Flavor marriage game.

[Daniel]

vodka and pickled onions..

[godito]

Pickled onions and

beer braised pork butt

[Daniel]

beer and vicodine.. I mean, beer and boiled crabs with lots of Old Bay..

Old Bay

[C. sapidus]

Beer, steamed crab meat, and saltine crackers = crab cakes.

Saltine crackers

[godito]

I eat those with a little cheese and mebrillo (quince paste), so

membrillo

[GTO]

How have we missed these little gems!? Membrillo loves...

Raisins (I love big juicy Flame raisins)

Edited November 30, 2006 by GTO (log)

[jackal10]

Raisins, currents, sultanas, breadcrumbs, eggs, booze, suet, brown sugar...and last Sunday was Stir Up Sunday,,,

CHRISTMAS PUDDING

[GTO]

With a good and strong...

Brandy sauce

[judiu]

And a beautiful, rich cup of coffee!

[Catriona]

And a tiny drop of Armagnac

[CaliPoutine]

and some mulled cider

[Daniel]

Mulled cider with riesling wine makes a great granite pallet cleanser

[godito]

And I like to pair that riesling with a

whitefish ceviche

[Domestic Goddess]

Cerviche, which is kinilaw in the Philippines can be made out of fresh tuna or big anchovies together with calamansi.

I would say Calamansi

[jackal10]

Calamansi reminds me of CALAMARI

[CaliPoutine]

You can't eat calamari without a good

Marinara sauce

Like this

Edited December 1, 2006 by CaliPoutine (log)

[Daniel]

Marinara sauce goes well with a ton of butter in it..

Butter.

[miladyinsanity]

Butter goes very well with sugar.

Okay. I'll admit it. Sometimes I'll take a spoon of butter, sprinkle some sugar or a dab of honey and eat it like that.

[GTO]

I love sugar when it's mixed with almonds and made into

Marzipan

[petite tête de chou]

Martha Stewart makes a wedding cake that is decorated with very pretty marzipan fruit and has a filling made from...apricots!

[GTO]

Apricots was what I actually opened the thread with - Full circle!

So, how about apricots that have been steeped in

Sherry

[Syrah]

Sherry and mushrooms make an awesome soup.

SO mushrooms

[PaniniGuy]

Sherry and mushrooms make an awesome soup.

SO mushrooms

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Which leads to porcini which leads to... risotto.

[jackal10]

Truffled There are cheap ($25/kg) Chinese truffles around this time of year here, so

CHINESE BLACK TRUFFLE

[GTO]

I think we're struggling to get going again. I certainly can't say I've been lucky enough to experience fresh truffles...

Can someone move us along?