I recently stumbled across the Wine Century Club, (thanks to the wine blog Basic Juice). Essentially a club for anyone who’s tried 100 different varieties of wine. (Many have tried, few have succeeded.)
The verdict? – looks like a fun challenge. My wife and I figure we’ll have our applications (and livers) filled out by the end of the weekend.
Kidding.
Without stopping to count, I’d guess we’re somewhere in the high teens/low twenties. A few months living in France and wine trails in Napa Valley and the Finger Lakes in NY result in the number exceeding the standard supermaket fare. (Chardonnay, Cab, Pinot, Reisling, and so on…)
I’ll do a little digging around and try to come up with an honest list, and if I’m not sure, I’ll have to drink it again!
Stay tuned for the journey, bound to be a long, but fun one!
Spent a little more time checking out food blogs this week – Vacation 
! back to work monday 
– and was inspired to give these Bacon, Basil, and Bleu Cheese Stuffed Turkey Burgers, a shot. (Courtesy of Amanda and Tyler at What We’re Eating.)
My wife was a little reluctant, but didn’t protest. Neither of us knew if we liked bleu cheese all that much, having never given it a fare shake (save the spinach salad kit at Trader Joes), but definately worth trying… so I whipped up a batch tonight.
The recipe called for 1 pound of turkey, yeilding 4 burgers, I was able to squeeze 6 out of the 1.3+ pound package we bought. I tried adjusting the filling amounts to compensate – and somehow ended up with about twice as much as we needed. They went together pretty quickly, but were fairly soft, so I opted to cook them on the stove top, rather than risk losing them to the grill.
The recipe calls for topping the burgers with tomatoes, zucchini, spinach and a lemon vinagrette (which sounds amazing… but our fridge is a bit empty – trading grocery shopping for eating out more often than not this week) so taking the tip that any toppings would work – or “rock” actually, we went with boston lettuce, ketchup and stone ground mustard on a warm whole wheat bun.
The verdict? Excellent. My wife had seconds, I ate 3. Our three year old even finished hers…
These could very well be the last, or rather only, burgers I ever make.
