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Schneier

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  1. This just in! Karen is eating the banana. She's eating a peanut butter and banana sandwich. She reports that it's pretty badly bruised, but okay. The apple will go on the cheese plate tonight. Bruce
  2. It'd be pretty impressive if you guessed. Bruce
  3. Hey, I just got a French Laundry reservation for December 4th! Bruce
  4. Thanks for the write-ups. I'll go there the next time I'm in town. Bruce
  5. Schneier

    The Wine Clip

    This is why us serious wine tasters spit. But yes, even when you spit you lose flavor sensibility over time. But I would trust the above list to know how to deal with that. Bruce
  6. When we do large dinners, we'll sometimes cater. More likely we cook. (We once cooked brisket for 50 with four different sauces.) We will have fruit. We will have vegetables. We will have stinky cheeses. We'll have all sorts of stuff. The banana is reaching the end of its fresh life. Another day or so and it goes into the freezer for banana bread. Bruce
  7. Really? Now I'm curious. Have I mentioned it elsewhere on this site, or have you hacked my email? Bruce
  8. Saturday breakfast: More smelt flakes and milk. And where is everybody? This is much less fun without comments back. Bruce
  9. Schneier

    Dumpbucket - finale

    I visited those guys the last time I was in Burgundy. They do make great stuff. Bruce
  10. Schneier

    The Wine Clip

    If the Wine Clip will help with Google searches, then I want one. Bruce
  11. You need to remove the plastic wrapping before you eat it. Bruce
  12. Friday Dinner: Azia Azia is one of those hip Asian fusion restaurants. It's too noisy, but we managed. Two appetizers: fried avocado rolls (the clunker of the evening) and battered squid with a sweet-and-sour dipping sauce and a jalapeno-basil dipping sauce. Laotian hot and sour soup. Pad thai with scallops. Lettuce cups (the hip entree of these sorts of places). Everything was good; some things were very good. And it was too noisy. We picked up our house guests last night just fine, and they're upstairs now waking up. Tonight we're hosing a party for 50+. (Whoever picked me for this week picked a good week: cooking at home, a picnic, an overnight trip, a party, and something really surprising on Monday. Oooo, foreshadowing.) Today we go shopping. I'll take suggestions of things to serve. Nothing too complicated, as we prefer to enjoy our parties rather than play host all night. Bruce
  13. Schneier

    Goats du Roam

    ...which just goes to prove that a clerver name can sell a lot of wine. Bruce
  14. There isn't a trip to Fance where I don't visit the supermarkets and buy things to bring home. I buy snails, scallops, canned cassoulet, pickles, jams, and all sorts of other things. Bruce
  15. Schneier

    The Wine Clip

    This is not a good way to test the device because you are changing three variables together -- pouring it first, tasting it first, and using the clip. If you don't use the wine clip, you might also notice a difference between the two glasses -- one will have had a bit longer to breathe, be at a slightly different temperature etc. You should flip a coin to decide whether to use the wine clip first, and flip another coin to decide which one to taste. Not that it really matters .... I agree; this is not a good test. Find two identical bottles of wine. Have the associate use the clip on one and not on the other. Pour a glass of each. Drink, wait, pour another glass...do whatever you want, as long as you do the same thing to both glasses and don't know which glass came from the clipped bottle. Take notes. Repeat with four or five bottles. That's the way to test the clip. Bruce
  16. We've already got a bond for life. And they're out of towners. Anyway, we went to Azia. It was fine. Bruce
  17. Schneier

    The Wine Clip

    I'll bet he is his own PR department. Bruce
  18. yes of course. the computer rounds the checks. did you kick this manager in the balls while you had the chance? he's full of shit. and if he's not, he needs a new "computer". I agree with you. That's absolute nonsense. The whole point of having a computer is that the bill is accurate to the nanopenny, and no rounding is necessary. I can't think of a reason why the check didn't add up properly. Honestly, I never total computer generated bills--I just assume the computer can add. Maybe I should start paying attention. Bruce
  19. I've had bananas foster prepared tableside in New Orleans just last year, and in Redwood City, CA a few years ago. There are restaurants in London that do a lot of preparation tableside. Bruce
  20. Current restaurant ideas include the Sample Room, Modern Cafe, JP American Bistro, and Azia. Karen wants to go somewhere she hasn't been yet. I think that's a bit dicey with guests, but I'm game. Bruce
  21. Schneier

    The Wine Clip

    An excellent suggestion. I could get one and bring it to our next tasting, but I would be more interested in the opinions of these gentlemen. Although to be fair, a double blind tasting would be the most honest way to test it. Bruce
  22. Friday Lunch: Chili's. Yeah, I know. We were stuck in the Dallas Airport, and it was the best of a lousy series of options. I had a cajun chicken breast sandwich without the cheese and fries. Karen had chili. Neither were very good, but neither were very bad. And a Pepsi; fountain Pepsi always tastes lousy. We were in first class to Minneapolis, and they offered us lunch. (Las Vegas to Minneapolis was in coach...and not even together.) We both declined the meal. In other news, there's a new op ed essay by me on the UPI wire service, on fixing national intelligence. And I submitted an op ed essay to Newsday on the JetBlue privacy fiasco and profiling in general. Tonight we have friends flying in for the weekend. We're probably going out for dinner, although we may decide to stay home and cook. Anyone have any opinions? We want to go someplace we haven't tried before, as we're looking for places to review. Karen still has custody of the apple and the banana. Bruce
  23. Give me a week or so. October is completely filled, and I'm working on what free time I have in November. But I agree with you. Bruce
  24. Welcome. Yes, please write up your restaurant experiences. And we'll be the judge of your axe murderer status, thank you very much. Bruce
  25. We eat out all the time, when we're in town. Let me know the next time you are. Bruce
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