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Wine recipe
, unless one knows what they’re doing (and UC Davis short courses are a GREAT suggestion!), but the results can also be exceptional! OTOH, I’ve never had anything made from concentrate that I would voluntarily drink ....
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Trefethen Dry Riesling - petrochemical nose?
but I’ll continue to gather info over the next few days. When I was in Alsace, I heard much about fusel being formed during fermentation, but will have to check that info for accuracy. I have calls in to a few UC-Davis wine...
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Help on spending $ wisely in Napa/Sonoma
Hi everyone! This is actually my first post on CH though I’ve been lurking for quite some time=) I have just recently graduated from UC Davis and plan to head home to So Cal soon. So i want to have some nice meals in the...
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Anyone ever had garlic turn blue-green while cooking?
This question is popping up all over the place lately. I would have guessed a reaction with the metal too, but this is not so. This is the most commonly asked garlic question at UC Davis extension "Why did my garlic turn blue? The...
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Introduction to French Wines
, but it is not approved by the TTB for labels on wine bottled after January 1, 1999." ********** Speaking of DNA, when Carole Meredith “fingerprinted” Petite Sirah at UC Davis, she came up with three separate cultivars...
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Chili cookoff this weekend & other chowish events
: ________________ Contact Person: ____________________________Phone: ________________________________ Email: ___________________________________________________________________________ Step 2 – Mail or fax this form to: Gary...
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Heads up: LATimes article on BevMo
—Professor Robert Smiley of UC Davis—endorses BevMo’s practice as progressive retailing. This is just poor journalism. There is no there, there. Note the specific paragraph where BevMo has already dealt...
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goat milk fudge?
from the uc davis website: Goat Milk Fudge 2 cups sugar 2/3 cup Goat Milk 1/3 cup cocoa 2 tablespoons white Karo Syrup 2 tablespoons butter 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/3 cup nuts Cook sugar, cocoa, syrup, butter and milk to soft...
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Sugar content of red wines?
The ability to perceive sweetness is in deed relative — some are more sensitive that others. As I said above, most people’s palates have a hard tome below 0.05%. IIRC, the folks at UC Davis found someone that can...
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Dry Farmed Potatoes from Oh! Tommy Boy's Organic Farm
I’ll bet this was the farm I missed on my last trip to Petaluma. —————————- You won’t find 'em anywhere near Petaluma....and, oddly, UC Davis has them listed under...
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Cursed - can no longer drink regular red wine!
Yes, and white wines have more SO2 added, generally, to preserve freshness, so likely not sulfites and probably a histamine reaction. Here’s a link to a page on sulfites and wines that Prof. Andy Waterhouse at UC Davis...
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2003 Cakebread Pinot Noir
in quite that style. However, as was pointed out, compared to a good Burg, it will be a totally different style PN. Back in the very late 70’s and early 80’s, UC Davis espoused some heavy extraction techniques to get...
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is my sandwich still good?
Here’s another, more in depth look at the mayonnaise myth from U.C. Davis Link: http://cetulare.ucdavis.edu/news/n0998may.htm
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Day Camp Non - Refrigeration Lunches
/spoilage stems from the time that people served homemade, with raw eggs. Jarred mayo is very stable and has enough acid in it so it does not go bad. The article from UC Davis below explains the science behind this. That said, if...
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"A" choy
that we could pick thur. Unlike the bundles and plastic bags at 99Ranch and Marina Markets. The price was 59 cents a pound. We selected two plastic bags for less one dollar. It took all of two bags to cook on dish full. I have a...
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