Comments on: Idle survey http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2004/07/28/idle-survey/ Honey Bowtie Music blog: where sticky songs meet (occasionally) overdressed ideas. Sweet. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:45:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: starstraf http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2004/07/28/idle-survey/#comment-1086 starstraf Wed, 04 Aug 2004 14:28:59 +0000 http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2004/07/28/idle-survey/#comment-1086 Rum & Coke Wine Coffee with Bailys Rum & Coke
Wine
Coffee with Bailys

]]> By: qe2 http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2004/07/28/idle-survey/#comment-1085 qe2 Thu, 29 Jul 2004 11:13:55 +0000 http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2004/07/28/idle-survey/#comment-1085 Alcoholic: <li>Shiraz/Syrah - a good bottle for under $10 (with the mixed-case discount from my favorite wine store, this is eminently possible) <li>more of same <li>Bailey's, preferably in very strong, dark, bitter coffee. Mm - flavor wars. Non-alcoholic: <li>Real lemonade. If it's had corn syrup or FDA Yellow Dye No. [anything] anywhere near it, it doesn't count: only real lemons need apply. <li>Water. Preferably ice-cold. I grew up with tap water and liked it just fine, except for the stuff in the area of West Virginia where my grandparents' farm is located (sulphur, UGH) and that in Somerville, MA (tap water should never be a lovely pale <i>yellow</i>...). <li>More of either of the previous two. I don't match wine to food much, primarily because most of what I read in the course of my cookbook/cooking-mag perusals speaks specifically and only to meat pairings, and secondarily because I haven't yet taken the time to hunt up the amazing wine-with-tofu website I'm sure is out there somewhere :-). ::wonders if anyone would notice if she brought a bottle of wine in for lunch tomorrow...:: Alcoholic:

  • Shiraz/Syrah - a good bottle for under $10 (with the mixed-case discount from my favorite wine store, this is eminently possible)
  • more of same
  • Bailey’s, preferably in very strong, dark, bitter coffee. Mm - flavor wars.

    Non-alcoholic:

  • Real lemonade. If it’s had corn syrup or FDA Yellow Dye No. [anything] anywhere near it, it doesn’t count: only real lemons need apply.
  • Water. Preferably ice-cold. I grew up with tap water and liked it just fine, except for the stuff in the area of West Virginia where my grandparents’ farm is located (sulphur, UGH) and that in Somerville, MA (tap water should never be a lovely pale yellow…).
  • More of either of the previous two.

    I don’t match wine to food much, primarily because most of what I read in the course of my cookbook/cooking-mag perusals speaks specifically and only to meat pairings, and secondarily because I haven’t yet taken the time to hunt up the amazing wine-with-tofu website I’m sure is out there somewhere :-).

    ::wonders if anyone would notice if she brought a bottle of wine in for lunch tomorrow…::

    • ]]>         By: stitchinthyme http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2004/07/28/idle-survey/#comment-1084 stitchinthyme Thu, 29 Jul 2004 10:36:46 +0000 http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2004/07/28/idle-survey/#comment-1084 I pretty much only drink water, ever, for any reason. Boring, aren't I? :-) I do like nonalcoholic pina coladas sometimes, if the weather's hot and I want to be decadent. (I used to be a big soda drinker, but in an effort to cut at least one bad-for-me thing out of my diet, I quit cold-turkey 5 or 6 years ago.) I pretty much only drink water, ever, for any reason. Boring, aren’t I? :-)
    I do like nonalcoholic pina coladas sometimes, if the weather’s hot and I want to be decadent.

    (I used to be a big soda drinker, but in an effort to cut at least one bad-for-me thing out of my diet, I quit cold-turkey 5 or 6 years ago.)

    ]]>         By: jb98 http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2004/07/28/idle-survey/#comment-1083 jb98 Wed, 28 Jul 2004 22:57:03 +0000 http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2004/07/28/idle-survey/#comment-1083 Hot water with lemon. Water with no ice. Hot water with lemon. Hot water with lemon.
    Water with no ice.
    Hot water with lemon.

    ]]>         By: mactavish http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2004/07/28/idle-survey/#comment-1082 mactavish Wed, 28 Jul 2004 18:30:44 +0000 http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2004/07/28/idle-survey/#comment-1082 It depends <i>entirely</i> on what I'm eating. It depends entirely on what I’m eating.

    ]]>         By: youcallhersusie http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2004/07/28/idle-survey/#comment-1081 youcallhersusie Wed, 28 Jul 2004 18:30:35 +0000 http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2004/07/28/idle-survey/#comment-1081 I quit drinking alcohol a year and a few months ago. I try to drink water or tea during and around every meal. though i've fallen back into drinking soda. I quit drinking alcohol a year and a few months ago. I try to drink water or tea during and around every meal. though i’ve fallen back into drinking soda.

    ]]>         By: springheel_jack http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2004/07/28/idle-survey/#comment-1080 springheel_jack Wed, 28 Jul 2004 18:06:40 +0000 http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2004/07/28/idle-survey/#comment-1080 bitter, somewhat citrus-y. Not sweet. bitter, somewhat citrus-y. Not sweet.

    ]]>         By: klwalton http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2004/07/28/idle-survey/#comment-1079 klwalton Wed, 28 Jul 2004 17:16:54 +0000 http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2004/07/28/idle-survey/#comment-1079 Alcoholic: wine wine cognac, grappa or Grand Marnier - or wine :) Non-alcoholic water or iced tea water or iced tea tea, coffee or water I used to drink a lot of soda, but I went off it a few years ago, around the time I quit smoking. Probably because I was drinking a *lot* of water to help with the nicotine withdrawal. Alcoholic:

    wine
    wine
    cognac, grappa or Grand Marnier - or wine :)
    Non-alcoholic

    water or iced tea
    water or iced tea
    tea, coffee or water

    I used to drink a lot of soda, but I went off it a few years ago, around the time I quit smoking. Probably because I was drinking a *lot* of water to help with the nicotine withdrawal.

    ]]>         By: pixiecrinkle http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2004/07/28/idle-survey/#comment-1078 pixiecrinkle Wed, 28 Jul 2004 17:15:58 +0000 http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2004/07/28/idle-survey/#comment-1078 before dinner: Belvedere vodka martini, extra dirty, up with: really, really depends, but let's say a good Shiraz or Chardonnay after: The Mega Troubles Galore, from Betty's (a restaraunt down the street from me.) It's vodka, Lindemann's Framboise Lambic and champagne. before dinner:
    Belvedere vodka martini, extra dirty, up

    with:
    really, really depends, but let’s say a good Shiraz or Chardonnay

    after:
    The Mega Troubles Galore, from Betty’s (a restaraunt down the street from me.) It’s vodka, Lindemann’s Framboise Lambic and champagne.

    ]]>         By: red_frog http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2004/07/28/idle-survey/#comment-1077 red_frog Wed, 28 Jul 2004 16:52:00 +0000 http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2004/07/28/idle-survey/#comment-1077 I bet you'd like it. It's a very, very herbal liqueur. I like it, both its flavor and its schtick. :) As for me, it depends. Really, I can't make this simple. I like almost everything liquid (except soda, which is okay in a pinch but I don't choose, and very sweet drinks). It would depend heavily on my mood and the weather and where I was and what I was eating whether I'd want tea, coffee, good red wine, good white whine, bourbon, mint tea, water, melty lemon granita, limoncello... you get the idea. :) I bet you’d like it. It’s a very, very herbal liqueur. I like it, both its flavor and its schtick. :)
    As for me, it depends. Really, I can’t make this simple. I like almost everything liquid (except soda, which is okay in a pinch but I don’t choose, and very sweet drinks). It would depend heavily on my mood and the weather and where I was and what I was eating whether I’d want tea, coffee, good red wine, good white whine, bourbon, mint tea, water, melty lemon granita, limoncello… you get the idea. :)

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