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I emphatically disagree with that statement. Mould cheeses go brilliantly with Barley Wines, Belgian quads, porters, and American IPA's. This is an undisputed fact!

There is no such thing as a no-go when it comes to beer and cheese.

-Erik-

GAWD BLIMEY! shut yer traps and pass that cheese n' beer over here.

I'll happily leave you the beer if you would be so kind as to leave me the cheese to accompany the most lovely port I have had in ages!!

I did.
I was rather drunk, and there was nothing else left in the house.

It was an occasion most sincerely not to be repeated.

(It wasn't a disaster. But then, neither would Pepsi have been. Or orange juice. But as a taste it didn't pair well at all for me!)

I'd love to Erik

I have loads of different cheeses here too but not much in the way of a beer selection, I'm more of a traditionalist and will have wine or port with different cheeses.

Go to the 'sticky' thread New Members, you'll find all the emoticons there

You have to leave no space between the colon and the description!
A better annotation might have been <colon><no space!>xmas-drunk<no space!><colon>

For you I think it's a state of mind rather than a mere emoticon...

Lots of Greek cuisine goodness over at parents'-in-law here during the last 4-5 days, and lots of good ol' red wine (my favorite local brands). There's potatoes, pork of all kinds, chicken, turkey, salads, feta cheese, salads again, tzatziki, yogurts, bread, lots of bread, sausages, ham, damn i lost count over the 2 kilos i already gained since coming here. You can take our moneys but you can never take our big fat greek kitchen (although it has skimmed tremendously during the last couple of years, we only save all those treats for the holidays)

This is all making me very hungry (or thirsty, as you will...)

We spent Christmas at home again this year, so it was just myself, my wife, our daughter and our lazy dog. What was new this year was that we found other like-minded neighbors were staying in town too, so we planned a neighborhood Christmas dinner. In the end it turned out to be just us and one other couple (lots of sick toddlers), but my wife made chicken and dumplings that were typically amazing (I lucked out here; my wife is a great cook), and besides that there was a whole assortment of roasted things, starchy things, buttery things, cheesy things, sweet things and alcoholic things.

Some buttered French stick and a chunk of Brie

Sounds good, although a bit too 'saladey' for my taste. I need my meat and fat and salt!

Just now consuming my third bag of chips for the weekend!

Got some chicken legs ticking over on the hob in a rich tomato, red pepper and paprika based sauce which I'll add some fresh parsley and sour cream to at the end and serve with homemade potato wedges and some crusty bread.



A late dinner, granted, but I still love cooking from scratch when I get the opportunity.