The Germans have made great strides in cheap champagne

MonkeyFunk

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Tue Dec-04-07 01:34 PM
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The Germans have made great strides in cheap champagne

or sparkling wine, as we say.

Trader Joe's has a bottle of Schlos-Briebeck (or something close to that) for 3-4 bucks. Works just dandy in mimosas.

Is there any reason to buy good champagne for mimosas? I say Nein!

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Ikonoklast

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Tue Dec-04-07 01:36 PM
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1. But if you drink enough of it

You want to invade someone of Polish ancestry.

Sneaky Kraut bastards.

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MonkeyFunk

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Tue Dec-04-07 01:38 PM
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2. funny you should say that

I just went next door and stole their peroshkis.

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Ikonoklast

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Tue Dec-04-07 01:52 PM
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3. If you ever got caught stealing peirogis at my house

You would be stuffed with kraut and corned beef, boiled, then pan-fried in real butter with minced onions, and then served with sour cream.

With applesauce on the side.

You sneaky bastard. :rofl:

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MonkeyFunk

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Tue Dec-04-07 01:58 PM
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4. God

I haven't had pierogi's in years (yeah, let's change the spelling each time!).

They were a childhood favorite - back in an old coal-mining town in Pennsylvania, we had plenty of Eastern Europeans (pollocks, hunkies, etc.) and every place had piroshkis. They were so delicous. Damn, I miss pirogies.

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Tyler Durden

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Tue Dec-04-07 02:07 PM
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5. Any Hunyaks?

I love that word.

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MonkeyFunk

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Tue Dec-04-07 02:09 PM
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6. Never heard that one!

Edited on Tue Dec-04-07 02:09 PM by MonkeyFunk

what's a hunyak?

We only had Hungarians (hunkies) or pretty much anybody else from that part of Europe - they were all hunkies.

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Tyler Durden

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Tue Dec-04-07 02:39 PM
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15. VERY impolite Polish.

Think very stupid "BOHUNK."

Usage: "He took of the guard and cut off his thumb??? Hunyak. "

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MonkeyFunk

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Tue Dec-04-07 02:41 PM
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16. ah, Bohunk I know...

I guess our town was too polite to do hunyak.

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Ikonoklast

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Tue Dec-04-07 02:09 PM
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7. My ex was Polish-Ukrainian

And pirogis were a staple of our weekly diet, and home-made ones at that. Potato with cheese, chives, and garlic, cottage cheese, kraut, and my favorite, shredded corned beef and kraut.

Living in N.E Ohio you can hardly swing a cat without hitting an Orthodox church selling home-made perogi every Friday during Lent. Lots of astounding ethnic food still available here.

I still go to the Ukrainian Orthodox church here in town and order them when the babushkas are making them. They make them around Christmastime, too.

Damn, now I have to go to the Hinckley Tavern for lunch and order some peroshki.
And wash them down with a nice Bass Ale.

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MonkeyFunk

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Tue Dec-04-07 02:12 PM
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8. ahhh... I miss the babushkas

always there with a pinch on the cheek, a piroegi, and a kiss from their big hairy lips.

I miss ethnics. I'm in California now - we have Mexicans and Asians. I love 'em all, but I miss the babushkas.

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Ikonoklast

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Tue Dec-04-07 02:25 PM
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11. Big, beefy arms and shoulders like linebackers

Those women aren't to be trifled with.

And if all they had was a pot of water and a head of cabbage, can make enough food to feed ten hungry people.

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MonkeyFunk

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Tue Dec-04-07 02:29 PM
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13. Oh hell yeah!!

tough as a brick church, but would hug you like a lambswool sweater.

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TommyO

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Tue Dec-04-07 02:42 PM
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17. I don't! My mom made hers last week.

My mom makes traditional potato and cheese pierogi, my brother makes farmer cheese pierogi. Me, I just make a pig out of myself with plenty of pierogi, butter, onions and sour cream.

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MonkeyFunk

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Tue Dec-04-07 02:43 PM
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18. sigh...

Edited on Tue Dec-04-07 02:44 PM by MonkeyFunk

anybody wanna share a recipe? Are they makeable by middle-aged gay men with a hankering and mediocre cooking skills? Anything with dough around it scares me - cooking-wise.

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supernova

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Tue Dec-04-07 02:13 PM
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9. Sekt is vastly under-appreciated

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MonkeyFunk

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Tue Dec-04-07 02:17 PM
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10. Ah! Yes, this is called a "sekt"

for 24 bits, it's good enough for my tastes.

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Rabrrrrrr

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Tue Dec-04-07 02:27 PM
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12. I prefer proseccos and other psuedo-champagnes for mixed drinks and cocktails

Edited on Tue Dec-04-07 02:27 PM by Rabrrrrrr

I think they balance with the fruits and liquors better than Champagne or regular sparkling wines.

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MonkeyFunk

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Tue Dec-04-07 02:30 PM
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14. I'm not hosting the Queen of Normandy here...

I'm just boozing early in the day.

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