Tonight the Sommelier Guild of Atlanta is holding our October function at Veni Vidi Vici. Here are the menu and wines.
Speaker's wine
Nino Franco Rustico Prosecco di Valdobbiadene
1st Course
Seared George's Bank scallops,
citrus braised endive, grained
mustard and white wine pan jus
Broglia Gavi di Gavi "La Meirana" 2006
San Quiricio Vernaccia di San Gimignano 2005
Feudi di San Gregorio Greco di Tufo 2005
2nd Course
Risotto with porcini mushrooms
and prosciutto
Nottola Vino Nobile Di Montepulciano 2001
Il Poggione Brunello di Montalcino 2001
Terriccio Tassinaia 2002
3rd Course
Rotisserie roasted duck, roasted
beets, Ustica lentils and spinach
Mastroberardino Taurasi Radici 2000
Producttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco 2003
Colla Barolo "Dardi Le Rose Bussia" 2001
Cheese Course
Olive oil and black pepper, marinated
24 month Asiago, dried cherries
Casa Girelli Villa Alta Amarone 2003
Sometimes it's a really rough life being a SRFİ.
Posted by denny at October 29, 2007 02:40 PMcan I get some saugage gravy on that roasted duck with some sweet tea
Posted by: mike on October 29, 2007 04:02 PMYeah, he only posts this to appear more upity then he already is.
Posted by: Teresa on October 29, 2007 09:30 PMYep Teresa, I'm an uppity SRFİ and I'm proud of it. I worked my ass off, made a lot of money, and now I'm enjoying it. Should I be ashamed of achieving the American dream? I guess if you're a liberal you prolly feel that way. GFY!
Posted by: Denny on October 29, 2007 11:26 PMCan't really argue with that.
Money is God, God is money and you acheive Godhood by having lots of money. Nothing else matters or factors.
I checked my 401 today and it topped $484,120.12
Am I a God now? We had beaners 'n wieners tonight with our Special Guest (the 11-year old who's Mom drop's her off next door for daycare with the lesbian Police-couple).
DON'T FAULT DENNY for his "coq Au Vin" post's! Make fun of them as you will, but I ENJOY that He is enjoying as is his ability & wont.
We do the same here; we enjoy the company & food.
How is what he does different?
Posted by: DanS. on October 30, 2007 12:33 AMJohn Bradford, a Dublin University student, was on the side of the road hitchhiking on a very dark night and in the midst of a fierce storm.
The night was rolling on and no car went by. The storm was so strong that he could hardly see a few feet ahead of him.
Suddenly, he saw a car slowly coming towards him and it stopped.
John, desperate for shelter and without thinking about it, got into the car and closed the door, only to realize there was nobody behind the wheel and the engine wasn't on!!
The car started moving slowly.
John looked at the road ahead and saw a curve approaching. Scared, he started to pray, begging for his life.
Then, just before the car hit the curve, a hand appeared through the window and turned the wheel. John, paralyzed with terror, watched as the hand repeatedly came through the window, but never touched nor harmed him.
Shortly thereafter, John saw the lights of a pub appear down the road, and so, gathering strength, he jumped out of the car and ran to it. Wet and
out of breath, he rushed inside and started telling everybody about the horrible experience he had just had. A silence enveloped the pub when
everybody realized he was crying and....wasn't drunk.
Suddenly, the door opened, and two other people walked in from the stormy night. They, like John, were also soaked and out of breath.
Looking around, and seeing John Bradford sobbing at the bar, one said to the other...
"Shure, and Pat! .....here's the friggin' idiot that got in the car while we was pushin' it!!!!"
Happy Halloween!!
Den:
Do they have doggie-bag's at these things?
I mean, how long do you nuke the "Seared George's Bank scallops, citrus braised endive, grained mustard and white wine pan jus" (assuming it's edible in the 1st place) one-day-after?
Is it better cold?
Posted by: DanS. on October 30, 2007 01:26 AMAh, I was just wondering if you were still in on the Guild action-glad to hear it! As usual it sounds yummyrific! Dan S, of course you could nuke the leftovers, but the thing is, why wouldn't you eat it all the first time? I prolly couldn't, I don't eat alot-so I am creative with re-heating. I'm thinking that I will make the 1st course and the risotto for dinner this weekend. I can't wait-Stay Uppity Big Den!
Posted by: LisaKay on October 30, 2007 05:46 AMThe portions are small, LisaKay: no leftovers. That's to leave more room for the wine.
Posted by: Elisson on October 30, 2007 06:58 AMThanks Ellison, one always has to leave room for the wine. Are you in on this stuff? I'd love to try these dinners.
Posted by: LisaKay on October 30, 2007 08:21 AMI think I went to that restaurant when I lived in Hotlanta. Great food.
Posted by: Libby on October 30, 2007 08:27 AMYou earned your money Denny, you spend it how you like!
The dinner looks great, enjoy
Posted by: Eric on October 30, 2007 10:05 AM"Money is God, God is money and you acheive Godhood by having lots of money. Nothing else matters or factors."
Add one O to all the God references and then you'll have it correct DanS
"I checked my 401 today and it topped $484,120.12"
Chump change! One can't live comfortably on that in this day and age. Maybe that's why your so negative all the time. But then again, I don't have any retirement put away yet so who am I to talk.
Posted by: Ray on October 30, 2007 12:00 PMLisaKay - Elisson joined the Guild last year and his friend Houston Steve joined it this year.
Posted by: Denny on October 30, 2007 01:47 PMNo Vicki, that would be you and my brother. You are very unpolitically correct for a repuke. And Please stop sending me your Laura Ingram childless bitch from hell emails. God help you if take to heart Anything that woman says. But I'm sure that you hang on her every word.
Posted by: Teresa on October 31, 2007 10:02 PMTeresa, you goof! I sent you the Laura Ingram book info. Don't yell at Vicki! You wrote back something silly as per usual. I sent you the blurb on her new book as it was all about "Speaking Truth to Power". I thought that you may like that sort of thing; seeing that you love the Rosie/Whoopi stuff, at least from this book you may learn a thing or two? PS, You called me a Nazi remember? That's the 'other' N Word.
Posted by: LisaKay on November 1, 2007 07:06 AMOops! Sorry for getting you two mixed up LisaKay. But you got to admit that you are both a bunch of right winged nutcases. Haha. I expect not. And for the friggin hundreth time, I DO NOT SUPPORT ROSIE anymore. She has gone off the deep end but I will forever support her views about the war in Iraq. Laura Ingram makes me want to puke with her childless views on how to raise kid's and yet trying to sell her book. She is the devils spawn to me as I am sure that Rosie and Hillary is to you.
Posted by: Teresa on November 1, 2007 10:30 PMTeresa, once again- I have to call BS on you. I've never heard Laura Ingram tell me how to raise a kid. I did that before she had a radio program, which I haven't listened to in awhile. Are you confusing her book about the 10th Amendment with Bill O'Reilly's book for kids? He wrote that for kids, not parenting. I believe that both books are top sellers on the NYT's list.
I'm no nut case, I'm pretty typical of an educated business owner in this country, And I've been told that I'm pretty, so thar!
You can try to cast aside the Rosie Loving label all you want to, but you are still sounding like her. You use your 'child' in Iraq to push your own ideology, you call everyone names that you disagree with, your self absorbed crap has made you myopic toward everything outside your head except for mexican workers in chicken plants.
But you hate Bush! Why, because he's not the Romper Room Lady shining the mirror on you and telling you how loverly you and your world are? The world is a mean and scary place Teresa-get use to it and deal with it, get on with the idea of a bright future for your grandbabies, or being blown up on a bus by some doofus because you won't convert to his religion. Your choice.
You said something really funny, that I would think Hillary and Rosie the Devil's spawn? Refuckingodamndiculous. I don't know if I believe in a devil, but if I did, I'm sure that he wouldn't spawn a couple of pudgey dopey propogandists with a combined IQ of about 90. If the Devil were to spawn a woman, wouldn't she be totally hot like Angelina Jolie? Think about it, she has an in at the UN and an in from Brad Pitt. (He's kina attractive for a midget)
Have yourself a BDS hate filled weekend...I know that you will.
Teresa
Correction: Two people do not make a bunch. Two people make a pair. Visual Aid: Three bananas or more from the same stem = a bunch. Yer Swellcome.