Top Tips

[libby lou lou]

Drill a small hole in your fridge door, so you can see if the light has gone out.

Sure you know other top tips

 

[wotan]

Viz to the rescue!

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Drill a small hole in libby lou lou's head, see if you can see a light in there?

 

[Mickymoody]

Make ice cubes quicker and clearer by freezing boiling water, rather than tap water, as they will be clearer, and be free of impurities. (thats actually true), and boiling water freezes quicker than cold water, so double bonus!

Store Vodka in the freezer. It doesn't freeze. Common misconception.

NEVER chill red wine, it's to be served at room temperature. White wine should be chilled. Unsure about Rose?

 

[noseall]

Never eat yellow snow.

Take care when fixing stuff to the floor of your boat.

 

[misterdubya]

White wine splashed onto a red wine stain will clean it up quickly. Similarly, fat splashes on clothes can be easily removed by rubbing salad onto the affected area.

 

[RedHerring2]

I remember, many years ago, sitting in the band line-up, I was sat next to an old fella, he'd been playing with pro' bands most of his life and just playing now to keep his hand in.
Part way through the performance he turned to me and complemented me on my playing. I thanked him and I grew a bit taller, proud of my achievements. I didn't have the presumption to return the complement. He was a well respected, wise old hand.

Later, he turned to me again and beckoned me to come a little closer, to hear some words of wisdom.
I leant across and he whispered to me, "I'm going to give you a little tip now. It's served me well all through my playing career"
I listened intently.
He continued, "Never wear brown shoes with blue trousers!".

 

[nickso]

and boiling water freezes quicker than cold water, so double bonus!

not always, it depends a on a number of factors, which are not fully understood.

 

[Deluks]

Was drunkely discussing Viz Top Tips and Letterbocks on the train yesterday, the following gems were unearthed.

"A wise man once said, never believe what you read in the papers.
However I only buy the paper for the TV guide, and consequently end up missing all my favourite programs"

"A dead sheep placed upside down, makes an excellent spacehopper for two children sitting back to back"

 

[r.bartlett]

NEVER chill red wine, it's to be served at room temperature.

Generalisation.

http://www.winexmagazine.com/index.php/wine/viewdrink/the-big-ask/

CAN YOU CHILL RED WINE?

Yes. The reason this is even an issue is that the temperature you serve wine at affects how it tastes. Red wine is best served at room temperature, because the warmer temperature encourages all the special flavour smells into the air for you to smell. When it's cooler, red wine is like a cold muscle -- all tight and restrained. The more the smells are released, the more of an experience you can get from the wine. These go up the nose, into the smelling bulb at the back of your nose which then transmits them to the brain telling it things about what you're smelling.

When red wine is cold the acidic and tannic flavours come out more, while all the fruit flavours kinda get hidden. As tannins and acid are characteristic of most red wines, it's best you serve it at a temperature that encourages a balance between the amount of fruit you can taste with the amount of tannins and acid you have to deal with.

Now you know why red wine should be served at room temperature, the problem here is that using room temperature as a guide is all well and good if every room in the world hung around the same temperature. But they do not. Serving red wine in a room on the equator may be a sniff warmer than if you were in a wood cabin in Alaska. Bring it home and you'll find extreme differences here as well.

So, to get a red wine to its ideal serving temperature, you may in fact need to lay it in the fridge for a while. More tannic reds like cabernet sauvignon and shiraz need to be served a little warmer (15-18 degrees) than softer, lighter red wines such as pinot noir and merlot which should be served more for refreshment (10-12 degrees). Also, as wine will usually warm up slightly in your hand, you should serve it at the lower end of this temperature guide.

 

[libby lou lou]

"A dead sheep placed upside down, makes an excellent spacehopper for two children sitting back to back"

 

[Mickymoody]

Don't post in a thread, where the comments you make tongue in cheek are taken literally.

Boiling water freezes quicker than normal temperature water. Can be proved.

Red wine should be served at room temperature, personal choice. Try it.

 

[Deluks]

Red wine should be served at room temperature, personal choice. Try it.

Personally I can't stand the stuff, unless it's chilled.

 

[holmslaw]

Drill a small hole in libby lou lou's head, see if you can see a light in there?

And if there's anyone home.

 

[libby lou lou]

Drill a small hole in libby lou lou's head, see if you can see a light in there?

And if there's anyone home.

Oye, just co's there's snow on the roof, dosen't mean the fires gone out