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09 May 2006

Tonight, Pips is making me a steak dinner. with au gratin potatoes, corn on the cob and garlic asparagus. On the way home I gotta pick up the accompanying booze. I don't like wine so that's out. The only whiskey we've got is gin and a fifth of JD. I'm thinking beer of some kind but I'm open to other suggestions from the MeCha foodies & Boozies. Also, our vending machine has Fiery Habanero Doritos today. Can't wait to try 'em.

post by: jonmc at: 08:50 | 32 comments

Ya don't like wine? I love wine so.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 09 May | 08:52

No, pinky, I don't* I'm a bad Eye-Talian. I prefer beer and/or whiskey. Wine tastes pissy to me, and the smell especially of red wine, nauseates me. YMMV.

*exceptions made for high alcohol content (preferably flavored) fortified wine like MD 20/20, Thunderbird, and Cisco.

posted by jonmc 09 May | 08:56

Jon, I'm with you. I can't drink wine, even though I drink like a fish. I've always *wanted* to like it, but after the first glass I'd rather drink bleach.

If I were sitting down to a steak and pototoes dinner, I'd go for something lighter, like an Amstel or a Becks. Although, gin goes with everything....

posted by greasy_skillet 09 May | 08:57

me too, skillet. I'd love another way to get loaded, so liking wine would've been great, but it's a no go.

posted by jonmc 09 May | 09:04

I'd go with a fruity, hoppy kind of beer. Pale ale of some kind.

posted by gaspode 09 May | 09:13

The King of Beers oughtta do it.

posted by Hugh Janus 09 May | 09:34

An IPA seems like a good choice, especially since it's the warmer part of the year.

If I were shopping for beers in NYC to accompany that particular meal, I might go for Victory's Hop Devil IPA. Maybe some lambic for my ladyfriend (then again, Pips might like the taste of hops more than the average lady)--Lindemans is quite good, and readily available.

posted by box 09 May | 09:34

What time should I show up for dinner?

::packs knife and fork::

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 09 May | 10:05

(Also, I just saw a Unibroue truck heading uptown on Hudson

*hands out shot guns to Wino, Janus, and Joe Famous*

Head 'em off at 14th, boys. It's heistin' time)

I bought a DVD of Gimme Shelter and watched it last night. The footage of the show at the Garden was unbelievable and the Altamont footage..well, it's not everyday you watch Utopia go up in flames for a variety of reasons. Shows you something about the dangers of idealism.

posted by jonmc 09 May | 10:11

Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA. By far the delicious-est of all IPAs.

posted by By the Grace of God 09 May | 10:19

What kind of steak? How much you wanna spend?

You really do want a nice red wine, like that Coppola Claret (black bottle, which is good shit and not one of those I don't like wine jams.)

If I may suggest, for real, get a little half pint of Remy for a nice drink for after and get some Bass ale in bottles and put them in the freezer as soon as you get home and get them hella cold (this is gonna be your only job, DO NOT FREEZE THEM!). But good steak and good, strong tasting red wine go well together. I hate drinking wine without food. It's more like a condiment than a drink.

OH Also, sorry my loves, NO FUCKING IPA's. (Sorry, lamest, nastiest beer that everyone thinks is good ever, sorry).

posted by Divine_Wino 09 May | 10:23

The only whiskey we've got is gin
would be great name for a blues album, btw.

posted by Divine_Wino 09 May | 10:25

You'll have to ask pips on the steak type, bro. And the red wines especially are the ones what make me gag. The Remy and Bass sounds promising, though.

(on the Altamont tip, wino, devour that Stanley Booth book posthaste. Even more harrowing than the film)

posted by jonmc 09 May | 10:26

I drink Remy with a side of black coffee like there was a fucking prize at the bottom.

Hell I drink Aguadiente and flat pepsi like there was a prize at the bottom.

Cheers!

posted by Divine_Wino 09 May | 10:30

Fine, fine, no IPAs. But no Bass, either--everything else will overwhelm it. How about a hefeweizen, or a witbier?

(Also, the lamest, nastiest beer that everyone thinks is good is PBR or Corona or Stella or something.)

posted by box 09 May | 10:32

Very cold Bass actually reaquires some of its taste and goes well with beef.

I don't know if anyone thinks those beers are good (maybe Stella which is actually nasty and I'll fucking drink Ballantines out of a zombies earthshoe) they just drink 'em cause people have them and they're cheap.

I'm going on my own sliding scale of taste box, IPA's and the witbiers are all sweet (or I guess sweet and bitter) and cloudy and ya-ta-da look at me I'm candybeer, it's not for food, in my humble earthshoe.

posted by Divine_Wino 09 May | 10:37

I'm gonna say it again, Budweiser goes well with steak.

A buddy of mine has a bottle of Remy XO he got from 50 Cent's dressing room after a video shoot he was working on finished up. His girlfriend got some kind of special cigar from Snoop Dogg's dressing room once.

posted by Hugh Janus 09 May | 10:37

A buddy of mine has a bottle of Remy XO he got from 50 Cent's dressing room

was there any crack or ammunition hidden inside?

posted by jonmc 09 May | 10:40

This thread's making the "chef" hungry...

And I do indeed rather like my beer on the hoppy side, and I love lambics, too (peach lambic's especially yummy). For a long time, though, I didn't like beer at all. Then, one night, out at a beer and darts pub, I took a sip of Jon's bottle Bud, and, to my surprise ("Hey, Mikey!"), I liked it...

Recently, I drank my first full Guinness. Jon says I've earned my wings now.

posted by Pips 09 May | 10:40

ok, I am not going to try to persuade you about wines. But I hear your sentiment viz red wines, in particular. I think that most of the relatively inexpensive (i.e. less than 15 bucks) ones are loaded with chemicals and they do smell it.

Anyway, better go safe and don't get something you are not sure you are both going to like. Don't ruin it, sounds like pips is one of a kind!

posted by carmina 09 May | 10:46

Just remember to leave the first sip of Guinness foam on your upper lip for at least a second, Pips. It's one of the few true pleasures life has to offer.

posted by Hugh Janus 09 May | 10:49

(and thirsty)

They're rib steaks, I think the package said. Not sure, really, what cut that is, but they looked good in the case (limited selection at Key Food, I'm afraid). Still...

We're fixin' up our patio this spring, gettin' a kettle grill and chairs and some nice potted plants, and we wanna have all y'all out to Queens for a big barbecue and kegger... early July, we're thinkin.

posted by Pips 09 May | 10:54

Bee-bee-cue sounce goot to meee!

Have a great dinner, guys.

I'm leaving out of work sick, either allergies or a slight cold, or maybe just sleepiness. Hopefully the latter.

posted by Hugh Janus 09 May | 11:33

How about a Hoegaarten or a Paulaner?

posted by jrossi4r 09 May | 11:43

I think, I'm gonna go with Da Wino's very Cold Bass and Remy scenario. I'll have to get a big can of something like Asahi or Faxe to drink while the Bass be chillin'.

Also, I just tried the Fiery Habanero Doritos. They are indeed fiery. Frito-Lay don't fuck around, yo.

posted by jonmc 09 May | 11:47

Damn. I've got a fridge full of Bass and now I really want one, but I'd probably start a scandal if I took the kid to swim lessons with beer on my breath. *sigh*

posted by jrossi4r 09 May | 12:22

but I'd probably start a scandal if I took the kid to swim lessons with beer on my breath.

Oh, go ahead. For best results, thow the kid in the pool and yell 'sink or swim, junior!' right after you arrive. It'll be a big hit.

posted by jonmc 09 May | 12:25

"But I dooooon't know hooooow to swiiiiiim!"

*Shove, Splash*

"No time like the present and all that kiddo, I'll be at the bar if you figure it out."

posted by Divine_Wino 09 May | 12:37

I like the way you think, mr. mc. Maybe I'll just bring one of those inflatable floats with the beverage holders and float along side them. "Stop splashing so much! You're diluting mama's beer!"

posted by jrossi4r 09 May | 12:40

Uh, have you ever thought of sweet iced tea?

*ducks*

posted by bunnyfire 09 May | 14:09

Basil Hayden's dude.

posted by black8 09 May | 16:29

The only whiskey we've got is gin and a fifth of JD

if you can't tell the difference between gin and whisky you're fucked already. drink drano.

posted by quonsar 10 May | 16:29

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