Interesting Wines and Luncheon

[MLipton]

Perhaps the fish is a relative of the anglerfish and deploys a bird-shaped lure?

Mark Lipton

 

[Sharon Bowman]

Oh, that is a very interesting read. Worth serious consideration.

It is also an attractive bird hairpiece/lure.

 

[SFJoe]

originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
Tangentially, I was listening to a popular science program on French radio this morning as I got ready for work, and they began talking about how an animal cannot swim and fly--or if they can, at the extreme, they cannot do both very well.

What price our dear water ouzel, so celebrated by the poets?

 

[Sharon Bowman]

I think they were indeed talking about Cinclus cinclus.

But I shed a tear at the thought, post facto.

 

[Salil Benegal]

originally posted by Jay Miller:
It might be a coconut carved into the shape of a fish.

Is the bird an African swallow or a European swallow?

 

[Mike Evans]

originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
Tangentially, I was listening to a popular science program on French radio this morning as I got ready for work, and they began talking about how an animal cannot swim and fly--or if they can, at the extreme, they cannot do both very well.

Apparently, there is some swimming bird that is really bad at flying.

And of course, penguins. Which are called "manchots" in French.

Ducks, geese, loons, swans, etc. seem to fly and swim quite well, though I suppose one could argue that most of their swimming is really just floating and paddling.

 

[Sharon Bowman]

Yeah, their way of swimming is debatable. Kind of like my mom in the '70s. Her hair always stayed perfectly coiffed.

 

[MLipton]

originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
Yeah, their way of swimming is debatable. Kind of like my mom in the '70s. Her hair always stayed perfectly coiffed.

How did she swim in the '60s? or the '80s?

Mark Lipton

 

[Sharon Bowman]

originally posted by MLipton:

originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
Yeah, their way of swimming is debatable. Kind of like my mom in the '70s. Her hair always stayed perfectly coiffed.

How did she swim in the '60s? or the '80s?

Mark Lipton

In the '60s she used to water ski. Not sure if she wore a cap or just let her hair get wet.

The '80s followed mostly the '70s new development.

It was a very stately side stroke.

 

[Peter Creasey]

Perhaps...

Gremolata or gremolada is a chopped herb condiment typically made of lemon zest, garlic, and parsley. It is a traditional accompaniment to the Milanese braised veal shank dish ossobuco alla milanese.

. . . . . Pete

 

[Sharon Bowman]

I always thought it came from the French "oisillon de goéland."

 

[Marc D]

originally posted by Peter Creasey:

THE WINES

. . . . Pete

Did you try the Oregon wine, Pete?
A white wine made from Pinot Noir grapes sounds interesting.

 

[Peter Creasey]

originally posted by Marc D: Did you try the Oregon wine, Pete? A white wine made from Pinot Noir grapes sounds interesting.

Marc, Good question!

Not on this occasion as it was not needed and thus not opened during the reception; however, I have had the Anne Amie Prisme Pinot Noir Blanc many times and like it a great deal, thus my decision to have it ready to serve to the group.

It's kind of pricy but otherwise really delicious and very food friendly.

I highly recommend it (if the price is palatable).

. . . . . . Pete

 

[scottreiner]

originally posted by Marc D:

A white wine made from Pinot Noir grapes sounds interesting.

It is a relatively common practice in northern Italy. Try Castellazo Gugiarolo Pinot Nero from Oltrepo Pavese. Lovely stuff, great acid with properties of both white and red.

 

[scottreiner]

originally posted by scottreiner:

originally posted by Marc D:

A white wine made from Pinot Noir grapes sounds interesting.

It is a relatively common practice in northern Italy. Try Castellazo Gugiarolo Pinot Nero from Oltrepo Pavese. Lovely stuff, great acid with properties of both white and red.

and should be under $20 retail.

 

[Jonathan Loesberg]

originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
Yeah, their way of swimming is debatable. Kind of like my mom in the '70s. Her hair always stayed perfectly coiffed.

So what the French radio program should have said is that no animals can both fly and swim well according to human criteria for swimming. I'd say ducks and geese do quite well at both--at the very least sufficient for their purposes--and that radio programs on science are like the NY Times Science page on science.

 

[Sharon Bowman]

originally posted by Jonathan Loesberg:
So what the French radio program should have said is that no animals can both fly and swim well according to human criteria for swimming. I'd say ducks and geese do quite well at both--at the very least sufficient for their purposes--and that radio programs on science are like the NY Times Science page on science.

No, fish criteria for swimming.

 

[Oswaldo Costa]

originally posted by Sharon Bowman:

originally posted by Jonathan Loesberg:
So what the French radio program should have said is that no animals can both fly and swim well according to human criteria for swimming. I'd say ducks and geese do quite well at both--at the very least sufficient for their purposes--and that radio programs on science are like the NY Times Science page on science.

No, fish criteria for swimming.

I know Jonathan well enough to know that he's going to reply that fish are not judgmental.

 

[Jeff Grossman]

originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
I know Jonathan well enough to know that he's going to reply that fish are not judgmental.

Unlike cormorants and, especially, albatross.

 

[Ian Fitzsimmons]

Fowl play afoot.