>
>>> I've used it in dozens of recipes, reductions, etc. It sucks. Am I the
>>> only person on this planet that hates this crap?
>>
>>It is all a matter of 'personal' taste...Scotty...Personally...I love
>>it..But that is not to say that 'everyone' must love it just because I
>>do...Persevere and try to 'taste' a really 'Good' one..That can be 'judged'
>>by the price that you pay these days...I have never myself tasted a 'really'
>>old one but it is possible to have a 100 yr old brew ..But you had better
>>take a re-mortgage out on your house :-)
>
>A bottle of decent Balsamico Traditionale has become my traditional X-Mas gift
>for my brother. The first time I sent it he didn't know what it was, used
>'bout the entire bottle on one tossed salad and likely tossed most down the
>kitchen drain when he washed the bowl... a $100 worth gone. Then he looked it
>up and realized the error of his ways. Since then he has learned to use an eye
>dropper. I buy mine from Professional Cutlery Direct, they maintain a nice
>selection over a general price range, not any $1,000 stuff but no $3
>stupidmarket crap either... the one at $54 is very good.
>
>---> http://tinyurl.com/5n97z
>
>

I like the Manodori $49 Balsamic and the Cavalli Red is great. I have
a bottle of Cavalli Gold that I am hoarding. Think maybe I will open
it soon.

Balsamic is great on fresh strawberries or Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
(the real stuff).


--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral, 48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)