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Jim

Are you sure those were apples floating in the jug? It sounds like you came closer to ending up in a snow bank than you think. ;o)) He didn't say anything about inventing the "6 Minute Abs" workout did he? ;o))

Dave H.

Well, I must confess I used to get snockered on Boone's Farm Wild Mountain :-)

Ray

 I have to ask, what is Eng Bi Tin's hopia?????

                                      SteveG

We have to have our moon pies and RC Cola in the South. When I was a Yankee, we used to eat the yellow banana flavored moon pies with a bottle Vernor's ginger ale.

Carrisse and RGG,

You are making me hungry too. I may have to make a run to the sari sari store and bakery tomorrow. You would laugh if you heard me try to order. I don't think I will ever understand or pronounce Tagalog or Bisaya well. My tongue always seems to get twisted and tied in a knot. ;o& I enjoy the young children that are sometimes at the store. They show me all of the best junk food to buy and try to teach me how to say things. We always have a good laugh. It makes me "homesick" for the Philippines and Marife.

Dave H.

Hopia is a flaky pie filled with sweet beans and Eng Bi Tin is the Chinese bakery that this hopia is so well-known for in Manila.

...theres sweet beans (mongo), baboy (pork), and ube (purple yam).  Used to buy all the flavors whenever in Manila.

Thanks in advance May.  Do you have a fixed date for your trip to Davao in July?

- Kevin

You should try it right after they bring it out fresh from the oven......mmmmmmm....yummy!!!!!   :)

If you're ever in San Diego, you can get some excellent hopia mongo at Valerio's Bakery. They also have the best pande coco this side of the international date line.

Darn you Carrisse! Now I'm getting hungry!

Ray

  I've had something like you described at my favorite Korean restaurant that was filled with beans and lightly coated with sugar.   I wonder if it was the same thing?

                    SteveG

Its probably the same thing that you had at the Korean Resto.

Ever heard of Pearl Shakes?

Pearl shakes...I could answer that, but I would probably be kicked of the board. ;o)) Sorry, my mind has been in the gutter all day.

Dave H.

- Kevin

Dave H sort of beat me to it...

Though I personally prefer Beer  (India Pale Ales to be specific)  If I had to get some wine to impress a date  I would get a bottle of Gewurztraminer (had to look up the spelling on that one)  for a nice slightly spicy earthy but not too heavy taste (it is a white).  For Edible fare  Sliced peaches, plums, and berried tossed, soaked / marinated in port cant be topped for a refreshing dessert  And you still can get that warm fuzzy feeling from it.   I also like Alize  passion fruit liqueur (cognac ?) for marinating fruit in.

See that 6 week wine course that I took back at school was good for something  besides getting sloshed by the end of each class ha ha ha.

Well Carrisse  at least you drew me out of lurker mode.

Windmill Boy

How is it going?

Gewurztraminer...hard to spell and pronounce, but it goes down easy. ;o)) My first choice in a white wine. For beer, my preference is Pilsner Urquell, from the Czech Republic. When I was in the Philippines, I had a hard time accepting the fact that Colt 45 was considered a premium imported beer. ;oQ I tried to re-educate a few of the locals that San Miguel, though not "American," is much better and cheaper. I wish I could find San Miguel locally.

Dave H.

I don't think I have tried Pilsner Urquell  But I have heard of it.  It is a very old brand of beer Dating to the dark / middle ages I think.  All other pilsners (lagers) take their name from it.  I have also seen San Miguel advertised here and there in the states but I have not tried it.  If you give me a lager  I will drink it  but I would not buy it.  Ales all the way for me.  How people can stomach this Corona stuff in this neck of the woods is beyond me though  ha ha ha.

What can I say otherwise ... I was in seventh heaven (ah the women) when I was visiting Little Tokyo and even China town in  LA   a couple days ago.  I'd like to bring Yuki my coworker the next time so she can explain some of the things I saw.  But I will probably  have to bribe her by doing the Kareoke thing though    Yikes.  It was really interesting  to note the differences in cultures  between Japanese and Chinese  when both areas were within 2 miles of each other.

Windmill boy

Zeb

With the meal:
Reisling (especially if your source is the Columbia Valley Winery near Seattle)

P.S. The Columbia Valley also makes a nice Syrah.

Thanks for the advice! In the June 2001 issue of Wine & Spirits magazine, the 1999 Columbia Crest Columbia Valley Chardonnay is named "Best U.S. Chardonnay Value of the Year." I will definately look into Columbia Valley.

Dave H.

You're safe for now. My car is in the shop and I don't think I can ride my bicycle 3300 miles. ;o))

Dave H.

You truely are evil. By answering your question, I may reveal things about myself that I don't want known.

I don't feel that there is one wine, whatever the country or region, that is the "best" wine for everyone. But given a choice between the two...definately Riesling. There are more outstanding examples to choose from.

Dave "6-pack" H.

Anything
But
Chardonnay!

Gesundheit...or as you say in the Philippines, Mabuhay!

Dave H.

MD 20/20 with meat, game or poultry and 21 Blackjack with fish or seafood. I would recommend the vintage February or May 2001. I hope this helps. Both can be procured at your neighborhood 7-11, in the wine cellar. I have a great recipe for "Rapid Road-Kill Stew" that I would like to share with the board one day. It goes well with a slighty chilled bottle of Thunderbird or ice cold Colt 45. ;o)))

Dave H. - The poor man's Martha Stewart

Yes, MD 20/20 is the best, especially the refreshing orange they came out with a few yrs. ago. I prefer it over
Thunderbird. I prefer my wine to taste like orange gasoline, instead of acetone. ;)

And to Carrisse:, Riesling for sure, although these day's my glass is turned upside down at the table. No more drinkee for me.:) I've SPILLED more booze than most folk's drink in three lifetimes. :)

Jay
17 months sober on 6/9/01

I never liked Thunderbird much, probably because I used to see the winos drink it. I prefered a fine wine from the Mogan David Family. I never tried the MD 20/20 Orange, but was no stranger to the original flavor. In my young "Spill the Wine and Take That Pearl"  drinking days, I drank 21 Blackjack for that orange-gasoline flavor. I think it was even made out of orange peels. One thing you can say is that the bottles were a heck of a lot easier to open than expensive wines. Boone's Farm Strawberry was real popular when I was 15. I am happy that you no drinkee. I won't get you into any bad habits when you move here. I just found out that I am very alergic to wheat, rye and barley. Which means no beer, pizza, pasta, sandwiches and just about everything else I love. Wish me luck, cause it really sucks! One day at a time. Good Luck to you my friend!

Dave H.

Spill the wine and "take that pearl"? I've been wondering for the last 25 or so years, what the singer was saying about the pearl. Thanks for clearing that for me.:)

During a period of time in my life, I WAS a wino. Sort of.
Lived in a skidrow half way house, on and off for 4 yrs., for the lower rung of the ladder drunk's. Most of my roomies had been street wino's for yrs. I had only been homeless once for a month when I was about 22. Other then that, I wasn't, but sat behind supermarket's and drank. Also under bridges, overpasses etc., with wino's. I slept on friend's couches or rented apartment's w/ other's, which we would never pay rent on, get evicted and move to another place. So, I guess you could say I was a wino with a roof most of the time. I've really only drank about 2-3 sip's of Thunderbird in my life.
Mostly cause it tasted so bad, but also cause I saw the real wino's drink it, and felt it was a bit beneath me. :)

Feel free to drink in front of me if we meet, doesn't bother me a bit. As far as the pizza, holy cripes! How are you supposed to make it through life without a pizza once in a while?? I feel for ya, bro. Wouldn't want to be in your shoes! ;)

By the way, I will be in FL June 22- July 2 looking for a place to live. Maybe you know of some decent nieghborhood's for the right price? Maybe we can hook up when I get there and you can point me in the right direction. I'm thinkin' Pompano or N. Ft. Lauderdale, but am open to any suggestion's. Haven't lived there in 20 years, so I have to get to know the place as it is now, that is part of my mission too, getting to know what's up (crime, school's etc.).

Anyway, good luck in your effort's, one day at a time. :)

Jay
long-haired leaping gnome

I spent 25+ years thinking Eric Burdon was singing "Spill the Wine...dig that girl." Then I found a web page of misunderstood lyrics. Now I have to figure out what the song means all over again. ;o))

One of the words I could never figure out the meaning of was "pompatus." Steve Miller sang in "The Joker;" "Some people call me Maurice, because I speak with the Pompatus of love." It turns out that it was misinterpreted from an old R&B song written and sung by a member of the Medallions, named Vernon Green. When Green heard "The Joker" for the first time, he laughed his a** off. The lyrics were from the "The Letter," Green's attempt to create his dream woman. He was around 14 at the time. The mystery word was "puppetutes." Green said it was a term that he made up to mean a "secret paper-doll fantasy figure [thus puppet], who would be my everything and bear my children." Miller had heard "pompatous" and not "puppetutes." One of the great mystery lyrics of our time was actually a word Steve Miller had misunderstood himself.

I will see you in a couple of weeks.

Dave H.

Kangaroo is very low in fat, and though a bit gamey, it is great for stews. Some people think we shouldn't eat our national emblem, but they are so plentiful we couldn't put much of a dent in the population if we tried. Around here you will see mobs (the correct collective term) of 40 or 50.

mal

I had the opportunity to try  "jumpy / skippy "  a few years ago when the Australian Ritz chef brought some to Boston for a promo meal that they did.  Granted it was the loin meat  but I thought it was quite tasty  somewhere between veal and beef only really tough and chewy.  I had it grilled.

I went to LA's chinatown yesterday  now there were some interesting things in the markets.   Pick out a fowl and they kill it for you.  Pig snouts  and chicken feet by the pound for example.  I just wrote to my brother the PETA wacko  and told him all about it,  But I also told him about the book I saw for accupunture techniques for Dogs and Cats.

Windmill Boy

If your eating Kangaroo stew then you'd be best with a good red. Being a proud West Australian it would have to be from the Margaret River region.

Otherwise I'm very partial to 'Goundrey's Unwooded Chardonnay'

mal