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Mr Libido Incognito

aem wrote on 02 Jun 2006 in rec.food.cooking

>
> wrote:
> >
> > I don't drink alchohol and know next to nothing about it, but some
> > recipes call for the addition of white or red wine, or sherry.
>
> You can use dry vermouth or dry sherry in many recipes that call for
> white wine. Either of those keeps for months and month in your
> cupboard. Let your taste be your guide.
>
> Many recipes that call for red wine want a whole bottle or at least a
> half a bottle so you're not wasting much even if it goes sour on you.
> Perfectly drinkable red wines that you can cook with can be had for
> just a few bucks.
>
> I think you ought to make some wine-drinking friends and invite them
> over to finish off the bottle. Do you live around here? -aem
>
>

I didn't live thru the depression...but my mom did...Some of her waste
not mentality is ingrained in me...Like it is hard, still today, not to
clean my plate or let something go to waste. That's why I use the small 1
cup or so size little wine bottles. Dry sherry is a very good sub for
wine in soups and sauces and 1 large bottle can last a year on a shelf

Using the little bottles allows the memory of my mom, not to haunt me.

--
-Alan