Week 25 in The Year of Drinking Adventurously. Sherry.
Dry Sack, it sounds like a dental issue doesn’t it? The bottle came in a drawstring jute bag – a dry sack. And it was all downhill from there…
It’s been years since I tried sherry. My mother drank it occasionally and I’m sure I sneaked a sip. Because that’s how I was as a kid… Into everything. Mom tended to choose her food and beverages based on the type of book she was reading. A novel set in Victorian times meant tea, tarts, cucumber sandwiches and sherry. I am not kidding.
Nevertheless, since my sherry sampling is so far in my hazy past, I entered this week with no preconceived notions.
Remember how awful whiskey tasted the first time you tried it? Or beer? Drinking doesn’t come to most of us automatically. We sample, our palates acclimate, our tastes broaden and so do our horizons. And so Monday evening, with a light supper planned for dining outside, I opened my bottle of medium (not dry not sweet) blended sherry.
I bought a Spanish sherry rather than a domestic product, hoping to have a more authentic experience. Although the blending of Amontillado and Oloroso sherries may have diminished my experience somewhat. And there weren’t a whole lot of options at my local liquor store to choose from. So it’s entirely possible that like my initial reaction to saki, my impression of sherry might be somewhat skewed… Because I hated it! And I’m the girl that didn’t mind grappa! I took one sip, grimaced, tried again – yes, still bad. I’m afraid this bottle is going to languish in the refrigerator until I foist it on one of my unsuspecting friends.
Now, I’m really curious to hear Lula’s impression…. And hopefully she delved into the history, etc. because I am totally skipping it. I am not hopeful for next week either. It’s port – sherry’s Portuguese cousin.
Branding can tell you a lot! Oh my. I wonder if dry sack sounds any better in Spanish? Something tells me “no”.
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Ha! I think you’re right! Saco seco!
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Love that your mom ate and drank based on what she was reading t the time. I’m also a sucker for good packaging. Drawstring jute bag? Sure, I’ll have a sip! xo
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I’m the same way! I inherited it from her, I guess! But the sherry was gross! 😖
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Sherry in the fridge? How bizarre. It’s supposed to be rich and heady and at room temperature, surely?
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Ok, I see where I went wrong right out of the gate… Oops! 😱
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Dry sack sounds kinda perverted. No wonder you went for that 😉
I won’t say my experience was as bad as yours, but not much better. Cheers to better boozes to come
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Agreed. What a lousy selection I had to choose from too! I think I bought a decent port for next week but I am not enthusiastic. 😩
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I’ve used sherry successfully for cooking. But I don’t take a sip like I do when cooking with wine. That’s pretty much all I can say about that…
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Yep, I didn’t like it at all. So cooking with it will be its only use in this house, I’m afraid.
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I should find that recipe that I love that uses it… Maybe you would enjoy it!
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Absolutely! Pass it on. I’m kind of in a cooking rut right now so that would be welcome! 😃
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You should tell me what you like… I have a lot of great meals I make…. healthy ones!
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Awesome! I’ll compile a list! 😍
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🙂 I learned a lot years ago when I was sick of everything I ever ate. So I did lots of experimenting. With cooking. And other stuff, but that was even longer ago. 😋
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Yeah, me too! 😀 My problem is H. He and I don’t always see eye to eye on our food choices. I swear he’d be happy with hot dogs and pizza every night of the week. 😦
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Omg… John is the same way. But I just ignored him and made healthy meals. I think he was surprised how delicious most of them were. I think the moment I say “healthy meal” something triggers in his brain making him think it’ll be gross. I think my son has that affliction as well. He does not like chicken unless it’s a wing… or a finger or a nugget. You get the idea… 😀
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Yep. Totally. H has the palate of a ten year old! 😜
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Though I will say… My daughter is not picky at all… She likes healthy things! (And not healthy things…) She’s been asking for frozen peas for days. I need to get more!
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Wow, good for her!
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Sherry, huh? This is totally the wrong time of year for a heavy wine! 😜
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That’s what Lula said!
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I’ve never had Sherry. Though I dated her in high school. *rip on snare drum*
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Ha! 😜 Don’t give up your day job… Or your other job, Sir Poet!
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Got to be Croft sherry, and definitely not chilled. I remember my Mum only had to sniff sherry and she was giggling!!!!
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The only times I had sherry was in my food, never had the chance to taste it solo.
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I’m going to recommend you stick with keeping it in recipes! Although my English friends seem to like it!
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LOL
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Hmm, I don’t think I’ve ever had sherry. I tried armagnac, which is aged brandy. It’s like whiskey, which I’ve just developed a taste for. The waiter watched me take the first sip because I don’t believe he though I’d like it, lol. I hope you find something you like better.
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Oh, not to worry. This weekly adventure has my liquor cabinet overflowing with good stuff! And yes, I’m a whiskey drinker, too. Next week, however, I’m scheduled to sample port. I’m not optimistic! 😀
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That’s awesome! Never had that either, but I hope you like it!
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Not a fan of sherry either. But I’d rather drink sherry than have a dry sack, that’s for damn sure! 😃
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I just fell off my barstool! 😂😂😂
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Sorry! But hey, at least your sitting on a barstool! That’s not a bad start to the afternoon. 😃
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👍
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i have to agree…sherry is absolutely awful, I would rather drink the stuff in dentists that you rinse your mouth out with.
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Hahaha! Yes, I would too!
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Stuff is septic as they say over here.
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I love it! Next week I have to drink port… Any thoughts on that?
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Don’t.
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Ahahaha!!! Ok then!
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Nasty stuff for corduroy wearing bores
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You’re assuming I’m neither boring nor a corduroy fan… 😉
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Oddly enough my grandmother after having 12 kids had never had a drink. She decided to start with sherry. My mother’s side hated my father’s side and with some reason. The sherry had my stay at home grandmother drunk daily from when she was in her mid 40s until she died.
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Oh my word! That’s a shame! 😁
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My mother did not allow us to ever stay there
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And no wonder!
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Yep 🙂
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I laugh when a recipe calls for a quarter cup of sherry. Who has sherry in the refrigerator? Now I know the answer!
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Hey you can borrow mine, if you want! I have a feeling it’ll take me a while to go through it! 😂
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Funny. 😉
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Sherry…no, I don’t see the point of it. Port, however, should be a better experience.
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Oh good! I’d hate to have a fail a second week in a row! 😃
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Dry Sack did not make me think of dental issues! Much lower, in fact. On a more serious note, though, I seem to be missing seeing your posts in my reader. Sorry about that!
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Oh no! I wonder what’s going on!
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Could be operator error on my part
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No sometimes that happens to me, too. I’ll see it in email but its not showing up in the feed! 😦
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Just love WP!
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I know! 😦
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