[Sca-cooks] Wine in cooking -- was, Re: Sca-cooks Digest, Vol 6, Issue 81
Elaine Koogler
ekoogler1 at comcast.net
Sun Oct 29 16:57:13 PST 2006
grizly wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
>
>>>>> i use box'o'chillable red for my beef and venison stew
>>>>>
> (nothing but beef, venison, blackpepper, raisins and wine)
> and it is GREAT. i wouldn't think using a fancier wine.
>
> also fits a feast budget quite well.
>
> bastes the cook fairly well too. but only a glass. i
> tend toward whites.
>
> cailte < < < < < <
>
>
> Recent Cook's Illustrated issue suggests Franzia as a boxed brand that cooks
> well, and is tolerable to sip when you don't need serious wine.
>
> Niccolo
>
I've used it, and it works very well. I have used it not only for
cooking meats like beef and lamb, but also for veggie dishes...I do a
tomato-onion-zucchini dish, sort of like a ratatouille...and the Franzia
works wonderfully in that.
Kiri
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