Cheetos and merlot?!1 *Updated* with an explanation!1

[UTUSN]

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(Update: ) The most surface acquaintance with me here knows what a Philistine, non-connoisseur, non-gourmet, culturally deprived entity I yam, such that wine is not even in my lexicon. So the inexplicable (why I did wine recently) is now explained here. Predictably, it had nothing to do with wine or upgrading my taste or culture. It has to do with these ABSOLUTELY CUTE plastic containers that were in a big barrel at the supermarket!1 And it turned out to be merlot only because the liquid was RED. These CUTE little containers are only 4 inches high and contain ------- what?!1 187 milliliters, what the Hades are THOSE?!1 Oh, about 6 ounces ("ounces" something COMPREHENSIBLE!1). I emptied one down my gullet last night, just to get what I wanted which was the CUTE little container, and am exploring solvents (Goo Gone) to remove the logo and whatever printing off the ABSOLUTELY CUTE containers to keep around gathering dust for no discernible reason. Those MARKETERS who got to me with the packaging!1

[onehandle]

1. A dryer Cab or Pino Noir would be a better choice. nt

[UTUSN]

2. Sometimes expediency trumps taste. n/t

[onehandle]

3. True. The liquor cabinet is the liquor cabinet. nt

[pinboy3niner]

10. You learned that at your last Cheetos and wine tasting, did you?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. It's almost Nouveau Beaujolais season.

That would go better, I think.

[Chan790]

9. I always find the NB craze amusing.

People rush and spend large sums of money to get the first bottles of the year...of the wine made from Gamay grapes rejected as below acceptable standards to receive "cru" appellations and sold barely-aged because it's basically not going to get better than what it starts as.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. It's sort of the soda pop of wine.

But I kind of like it in the same way I like soda pop.

[Chan790]

12. Okay, but I also assume you're not spending $1000 to get bottle #4 of the year.

Those people make no sense to me. I could understand maybe if it was great wine.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

14. Yikes, no, I get the cheapo stuff that shows up in the liquor store in November.

It goes well with Thanksgiving dinner. The people that pay a bundle to get the first bottle are like the nutbags who stand in line all night to get the first new iPhone or Harry Potter book.

[elleng]

5. CLASSY!!!

[hibbing]

6. Crunchy or Poofy?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

7. I love the crunchy ones best but, the poofy are finger licking good, too.

[UTUSN]

17. Agreed on both points!1 n/t

[Tuesday Afternoon]

18. well then, pass the merlot! the party is on -

[blogslut]

8. Speaking of Cheetos

I got a batch of these cooling on the counter:


http://foodbeast.com/2012/01/22/cheetos-marshmallow-treats/#.UhpsiBtwp7s

I'm almost afraid to try them because I want them to be awesome but what if they're merely okay?

[hibbing]

19. Those look funky...how were they?

[blogslut]

20. Merely okay.

I used big poofy off-brand cheetos. The mallow over-powered the cheesy goodness. I'm gonna try again using little, crunchy Cheetos to see if I can get more cheese flavor.

[pinboy3niner]

13. What--they don't do Cherlot where you live?

[DGeorge]

15. ANYTHING is good with merlot!

[UTUSN]

16. Sigh: GooGone does not remove the label. Apparently they used some kind of etching into

the plastic, not a glued-on label. So the logo, complete with bar code and admonitions against alcohol consumption, will leave me with the decision to keep the CUTE little containers or recycle them. Two of them. And, yes, the label requests that they be disposed of by recycling.