Hunker Down with Wine and Food
Saturday, 6. February 2010
We have been told to hunker down and wait. I expect our street won’t see a plow until tomorrow if then. With ten more inches of snow to fall we probably won’t shovel the 300 foot driveway until tomorrow at the earliest. So the time affords an opportunity to cook with wine. The very first thing I made was mulled wine. Of course the recipe call for some ingredients that I don’t have. Trying to walk to a grocery store, one mile away, in about two feet of snow encourages creativity and substitution. I used a Cabernet Sauvignon that I made from a wine kit, my first attempt at winemaking. The sugar in the mulled wine covers up the taste I don’t like in the wine, geraniums. I’ve had this mulled wine before when my son made it. It is delicious. Give it a try and don’t worry about substitutions.
