We had a ball for five days with Jean & Roy!!! I'm not going into every meal, just this one--but first--their furnace went out and we had to find a place to fix it so they came a day early, and arrived with a flat tire after the furnace was fixed--Roy called road service and they fixed it within the hour!! They pluged in the trailer and we discovered we had an electrical circuit problem--that was temporarily solved, then our disposal broke (we have another in the island), so we survived. The last day our garage door opener stuck, but it did resume working later in the day. CAN YOU BELIEVE ALL THAT??? We laughed, drank wine, bloody bulls, and mimosas thru it all--now dinner Friday nite--we served Jane's salad with creamy parmesan dressing in a parmesan cheese basket -delicious! (and ate the basket), beautiful osso buco, sauce, with marrow spoons--delicious!!!. My risotto/aasparagus was adequate. Dessert was Julia's delicious version of creme brulee'.
We opened three wines--1st, an '04 Solaria Brunello di Montalcino (it was a bit harsh when poured, but opened up beautifully while we drank it), 2nd, a Varaldo 01' Barbaresco, a feminine version of the nebbiolo grape--smooth, earthy, fruity, delicious!! And last, I decanted a Batasiolo '98 Barolo two hours before diner--smooth tannins, fruit, barnyard flavors, mushrooms, delicious nose (aroma), --highlite of the evening. Jane said it was the best Barolo she ever drank. A lovely evening in the middle of memorable Christmas!!
We opened three wines--1st, an '04 Solaria Brunello di Montalcino (it was a bit harsh when poured, but opened up beautifully while we drank it), 2nd, a Varaldo 01' Barbaresco, a feminine version of the nebbiolo grape--smooth, earthy, fruity, delicious!! And last, I decanted a Batasiolo '98 Barolo two hours before diner--smooth tannins, fruit, barnyard flavors, mushrooms, delicious nose (aroma), --highlite of the evening. Jane said it was the best Barolo she ever drank. A lovely evening in the middle of memorable Christmas!!
"He who sups with the devil should have a. long spoon".