Sunday, October 15, 2006

Saturday Chez Sheena

Gather round folks and get your caloric intake calculators warmed up. Saturday was Sheena's Welcome Back To GrownupLandVille dinner.

Shopping: Another hour well spent at the Cheese Boutique ... started with a Bouq Emissaire which is now on Sheena's official staples list along with the Ace Bakery Baguette (the most perfect bread under $3). Timed it right and got a fresh loaf still hot and steaming...

Cheese Boutique also has a Wine Shoppe in-house (retail arm of Andres/Peller selling the Peller, Hillebrand, Trius products). Picked up a Trius Brut for $24 - cold even. One of my fave Canadian sparklies and always reminds of the first time I toured their cellars and saw walls and walls and walls of the aging bottles, wondering how fast I'd die if an earthquake hit and the carbon dioxide all released at once.


Time to sample new stuff too: Bought a hunk of their house pate - chicken liver. Very nice and smooth, not overly liverish. Some peppercorn zing and crunch on top. Also picked up a small piece of caribou/pork/fig country style pate. Really yummy and the dried fruit added a nice sweetness that went well with the nutty crackers Sheena adores.

New cheese of the day: Quebec's Petit Sorcier. Just out of the Cheese Boutiques aging cellar. $9 for a half a wheel. Still undecided on this one. On the way home, I wondered if maybe some wet camping gear had been forgotten from that one weekend in August. Or if maybe my driving companion let one go. Nope. It's the cheese. Even this morning after opening the fridge, the first thought was "Jesus, that cat box needs a cleanup". But it was the Petit Sorcier. Cursing my kitchen.

Picked up a couple of strip loin steaks at the meat counter. First time buying from the meats section. Pricey, but they looked lovely.

Liquid Notes:
With Cheese and Pate Appetizers: Trius Brut - lovely as always.

While Cooking: Sir Perry - Pear Cider bought last week. Perfect companion to chopping and fussing activities. A little more subtle than apple ciders and funny name.

With Dinner - perhaps a lesser wine than the lovely steaks deserved, but was curious to open this bottle that had been sitting around for a while. The 20 Bees Cabernet-Merlot. This is Canada's answer to the cartoon-animal-label screwtop phenomenon. For $13 bucks, could do worse, and at least it is VQA meaning that your money is supporting local growers and bottlers. Wine maker Sue Ann Staff did some half decent stuff over at Pilliterri's over last few years. Worth a shot.

Other Wine Notes from Last Week:
Tried the Vogo Pinot Grigio. About $14. An OK white wine. But the bottle is the classiest fucking thing I've seen in ages. Feel like you're drinking expensive cologne or something.

8 Comments:

At 12:41 AM, Blogger scout said...

i don't know sheens, i stayed at home, had kraft dinner with spike on it, and drank water from our well. i think i'd get a minus five star rating from you.

 
At 11:24 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

i had several instances of regretting no tabasco sauce on hand this weekend. a few drops on smoked salmon, cream cheese and cucumber sandwiches would have really made a diffence. i'm down to two wines - sauvignon and shiraz - both by naked.

 
At 4:08 PM, Blogger petite gourmand said...

caribou pate.
stinky cheese.
pear cider.
sounds like my kinda weekend.
though maybe not this past weekend,
I think one whiff of the petite sorcier would have had me hugging the porcelain goddess.

 
At 9:48 PM, Blogger Sheena said...

"Talkin' on the Big White Phone" as they say in sheenaspeak.

 
At 4:10 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Aya Gown?

Dawn heya in the Outtie, it's colled a Tecnicolah Yawn or Crying RUTH.

The Yabba.

 
At 12:30 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hi Sheena

Out of curiosity where did you get the Pear Cider in the GTA? I have been looking on and off for Pear Cider in Toronto for a couple of years since I had some at the Rimrock in Banff Alberta.

JJ

 
At 2:44 PM, Blogger Sheena said...

Have seen the "Sir Perry" cider in cans at a few LCBOs around town.

SIR PERRY PEAR CIDER
LCBO 8144 | 500 mL can

Price: $ 2.60
Wine, Miscellaneous Wine, Cider
6.0% Alcohol/Vol.

Sugar Content : 5

Made in: England, Great Britain
By: Matthew Clark Brands Ltd

 
At 7:47 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thanks Sheena

You're a sweetheart!

Found it, not quite the same as the pear cider from Alberta I had but very good none the less. Had some with a 7 year old white chedder and home made sour dough rye, very nice.

JJ

 

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